Alive! (Grant Green album)
Alive! is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring a performance recorded at the Cliche Lounge in Newark, New Jersey in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] The album was Green's first official live recording. The CD reissue added three bonus tracks.
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| Released | 1970 | |||
| Recorded | August 15, 1970 | |||
| Venue | Cliche Lounge, Newark, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk | |||
| Length | 36:45 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Francis Wolff | |||
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Reception
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| Allmusic |   |
The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Alive! is the hardest funk LP Grant Green recorded during the later phase of his career... this is the most convincing and consistent Green had been as a funkster and, while nearly all of his albums from the early '70s feature at least some worthwhile material for acid jazz and beat-sampling junkies, Alive! is probably the best place to start".[2]
Track listing
- "Let the Music Take Your Mind" (Kool & the Gang, Gene Redd) - 8:42
- "Time To Remember" (Neal Creque) - 11:19
- Band introduction by Buddy Green - 0:32
- "Sookie, Sookie" (Don Covay, Steve Cropper) - 11:10
- "Down Here on the Ground" (Gale Garnett, Lalo Schifrin) - 6:45
- "Hey, Western Union Man" (Jerry Butler, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) - 7:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "It's Your Thing" (Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Rudolph Isley) - 9:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Maiden Voyage" (Herbie Hancock) - 10:58 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
- Grant Green - guitar
- Claude Bartee - tenor saxophone
- Willie Bivens - vibes
- Neal Creque (tracks 2 & 5), Ronnie Foster (tracks 1, 4 & 6-8) - organ
- Idris Muhammad - drums
- Joseph Armstrong - congas
- Buddy Green - announcer
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References
- Grant Green discography accessed September 17, 2010
- Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 17, 2010
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