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In the first half of the 1960s, guitarist Grant Green was one of Blue Note's most prolific artists, as evidenced by the more than twenty hard bop and soul jazz sessions he recorded between 1961 and 1965 as bandleader for the American label. When Green returned to Blue Note in 1969, his style had evolved considerably, incorporating many elements of jazz funk, which is clearly evident on first listen to his album “Carryin' On”. In January 1970, Green entered the recording studio of the legendary Rudy Van Gelder to record his lively album “Green Is Beautiful”, which, thanks to the participation of musicians such as the great trumpeter Blue Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Claude Bartee, organists Emmanuel Riggins and Neal Creque, double bassist Jimmy Lewis, drummer Idris Muhammad, Candido Camero on congas and Richie Landrum on bongos, is still considered one of the absolute masterpieces of that era. Green's distinctive style is evident in all five tracks on the album, which opens with a ten-minute, elaborate reinterpretation of James Brown's “Ain't It Funky Now” and includes two brilliant cover versions of “A Day In The Life” by The Beatles and “I'll Never Fall in Love Again” by Burt Bacharach, as well as two unforgettable Creque originals, “The Windjammer” and “Dracula”.
As part of the extremely popular “Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series” Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for Blue Note US's analog reissues such as “Tone Poet” and “Classic Vinyl” – as a limited Japan only UHQCD with OBI stripe. The original recording session for “Green Is Beautiful” took place on January 30, 1970 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
UHQCD
1. Ain't It Funky Now
2. A Day In The Life
3. The Windjammer
4. I'll Never Fall In Love Again
5. Dracula