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Am I Blue (album)

Am I Blue
Studio album by
Grant Green
ReleasedLate June 1964[1]
RecordedMay 16, 1963
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreSoul jazz
Length40:46
LabelBlue Note
BST 84139
ProducerAlfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Blues for Lou
(1963) 		Am I Blue
(1964) 		Idle Moments
(1963)

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.

Reception

The 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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Track listing

  1. "Am I Blue" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) - 6:56
  2. "Take These Chains from My Heart" (Hy Heath, Fred Rose) - 6:12
  3. "I Wanna Be Loved" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose) - 7:39
  4. "Sweet Slumber" (Lucky Millinder, Al J. Neiburg, Henri Woode) - 7:17
  5. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) - 13:59

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Billboard June 27, 1964
  2. ^ Grant Green discography accessed September 17, 2010
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 17, 2010
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 600. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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