Born to Be Blue | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Grant Green |
Cover: | Born to Be Blue (Grant Green album).jpg |
Released: | 1985 |
Recorded: | March 1, 1962 |
Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | LP 37:42; CD 58:22 |
Label: | Blue Note |
Producer: | Alfred Lion |
Chronology: | Grant Green |
Prev Title: | Oleo |
Prev Year: | 1962 |
Next Title: | The Latin Bit |
Next Year: | 1962 |
Born to Be Blue is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 but not released until 1985 on the Blue Note label.[1] Green is accompanied by tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec, pianist Sonny Clark, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes.
The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Although Grant Green provided his share of groove-oriented soul-jazz and modal post-bop, his roots were hard bop, and it is in a bop-oriented setting that the guitarist excels on Born to Be Blue".[2]