Grant Green - Green Is Beautiful (1970) [2023] LP

"Grant Green’s musical style evolved to embrace jazz-funk as the decade turned to 1970. The guitarist’s vibrant album Green Is Beautiful is a highlight of the era with his distinctive tone shining on a set that included covers of James Brown (“Ain’t It Funky Now”), The Beatles (“A Day In The Life”) & Burt Bacharach (“I’ll Never Fall In Love Again”). This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

Tracks:

01. Ain't It Funky Now (Brown) - 9:58
02. A Day in the Life (Lennon-McCartney) - 9:00
03. The Windjammer (Creque) - 5:42
04. I'll Never Fall in Love Again (Bacharach-David) - 6:47
05. Dracula (Creque) - 6:04

Personnel:

Grant Green - guitar
Blue Mitchell - trumpet
Claude Bartee - tenor saxophone
Emanuel Riggins, Earl Neal Creque (#3) - organ
Jimmy Lewis - Fender bass
Idris Muhammad - drums
Candido Camero - congas
Richard Lendrum - bongos