Oleo (Grant Green album)

Oleo
Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedJanuary 31, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length37:22
LabelBlue Note
GXF 3065
ProducerAlfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Nigeria
(1962)
Oleo
(1980)
Born to Be Blue
(1962)

Oleo is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label in Japan in 1980.[1] It features Green with pianist Sonny Clark, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes. The tracks were later re-issued in 1997 as part of The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

The AllMusic review by Michael Erlewine called Oleo "another excellent album with Green and pianist Sonny Clark".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:37
  2. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 7:15
  3. "Tune-Up" (Eddie Vinson) – 7:19
  4. "Hip Funk" (Grant Green) – 8:39
  5. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 8:32

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Grant Green discography accessed September 16, 2010
  2. ^ a b Erlewine, M. AllMusic Review accessed September 16, 2010
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.