His Majesty King Funk

His Majesty King Funk
His Majesty King Funk
Studio album by Grant Green
Released	August/September 1965
Recorded	May 26, 1965
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:17
Label	Verve; V6-8627
Producer	Creed Taylor
Grant Green chronology

His Majesty King Funk is a jazz album recorded in 1965 by Grant Green.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 3 stars and stated “This is soul-jazz with a deep groove. His Majesty King Funk is the last of five albums Green recorded with Young. Produced by Creed Taylor, it is the only album Green did for Verve and perhaps his last real jazz album before several years of inactivity, after which he became somewhat more commercial in his approach”.^[2]

John Heidt wrote about this album at Vintage Guitar magazine: “Green’s His Majesty King Funk is well-named. With five cuts of soul-drenched jazz, it’s easy to see why he’s the darling of the acid-jazz movement. He had an earthiness to his playing not found in lots of other jazz guitarists, and this set, with Larry Young on organ lets that shine through”.^[4]

Track listing[]

"The Selma March" (Grant Green) - 8:26
"Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell)- 10:01
"The Cantaloupe Woman" (Ben Dixon)- 4:55
"That Lucky Old Sun" (Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith) - 5:20
"Daddy Grapes" (Robert Graham) - 4:35

Personnel[]

Grant Green - guitar
Harold Vick - tenor saxophone
Larry Young - organ
Ben Dixon - drums
Candido Camero - bongo, congas

References[]

^ Announced on Billboard July 31, 1965
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Erlewine, Michael. "His Majesty King Funk - Grant Green; AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 600. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ John Heidt (October 2007). "Grant Green – His Majesty King Funk". Retrieved November 27, 2020.

External links[]

Grant Green official website

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[1] Announced on Billboard July 31, 1965

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Erlewine, Michael. "His Majesty King Funk - Grant Green; AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 600. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[VintageGuitar-4] John Heidt (October 2007). "Grant Green – His Majesty King Funk". Retrieved November 27, 2020.

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Studio albums	Grant's First Stand (1961) Green Street (1961) Sunday Mornin' (1962) Grantstand (1962) The Latin Bit (1963) Feelin' the Spirit (1963) Am I Blue (1964) Idle Moments (1965) Talkin' About! (1965) His Majesty King Funk (1965) I Want to Hold Your Hand (1966) Street of Dreams (1967) Goin' West (1969) Carryin' On (1970) Green Is Beautiful (1970) Visions (1971) Shades of Green (1971) Iron City (1972) The Main Attraction (1976) Easy (1978) Matador (1979) Solid (1979) Remembering (1980) Gooden's Corner (1980) Nigeria (1980) Oleo (1980) Born to Be Blue (1985) The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (1997) Blues for Lou (1999) First Session (2001)
Live albums	Alive! (1970) Live at The Lighthouse (1972) Live at Club Mozambique (2006)
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Testifying (1960) Young Blues (1960) Groove Street (1962) Into Somethin' (1964) Unity (1965) Of Love and Peace (1966) Contrasts (1967) Heaven on Earth (1968) Mother Ship (1969) Lawrence of Newark (1973) Spaceball (1976)
With Grant Green	Street of Dreams (1964) Talkin' About! (1964) His Majesty King Funk (1965) I Want to Hold Your Hand (1965)
With others	Double Exposure (Joe Chambers, 1978) Bitches Brew (Miles Davis, 1969) Big Fun (1969) Forrest Fire (Jimmy Forrest, 1960) Love Shout (Etta Jones, 1963) I'm Shooting High (Gildo Mahones, 1963) The Great Gildo (Gildo Mahones, 1963) Devotion (John McLaughlin, 1970) Love Devotion Surrender (Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin, 1973) Gumbo! (Pony Poindexter and Booker Ervin, 1963) In the Beginning (Woody Shaw, 1965) Natural Soul (Buddy Terry, 1967) Emergency! (The Tony Williams Lifetime, 1969)