Solid (Grant Green album)

Solid
Studio album by
Grant Green
Released1979
RecordedJune 12, 1964
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length47:33 CD reissue
LabelBlue Note
LT 990
ProducerAlfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Matador
(1964) 		Solid
(1979) 		Talkin' About!
(1964)
Alternative cover
1995 CD edition
Alternative cover
Japanese vinyl (GXK 8187, 1980)

Solid is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green, containing performances recorded in 1964 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1979.[1] McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and Bob Cranshaw from Green’s previous session are joined by alto saxophonist James Spaulding and tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

The AllMusic review by Steve Huey stated: "Solid is a bright, hard-charging affair. There's a little modal jazz, but Solid's repertoire is chiefly complex hard bop, full of challenging twists and turns that the players burn through with enthusiasm. Green didn't tackle this kind of material — or play with this kind of group — very often, and it's a treat to hear him do so on both counts... one of Green's strongest jazz outings and a unique standout in his catalog".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Minor League" (Duke Pearson) – 7:05
  2. "Ezz-Thetic" (George Russell) – 10:41
  3. "Grant's Tune" (Grant Green) – 7:01
  4. "Solid" (Sonny Rollins) – 7:23
  5. "The Kicker" (Joe Henderson) – 6:23
  6. "Wives and Lovers"(*) (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 9:00

(*)Bonus track on CD reissue, from Matador

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Grant Green discography accessed September 17, 2010
  2. ^ a b Huey, S. AllMusic Review accessed September 17, 2010
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 599. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 89. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.