Oleo (Grant Green album)

Oleo

Studio album by

Released

1980

Recorded

January 31, 1962

Studio

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Length

37:22

Blue Note
GXF 3065

Grant Green chronology

Nigeria
(1962)

Oleo
(1980)

Born to Be Blue
(1962)

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] It features Green with pianist Sonny Clark, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes. The tracks were later re-issued in 1997 as part of The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]

The AllMusic review by Michael Erlewine called Oleo "another excellent album with Green and pianist Sonny Clark".^[2]

Track listing

"Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:37
"Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 7:15
"Tune-Up" (Eddie Vinson) – 7:19
"Hip Funk" (Grant Green) – 8:39
"My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 8:32

Personnel

References

^ Grant Green discography accessed September 16, 2010
^ ^a ^b Erlewine, M. AllMusic Review accessed September 16, 2010
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

v t e Grant Green
Studio albums	Grant's First Stand (1961) Green Street (1961) Sunday Mornin' (1962) Grantstand (1962) The Latin Bit (1963) Feelin' the Spirit (1963) Am I Blue (1964) Idle Moments (1965) Talkin' About! (1965) His Majesty King Funk (1965) I Want to Hold Your Hand (1966) Street of Dreams (1967) Goin' West (1969) Carryin' On (1970) Green Is Beautiful (1970) Visions (1971) Shades of Green (1971) Iron City (1972) The Main Attraction (1976) Easy (1978) Matador (1979) Solid (1979) Remembering (1980) Gooden's Corner (1980) Nigeria (1980) Oleo (1980) Born to Be Blue (1985) The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (1997) Blues for Lou (1999) First Session (2001)
Live albums	Alive! (1970) Live at The Lighthouse (1972) Live at Club Mozambique (2006)
Soundtracks	The Final Comedown (1972)
Grant Green discography

v t e Sonny Clark
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release.
As leader	Dial "S" for Sonny (1957) Sonny's Crib (1957) Sonny Clark Trio (Blue Note, 1957) Sonny Clark Quintets/My Conception (1957–59) Cool Struttin' (1958) The Art of The Trio (1958) Blues in the Night (1958) Standards (1958) Leapin' and Lopin' (1961)
As sideman	Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958) Blue Serge (Serge Chaloff, 1956) Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957) Bone & Bari (Curtis Fuller, 1957) Curtis Fuller Volume 3 (1957) Two Bones (Curtis Fuller, 1958) Go! (Dexter Gordon, 1962) A Swingin' Affair (Dexter Gordon, 1962) Soul Stirrin' (Bennie Green, 1958) The 45 Session (Bennie Green, 1958) Gooden's Corner (Grant Green, 1961) Oleo (1962) Nigeria (1962) The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (Grant Green, 1961–62) Born to Be Blue (Grant Green, 1962) The Congregation (Johnny Griffin, 1957) John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (1957) Showcase (Philly Joe Jones, 1959) Cliff Craft (Clifford Jordan, 1957) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1959) A Fickle Sonance (Jackie McLean, 1961) Vertigo (Jackie McLean, 1962) Tippin' the Scales (Jackie McLean, 1962) Poppin' (Hank Mobley, 1957) Hank Mobley (1957) Curtain Call (Hank Mobley, 1957) Candy (Lee Morgan, 1957–58) Easy Living (Ike Quebec, 1962) The Sound of Sonny (Sonny Rollins, 1957) Smithville (Louis Smith, 1957) Stan 'The Man' Turrentine (1960) Jubilee Shout!!! (Stanley Turrentine, 1962) Preach Brother! (Don Wilkerson, 1962)