Retrospective [Box set, Original recording remastered]

Grant Green | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 22, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B00006FR87
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. A Foggy Day

2. Blues For Willarene

3. Baby's Minor Lope

4. Swingin' At Sugar Ray's

5. Old Folks

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. The Yodel

2. Soul Woman

3. Talkin' About J.C.

4. You Don't Know What Love Is

5. Plaza De Toros

See all 9 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. 'Round Midnight

2. So What

3. What Is This Thing Called Love

4. It Ain't Necessarily So

5. My Little Suede Shoes

See all 10 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Uh Huh

2. The Other Part Of Town

3. The Lamp Is Low

4. Blues For Charlie

5. Back In Your Own Back Yard

See all 9 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Take a deep breath - then buy it!, December 10, 2002

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Dr.D.Treharne (Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Retrospective (Audio CD)

In calling it " Retrospective 1961-66 " Blue Note have left themselves the options of picking up a different thread where this collection stops.Most Green fanatics will have a number of these tracks, but there is more than enough culled from sessions that Green appeared on both as leader and sessioneer, to make it a "must have" set.Favourites are, as always with this amount of material, difficult to pick. Currently I like "Boop Bop Bing Bash" from a George Braith session,The version of Miles Davis' " So what" from the album "Sunday Mornin'"," The other part of town" from Horace Parlan's "Up and down" and the Stanley Turrentine version of "The lamp is low" from the album "Z T Blues". What is emphasised across this number of tracks is how good Green was at fitting in to whatever the unit that he was playing with, and how fresh the takes are on so many of " the standards" (take a listen to "My favourite things" from the album "Matador" as an example).Incidentally if you like organ driven tracks Disk 1 makes this an absolutely crucial buy, with Green pitching against a plethora of B3 bashers in a range of styles. I was given this as a present, but having listened to it all, I wouldn't have any hesitation in rushing out and buying it before ( as will inevitably happen!) Blue Note delete it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for any aspiring guitarist, March 24, 2003

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J. Auth (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Retrospective (Audio CD)

I'm a college student currently majoring in jazz guitar performance. Other than Hendrix, Grant Green is my favorite guitarist of all time. His playing is as crazy and melodic as Parker and Coltrane, but it's as smooth as Miles Davis and BB King. I think Grant was one of the most underrated guitarists ever. The Retrospective Box Set may seem pricey, but it's worth every penny. It's a brilliant look at Grant's emotional ballads and funky, bebop blues. Plus, he puts his own spin on some classics. I honestly like his version of "so What" even better than the original. So for any guitarist young or old that wants to hear how a Gibson hollowbody is supposed to be played. Listen to Grant Green.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Take a deep breath - then buy it!, December 10, 2002

By 

Dr.D.Treharne (Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Retrospective (Audio CD)

In calling it " Retrospective 1961-66 " Blue Note have left themselves the options of picking up a different thread where this collection stops.Most Green fanatics will have a number of these tracks, but there is more than enough culled from sessions that Green appeared on both as leader and sessioneer, to make it a "must have" set.Favourites are, as always with this amount of material, difficult to pick. Currently I like "Boop Bop Bing Bash" from a George Braith session,The version of Miles Davis' " So what" from the album "Sunday Mornin'"," The other part of town" from Horace Parlan's "Up and down" and the Stanley Turrentine version of "The lamp is low" from the album "Z T Blues". What is emphasised across this number of tracks is how good Green was at fitting in to whatever the unit that he was playing with, and how fresh the takes are on so many of " the standards" (take a listen to "My favourite things" from the album "Matador" as an example).Incidentally if you like organ driven tracks Disk 1 makes this an absolutely crucial buy, with Green pitching against a plethora of B3 bashers in a range of styles. I was given this as a present, but having listened to it all, I wouldn't have any hesitation in rushing out and buying it before ( as will inevitably happen!) Blue Note delete it.