Nigeria (album)

Nigeria is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980.[1] The tracks were also released in 1997 as part of The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark.

Nigeria
Studio album by
Grant Green
Released1980
RecordedJanuary 13, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length37:24
LabelBlue Note
LT 1032
ProducerAlfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Gooden's Corner
(1961)		 Nigeria
(1980)		 Oleo
(1962)
Alternative cover
Japanese issue

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Just classic Green".[2]

Track listing
  1. "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) - 7:32
  2. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 10:22
  3. "I Concentrate on You" (Porter) - 5:48
  4. "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Cahn, Styne) - 5:56
  5. "The Song Is You" (Hammerstein II, Kern) - 7:46

Personnel
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References
  1. Grant Green discography accessed September 16, 2010
  2. Erlewine, M. Allmusic Review accessed September 16, 2010
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
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