Grant Green: Born To Be Blue on CD
Born To Be Blue
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
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- Label:
- Blue Note
- Year of recording ca.:
- 1961-62
- UPC/EAN:
- 0077778443223
- Release date:
- 25.10.1990
Other releases of Born To Be Blue |
Price |
|---|---|
| LP, (remastered) (180g) (Limited Edition) | EUR 21.99* |
| LP, (180g) (Limited Edition) | EUR 21.99* |
| LP, (Tone Poet Vinyl) (180g) | EUR 39.99* |
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Dies war eine der besten der sehr wenigen gemeinsamen Sessions, die der legendäre Jazzgitarrist Grant Green mit dem Tenorsaxophonisten Ike Quebec aufgenommen hat. Alfred Lion, Geschäftsführer von Blue Note, mochte Quebecs Musik schon immer, war sich aber nicht sicher, wie das Publikum auf den Saxophonisten reagieren würde. Quebecs Comeback wurde jedoch durch seinen Tod an Lungenkrebs am 16. Januar 1963 unterbrochen. Die wunderbare Band, die hier zu hören ist, wird durch den Pianisten Sonny Clark (der ebenfalls 1963 vorzeitig starb), Bassist Sam Jones und Schlagzeuger Louis Hayes vervollständigt.
Although Grant Green provided his share of groove-oriented soul-jazz and modal post-bop, his roots were hard bop, and it is in a bop-oriented setting that the guitarist excels on Born to Be Blue. Most of the material on this five-star album was recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's New Jersey studio on December 11, 1961, when Green was joined by tenor titan Ike Quebec, pianist Sonny Clark, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Louis Hayes. Tragically, Quebec was near the end of his life - the distinctive saxman died of lung cancer at the age of 44 on January 16, 1963 - but there is no evidence of Quebec's declining health on Born to Be Blue. Although Quebec and Green (who was 14 years younger) had very different musical backgrounds, they were always compatible musically. They clearly enjoyed a strong connection on the up tempo selections as well as ballads like "My One and Only Love" and Mel Torme's "Born to Be Blue."
Originally a vinyl LP, this album was reissued on CD in 1989, when Blue Note added an alternate take of the title song and a previously unreleased version of Charlie Parker's "Cool Blues."
Personnel Include: * Grant Green (Guitar); * Sonny Clark (Piano); * Louis Hayes (drums); * Sam Jones (Bass); * Ike Quebec (Tenor Sax)
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T. Hintze in Stereo 6/08: »Ganz selten hat man ein Klaviertrio derartig integriert gehört. Wie Peterson mit dem Thema umgeht und Ray Brown eine ›zweite Stimme‹ als Begleitung spielt, unterstützt vom Schlagzeuger mit Besen, das ist für mich eine Sternstunde.«Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 Someday My Prince Will Come
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2 Born To Be Blue
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3 Born To Be Blue
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4 Born To Be Blue (Alternate Take)
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5 If I Should Lose You
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6 Back In Your Own Back Yard
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7 My One And Only Love
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8 Count Every Star
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9 Cool Blues
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10 Outer Space
