Oleo (Grant Green album)

Oleo is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label in Japan in 1980.[1] It features Green with pianist Sonny Clark, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes. The tracks were later re-issued in 1997 as part of The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark.

Oleo
Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedJanuary 31, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length37:22
LabelBlue Note
GXF 3065
ProducerAlfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Nigeria
(1962)
Oleo
(1980)
Born to Be Blue
(1962)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [3]

The AllMusic review by Michael Erlewine called Oleo "another excellent album with Green and pianist Sonny Clark".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:37
  2. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 7:15
  3. "Tune-Up" (Eddie Vinson) – 7:19
  4. "Hip Funk" (Grant Green) – 8:39
  5. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 8:32

Personnel

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References

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