Yusef Lateef e Brother Jack McDuff, o empregador de Grant Green na época, fazem uma rara aparição na Blue Note com este clássico emotivo que inclui o magnífico blues lento "Blues in Maude's Flat" e uma versão sedutora de "My Funny Valentine". Masterização audiófila por Kevin Gray e Steve Hoffman na AcousTech a partir das Master Tapes Originais e prensado em vinil virgem de 180gr na RTI.

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• Edição Numerada
• Masterizado a partir das Master Tapes Analógicas Originais
• Masterizado por Kevin Gray e Steve Hoffman
• Masterizado na AcousTech
• Dois LP's 45rpm em vinil virgem 180gr
• Prensagem na RTI USA

Grant Green's third album to be released, Grantstand teams the clear-toned guitarist with an unlikely backing group of musicians who rarely appeared with Blue Note otherwise: tenor saxophonist Yusef Lateef (who doubles on flute), organist Brother Jack McDuff, and drummer Al Harewood. Although Lateef was beginning to delve deeply into Eastern tonalities and instruments around the same time, his playing here is pretty straightforward and swinging, fitting the relaxed, bop-tinged soul-jazz that makes up most of the session.

For his part, McDuff is mellower than his usual ferocious self, laying back and swinging with a blissful ease. Green contributes two bluesy originals, the nine-minute title track and the 15-minute "Blues in Maude's Flat," which are turned into loose, loping jams that rank as some of the best examples of Green's ability to work an extended groove. Elsewhere, Green leads a delicate, sensitive exploration of "My Funny Valentine" that ended up as his greatest standard performance to date, setting the stage for a great deal more work in this vein that was soon to be forthcoming (including his brilliant sessions with Sonny Clark).

Still, the groove is what reigns supreme for most of the album; if you're looking for Green the soul-jazz groovemaster, Grantstand is an excellent place to find him. - Steve Huey, All Music

Músicos:

Grant Green, guitarra
Yusef Lateef, sax tenor, flauta
Brother Jack McDuff, orgão
Al Harewood, bateria

Lista de Faixas:

1. Grantstand
2. My Funny Valentine
3. Blues In Maude's Flat
4. Old Folks

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