''Reaching Out'' is an album by jazz drummer Dave Bailey which was originally released on the Jazztime label in 1961. The album was reissued under guitarist

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as ''Green Blues'' in 1973 on the

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label and reissued on CD under the original title on the Black Lion label with 3 alternate takes in 1989.Grant Green discography
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Reception

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'' reviewer praised all of the musicians with the exception of Gardner, partly blaming an out of tune piano, and highlighted Green, "who does most to raise this simple blowing session out of the common".

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reviewer Michael G. Nastos stated: "The cool, spacious, thoughtful and unhurried sound of Haynes dominates this recording, as Green barely comes up for air on solos or the occasional joint melody line. Billy Gardner, better known as an organist, plays beautifully and with feeling on the piano, while bassist Ben Tucker and the great drummer Dave Bailey team up to provide the perfect, steady rhythmic foundation so essential to great mainstream jazz expressionism".Nastos, M. G.
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Track listing

# "Reaching Out" (Rudy Schaffer) - 5:23 # "Our Miss Brooks" (

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) - 6:49 # "A Flick of a Trick" (

Ben Tucker Benjamin M. Tucker (December 13, 1930 – June 4, 2013) was an American jazz bassist who appeared on hundreds of recordings. Tucker played on albums by Art Pepper, Billy Taylor, Quincy Jones, Grant Green, Dexter Gordon, Hank Crawford, Junior ...

) - 7:51 # "One for Elena" (Billy Gardner) - 6:09 # "Baby You Should Know It" (Tucker) - 9:14 # " Falling in Love with Love" (

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) - 5:26 Bonus tracks on CD reissue: #

"Reaching Out" lternate take(Schaffer) - 6:50 # "Our Miss Brooks" ake 1(Vick) - 10:14 # "One for Elena"

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(Gardner) - 7:52

Personnel

* Dave Bailey -

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* Frank Haynes -

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*Billy Gardner -

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References

{{Authority control Dave Bailey (musician) albums 1961 albums Muse Records albums Black Lion Records albums Grant Green albums