Oleo (Grant Green album)

Oleo is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label in Japan in 1980.[1] The tracks were later re-issued in 1997 as part of The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark.

Oleo
Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedJanuary 31, 1962
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length37:22
LabelBlue Note
GXF 3065
ProducerAlfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Nigeria
(1962)
Oleo
(1980)
Born to Be Blue
(1962)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "another excellent album with Green and pianist Sonny Clark".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:37
  2. "Little Girl Blue" (Hart, Rodgers) – 7:15
  3. "Tune-Up" (Eddie Vinson) – 7:19
  4. "Hip Funk" (Green) – 8:39
  5. "My Favorite Things" (Hammerstein II, Rodgers) – 8:32

Personnel

References

  1. Grant Green discography accessed September 16, 2010
  2. Erlewine, M. Allmusic Review accessed September 16, 2010
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
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