Carryin' On
1970 studio album by Grant Green
Carryin' On | ||||
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Studio album by Grant Green | ||||
Released | Spring 1970[1] | |||
Recorded | October 3, 1969 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz-funk | |||
Length | 37:49 | |||
Label | Blue Note BST 84327 | |||
Producer | Francis Wolff | |||
Grant Green chronology | ||||
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Carryin' On is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label.[2] The album marked Green's return to the Blue Note label and embracing a jazz-funk style that he would play for the rest of his life.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 3 stars and stated "While it won't win over fans of Green's older work, Carryin' On is a solid addition to any acid-jazz/funk/rare-groove library, as are most of Green's albums from this period".[3]
Track listing
- "Ease Back" (Ziggy Modeliste, Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr.) – 5:49
- "Hurt So Bad" (Bobby Hart, Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Wilding) – 6:51
- "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I'll Get It Myself)" (James Brown) – 6:14
- "Upshot" (Grant Green) – 10:04
- "Cease the Bombing" (Neal Creque) – 8:51
Personnel
- Grant Green – guitar
- Claude Bartee – tenor saxophone
- Willie Bivens – vibes
- Earl Neal Creque (track 5), Clarence Palmer (tracks 1-4) – electric piano
- Jimmy Lewis – Fender electric bass
- Idris Muhammad – drums
- Technical
- Rudy Van Gelder - recording
- Frank Gauna - art direction
- Bob Venosa, Havona - cover design
References
- ^ Billboard June 6, 1970
- ^ Grant Green discography accessed September 17, 2010
- ^ a b Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 17, 2010
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 601. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- v
- t
- e
- Grant's First Stand (1961)
- Green Street (1961)
- Sunday Mornin' (1962)
- Grantstand (1962)
- The Latin Bit (1963)
- Feelin' the Spirit (1963)
- Am I Blue (1964)
- Idle Moments (1965)
- Talkin' About! (1965)
- His Majesty King Funk (1965)
- I Want to Hold Your Hand (1966)
- Street of Dreams (1967)
- Goin' West (1969)
- Carryin' On (1970)
- Green Is Beautiful (1970)
- Visions (1971)
- Shades of Green (1971)
- Iron City (1972)
- The Main Attraction (1976)
- Easy (1978)
- Matador (1979)
- Solid (1979)
- Remembering (1980)
- Gooden's Corner (1980)
- Nigeria (1980)
- Oleo (1980)
- Born to Be Blue (1985)
- The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (1997)
- Blues for Lou (1999)
- First Session (2001)
- Alive! (1970)
- Live at The Lighthouse (1972)
- Live at Club Mozambique (2006)
- The Final Comedown (1972)