Shades of Green is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1971 and released on the Blue Note label.Grant Green discography accessed September 18, 2010
Reception
The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 2 stars and stated "This is not the old Grant Green".Erlewine, M. [ Allmusic Review] accessed September 18, 2010
Track listing "Medley: I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I'll Get It Myself) / Cold Sweat" (James Brown) – 5:52 "Sunrise, Sunset" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) – 4:40 "Never My Love" (Donald Adrissi, Richard Addrisi) – 4:30 "Got to Be There" (Elliot Willensky) – 4:24 "California Green" (Grant Green) – 6:24 "If You Really Love Me" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) – 4:25 "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Vince Guaraldi) – 4:50 "In the Middle" (Alfred Ellis, Buddy Hobgood) – 5:02 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
Musicians Grant Green – guitar Billy Wooten – vibraphone Emmanuel Riggins – electric piano, clavinet Wilton Felder – electric bass Nesbert "Stix" Hooper – drums King Errisson – conga Harold Cardwell – percussion Orchestra arranged by Wade Marcus
Additional musicians Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Victor Paz, James Sedlar – trumpet Harry DiVito – trombone Dick Hickson – bass trombone Jim Buffington – French horn Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, George Marge, John Leone – woodwinds
Technical personnel Christina Hersch – engineer Rudy Van Gelder – remixing Norman Seeff – art direction
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