''Grant's First Stand'' is the debut album by American jazz guitarist

Grant Green Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Green has been called one of the "most sampled guitarists." Biography Grant Green was born on June 6, 1935, in St. Louis, Missouri, to John and ...

featuring performances by Green recorded and released on the

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label in 1961."Grant Green Catalog"
JazzDisco.org, accessed September 14, 2010. He is featured in a trio with organist Baby Face Willette and drummer Ben Dixon. Earlier recordings made by Green for Blue Note were released as '' First Session'' in 2001.

Reception

The

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review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "''Grant's First Stand'' still ranks as one of his greatest pure soul-jazz outings, a set of killer grooves laid down by a hard-swinging organ trio."Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 14, 2010.

Track listing

:''All compositions by Grant Green except as indicated'' # "Miss Ann's Tempo" – 5:38 # " Lullaby of the Leaves" (

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, Joe Young) – 7:41 # "Blues for Willarene" – 7:08 # "Baby's Minor Lope" ( Baby Face Willette) – 7:19 # " 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" (

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) – 4:26 # "A Wee Bit O'Green" – 7:49

Personnel

* Grant Green –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

* Baby Face Willette –

organ Organ and organs may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function * Organ system, a collection of organs that function together to carry out specific functions within the body. Musical instruments ...

* Ben Dixon –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

{{Authority control Blue Note Records albums Grant Green albums 1961 debut albums Albums produced by Alfred Lion Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio