Nigeria - 2015 European Waxtime label Remastered 6-track LP

Grant Green LP

125,00 DKK

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Nigeria is a classic 'lost' hard-bop album from america guitar legend Grant Green -  originally recorded on January 13, 1962 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980... and recorded with an all-star band of Sonny Clark (piano), Art Blakey (drums) and Sam Jones (bass), the album features Sonny Rollins' 'Airegin', a brilliant take on Ira and George Gershwin's 'It Ain't Necessarily So', Cole Porter's 'I Concentrate On You' and Kern/Hammerstein's 'The Song Is You'.


Nancy is a bonus track from the same session gfeatured on the WaxTime reissue - newly remastered, pressed onto 180 Gram High Quality Virgin Vinyl - picture cover featuring brand new artwork by Toshio Fujiyama

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) - 7:32
2. It Ain't Necessarily So" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 10:22
3. Nancy

Side 2:
1. I Concentrate on You" (Porter) - 5:48
2. The Things We Did Last Summer" (Cahn, Styne) - 5:56
2. The Song Is You" (Hammerstein II, Kern) - 7:46


Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on 13th January 1962


Credits:
Grant Green - guitar
Sonny Clark - piano
Sam Jones - bass
Art Blakey - drums

Technical Credits:
Rudy Van Gelder - Recording Engineer
Alfred Lion - Original Session Production
Michael Cuscuna - Production

Artwork:
Toshio Fujiyama - Illustration

Artist Grant Green
Media LP
Katalog nummer 772001
Land Europe
Label Dol
Udgivelsesår 2015
Grading New/Still Factory Sealed
Genre Jazz
Sub Genre 1 Hard Bop
Condition New