Grant Green
Grant Green (
June 6th,
1931,
St. Louis,
MO -
January 31,
1979,
New York City,
NY) is one of the most overlooked of
jazz guitar players. Green recorded almost exclusively for
Blue Note Records, recording some of the best
guitar driven
hard bop,
soul jazz, and
bebop of the
1960s.
Drug use disrupted his career, as it did the careers of many African-American jazz musicians at the time, and most likely led to the health problems that killed him in 1979.
Recommended Albums
- Grant's First Stand [1]
- Idle Moments [1]
- Green Street [1]