Shades of Green (album)

Shades of Green is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1971 and released on the Blue Note label.[1]

Shades of Green
Studio album by Grant Green
Released	1971
Recorded	November 23 & 24, 1971
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:06
Label	Blue Note
Grant Green chronology
Visions (1971) Shades of Green (1971) The Final Comedown (1971)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 2 stars and stated "This is not the old Grant Green".[2]

Track listing

1. "Medley: I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing, (Open Up The Door I'll Get It Myself) / Cold Sweat" (James Brown) -
2. "Sunrise, Sunset" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) -
3. "Never My Love" (Donald Adrissi, Richard Addrisi) -
4. "Got to Be There" (Elliot Willensky) -
5. "California Green (Grant Green) -
6. "If You Really Love Me" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) -
7. "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Vince Guaraldi) -
8. "In the Middle" (Alfred Ellis, Buddy Hobgood) -

• Recorded at United Artists Studios, West Hollywood, CA on November 23 (tracks 1, 5 & 8), & November 24 (tracks 2-4, 6 & 7), 1971 with horn overdubs recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 16 & 17, 1971

Personnel

• Grant Green - guitar
• Billy Wooten - vibes
• Emmanuel Riggins - electric piano, clavinet
• Wilton Felder - electric bass
• Nesbert "Stix" Hooper - drums
• King Errisson - conga
• Harold Cardwell - percussion

Orchestra arranged by Wade Marcus

• Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Victor Paz, Jimmy Sedlar - trumpet
• Harry DiVito - trombone
• Dick Hickson - bass trombone
• Jim Buffington - french horn
• Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, George Marge, John Leone - woodwinds

References

1. Grant Green discography accessed September 18, 2010
2. Erlewine, M. Allmusic Review accessed September 18, 2010