Am I Blue is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note label.[2] The first two tracks had both been recorded by Ray Charles. “Sweet Slumber” was a 1940s hit for swing band leader Lucky Millinder. Green is heard in a quintet with tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, trumpeter Johnny Coles, organist Big John Patton and drummer Ben Dixon.
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| Released | Late June 1964[1] | |||
| Recorded | May 16, 1963 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Soul jazz | |||
| Length | 40:46 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84139 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Reception
editThe Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3½ stars and stated "Although certainly listenable enough, this is one of Grant Green's lesser efforts from the 1960s".[3]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Track listing
edit- "Am I Blue" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) - 6:56
- "Take These Chains from My Heart" (Hy Heath, Fred Rose) - 6:12
- "I Wanna Be Loved" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose) - 7:39
- "Sweet Slumber" (Lucky Millinder, Al J. Neiburg, Henri Woode) - 7:17
- "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) - 13:59
Personnel
editReferences
edit- ^ Billboard June 27, 1964
- ^ Grant Green discography accessed September 17, 2010
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 17, 2010
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 600. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.