Remembering is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1961 but not released until 1980 on the Japanese Blue Note label.[1] Green is supported by bassist Wilbur Ware and drummer Al Harewood. The US CD reissue was released in 1998 (renamed Standards) and included an alternate take and an additional track recorded at the same sessions.
| Remembering | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | August 29, 1961 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 57:11 CD reissue | |||
| Label | Blue Note GXF 3071 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
.jpg) CD reissue (1998) | ||||
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [3] |
The AllMusic review (of Standards) by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated, "Grant Green is heard in prime form in a sparse trio... Recommended".[2]
Jazz journalists Richard Cook and Brian Morton rated this album in their "Penguin Guide to Jazz"[3] as an excellent record, with some minor reservations stating: "Green had on occasion expressed a special preference for the uncluttered sound of a guitar, bass, drums trio, rather than one with organ, and one sees what he means here. The pace is light, fat and dancing, and Ware's solos are models of invention. A pity about anomalies in the sound, which seem to have arisen when the tapes were remastered in 1980."
Track listing
edit- "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – 4:59 [Additional track on CD reissue]
- "Love Walked In" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:34
- "If I Had You" (Irving King) – 7:10
- "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 9:09
- "You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 8:16
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 8:16
- "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 5:37
- "If I Had You" [Alternate take] – 7:10 [Bonus track on CD reissue]
Personnel
edit- Grant Green – guitar
- Wilbur Ware – bass
- Al Harewood – drums
References
edit- ^ Grant Green discography accessed September 15, 2010
- ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed September 15, 2010
- ^ a b Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz (Penguin Books), England, (2004)[1992]: p.661, ISBN 0-141-01416-4