Grantstand is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green

Grant Green

Grant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer....

 featuring performances recorded and released on the Blue Note

Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...

 label in 1961. The CD reissue features one bonus track from the same session.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4 stars and stated "if you're looking for Green the soul-jazz groovemaster, Grantstand is an excellent place to find him".

Track listing

All compositions by Grant Green except as indicated

1. "Grandstand" – 9:03
2. "My Funny Valentine
   My Funny Valentine
   "My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green...
   
   " (Lorenz Hart
   Lorenz Hart
   Lorenz "Larry" Milton Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart...
   
   , Richard Rodgers
   Richard Rodgers
   Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...
   
   ) – 9:06
3. "Blues in Maude's Flat" – 15:00
4. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison
   Willard Robison
   Willard Robison was an American composer of popular song. Born in Shelbina, Missouri, his songs reflect a rural, melancholy theme steeped in Americana. Their warm style has drawn comparison to Hoagy Carmichael...
   
   ) – 4:11
5. "Green's Greenery" – 5:10 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Grant Green
  Grant Green
  Grant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer....
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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• Yusef Lateef
  Yusef Lateef
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   – tenor saxophone
  Tenor saxophone
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  , flute
  Flute
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• Brother Jack McDuff – organ
• Al Harewood
  Al Harewood
  Al Harewood is a musician and teacher, born in Brooklyn. As a drummer Harewood worked with many jazz musicians including the J.J. Johnson/Kai Winding group, the Art Farmer/Gigi Grice band, David Amram, and the Curtis Fuller-Benny Golson Sextet...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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