Grant Green - Green With Envy

[@theviktmur]

Tenía 25 cuando descubrí éste artista. Que recuerdos! inmigrante en Europa. Soledad, nostalgia por el hogar.

[@beasheerhan4482]

Right from the start the premise is interesting, it a shorthand for a classical concerto, where the soloist plays a brief passage, (solo), then the orchestra (tutti) replies in kind. Then, like a Brandenburg Concerto, the 5th in D for harpsichord - for example - it breaks into a less formalistick jam, then gradually breaks down to where the bass is the principle focus. The tension of the ensemble is maximized by the fact that the drummer stays on the rear edge of the beat, while Grant and his bassist stay on the front end. Tremendous ebullience and colour in this playing, Mr. Green was one of those artists who is at his very peak at a time in life when most are just beginning to figure out what to do with all the ability their practice has given them. At a time when Jazz was becoming impossibly complicated, Mr. Green kept it spare and presented it's best aspects for delection.

[@13highAF]

More like an AABA hard bop sound... Improvised B section is in the style of Charlie Parker who from a previous generation of jazz (40s, 50s v. 60s) was considered to be tremendously complicated, melodically. The "impossible' sound imv started in the late 70s with weather report, return to forever, and miles davis' fusion ensembles. Nice info in general; baroque period is always 🔥

[@beasheerhan4482]

@@13highAF Thank you, Dear Bushra, probably Green was thinking along Parker lines, as he was thinking Charlie Christian. That said, Parker was not like Green, in that he did not build his style solely off previous generation Negro models, but, he listened to a great deal of White music, starting with Classical. Parker represents a kind of pinnacle of what happens in music when African Culture is continually exposed to European. Of course, this works vice versa as well, as no one better than Led Zeppelin to testify to that.

[@wasimirojonesiii8708]

A while ago i was waching a masterclass with a saxophonist and it keeps talkin' about how grant green build all of his solos using only the same six lines and i think this recording is a great example that shows how it is ok to trust your licks haha... don't get me wrong of course i like coltrane too not only from parker the man lives...

[@bickbye]

Can you send a link to that masterclass, is it on KZbin ?

[@All6usto]

Golden.

[@ДимаАрхангельский-ч6х]

Fantastic !!!

[@philg7806]

Thought this was nicas dream before I checked

[@武田正義-u6l]

Nica's dream?

[@misterjason75]

Definitely!

[@misterjason75]

Does anyone else see how he ripped off Nica’s Dream?

[@EricFontaineJazz]

yeah, lol. The A section is basically a stripped-down version of Nica's Dream melody with a few rhythmic hits. And the B section is basically Grant Green soloing over Nica's Dream chord progression. Probably one of those things where they couldn't or didn't want to deal with copyright issues.

[@musik102]

I hate these long riffy intros they me want to scream because they are just the opposite of what jazz should be: inventive, non-repetitive, inspired and so on. Just play! Anyway, the roff head seemed to have nothing to do with what followed. BWT, when Grant does cuts loose, he's great.

[@omairsh8]

I disagree, I think those melodic licks and riffs are what make Grant's playing even more memorable for me, as opposed to just playing the entire neck of the guitar without too much aim. I love the improvisational nature of jazz, but I enjoy my hooks as well. I like Grant's balance