Grant Green discography
This is the discography for American jazz musician Grant Green.
As leader
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Label | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B [1] |
US Jazz [1] | ||||
| 1961 | Grant's First Stand | ― | ― | ― | Blue Note | |
| Green Street | ― | ― | ― | |||
| 1962 | Sunday Mornin' | ― | ― | ― | ||
| Grantstand | ― | ― | ― | |||
| 1963 | The Latin Bit | ― | ― | ― | ||
| Feelin' the Spirit | ― | ― | ― | |||
| 1964 | Am I Blue | ― | ― | ― | ||
| 1965 | Idle Moments | ― | ― | ― | ||
| Talkin' About! | ― | ― | ― | |||
| His Majesty King Funk | ― | ― | ― | Verve | Reissued on CD in 1995 (Verve/Polygram 527474). | |
| 1966 | I Want to Hold Your Hand | ― | ― | ― | Blue Note | |
| 1967 | Street of Dreams | ― | ― | ― | ||
| 1969 | Goin' West | ― | ― | ― | ||
| 1970 | Carryin' On | ― | 49 | ― | ||
| Green Is Beautiful | ― | 24 | ― | |||
| Alive! | ― | ― | ― | Live album | ||
| 1971 | Visions | 151 | 31 | 5 | ||
| 1972 | Shades of Green | ― | ― | 9 | ||
| The Final Comedown | ― | ― | ― | Soundtrack album of The Final Comedown (1972) | ||
| Live at The Lighthouse | ― | ― | 12 | Live album. LA series. | ||
| Iron City! | ― | ― | ― | Cobblestone | Re-released in 1977 (Muse MR 5120); reissued on CD in 1998 (32 Jazz 32048), and again in 2003 (Savoy 17227). | |
| 1976 | The Main Attraction | ― | ― | 20 | Kudu | Reissued on CD in 2002 (Epic/Legacy 86145). |
| 1978 | Easy | ― | ― | 45 | Versatile | Reissued on CD in 2001 (Unidisc UBK 4111), and again in 2007 (Essential Media Group 11025). |
| 1979 | Matador | ― | ― | ― | Blue Note | Japan only |
| Solid | ― | ― | ― | LT series | ||
| 1980 | Remembering | ― | ― | ― | Japan only. Reissued on CD as Standards (1998). | |
| Gooden's Corner | ― | ― | ― | Japan only. Included in compilation album The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (1997). | ||
| Nigeria | ― | ― | ― | LT series. Included in compilation album The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (1997). | ||
| Oleo | ― | ― | ― | Japan only. Included in compilation album The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (1997). | ||
| 1985 | Born to Be Blue | ― | ― | ― | ||
| 1989 | Reaching Out | ― | ― | ― | Black Lion[2] | Originally released in 1961 as Reaching Out by Dave Bailey Quintet (Jazztime JT 003); reissued in 1973 as Green Blues by Grant Green (Muse MR 5014); reissued on CD in 1989 as Reaching Out by Grant Green (Black Lion BLCD 760129). |
| 1999 | Blues for Lou | ― | ― | 19 | Blue Note | Connoisseur series |
| 2001 | First Session | ― | ― | ― | Connoisseur series | |
| 2006 | Live at Club Mozambique | ― | ― | ― | Live album | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
As sideman
1959:
- Jimmy Forrest, All the Gin Is Gone (Delmark)
- Jimmy Forrest, Black Forrest (Delmark)
1960:
- Sam Lazar, Space Flight (Argo)
- Willie Dixon, Blues Roots Series, Vol. 12 (Chess)
1961:
- Lou Donaldson, Here 'Tis (Blue Note)
- Baby Face Willette, Face to Face (Blue Note)
- Baby Face Willette, Stop and Listen (Blue Note)
- Brother Jack McDuff, The Honeydripper (Prestige)
- Stanley Turrentine, Up at "Minton's" (Blue Note)
- Dave Bailey, Reaching Out (Jazztime)
- Hank Mobley, Workout (Blue Note)
- Horace Parlan, Up & Down (Blue Note)
- Brother Jack McDuff, Steppin' Out (Prestige)
- Brother Jack McDuff, Goodnight, It's Time to Go (Prestige)
- Stanley Turrentine, ZT's Blues (Blue Note)
- Lou Donaldson, A Man with a Horn (Blue Note)
- Sonny Red, The Mode (Jazzland)
- Sonny Red, Images (Jazzland)
- Ike Quebec, Blue & Sentimental (Blue Note)
1962:
- Joe Carroll, Man with a Happy Sound (Charlie Parker Records)
- Dodo Greene, My Hour of Need (Blue Note)
- Don Wilkerson, Elder Don (Blue Note)
- Don Wilkerson, Preach Brother! (Blue Note)
- Lou Donaldson, The Natural Soul (Blue Note)
1963:
- Lou Donaldson, Good Gracious! (Blue Note)
- Jimmy Smith, I'm Movin' On (Blue Note)
- Jimmy Smith, Special Guests (Blue Note [rel. 1984])
- Booker Ervin, Back from the Gig (Blue Note)
- Herbie Hancock, My Point of View (Blue Note)
- Horace Parlan, Happy Frame of Mind (Blue Note)
- "Big" John Patton, Along Came John (Blue Note)
- Gloria Coleman, Soul Sisters (Impulse!)
- Harold Vick, Steppin' Out! (Blue Note)
- "Big" John Patton, Blue John (Blue Note)
- Don Wilkerson, Shoutin' (Blue Note)
- George Braith, Two Souls in One (Blue Note)
- Mary Lou Williams, Black Christ of the Andes (Saba/MPS)
- George Braith, Soulstream (Blue Note)
- Bobby Hutcherson, The Kicker (Blue Note)
1964:
- Lee Morgan, Search for the New Land (Blue Note)
- George Braith, Extension (Blue Note)
- "Big" John Patton, The Way I Feel (Blue Note)
- Larry Young, Into Somethin' (Blue Note)
- Donald Byrd, I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Blue Note)
1965:
- Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis, Joe's Blues (Verve)
- Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis, Wings & Things (Verve)
- Grassella Oliphant, The Grass is Greener (Atlantic)
- "Big" John Patton, Oh Baby! (Blue Note)
- Art Blakey, Hold On, I'm Coming (Limelight)
- Lou Donaldson, Musty Rusty (Cadet)
- "Big" John Patton, Let 'em Roll (Blue Note)
1966:
- George Braith, Laughing Soul (Prestige)
- "Big" John Patton, Got a Good Thing Goin' (Blue Note)
- Stanley Turrentine, Rough 'n' Tumble (Blue Note)
1969:
- Rusty Bryant, Rusty Bryant Returns (Prestige)
- Charles Kynard, The Soul Brotherhood (Prestige)
- Reuben Wilson, Love Bug (Blue Note)
- Don Patterson, Brothers-4 (Prestige)
- Don Patterson, Donny Brook (Prestige)
- Don Patterson, Tune Up! (Prestige)
1970:
- Charles Kynard, Afro-Disiac (Prestige)
- Fats Theus, Black Out (CTI)
- Houston Person, Person to Person! (Prestige)
1973:
- Houston Person, The Real Thing (Eastbound)
References
- ^ a b c "Grant Green - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ Nastos, Michael G. "Reaching Out (1961): Review". AllMusic.
- ^ "Grant Green Albums and Discography". Artistdirect.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.