Nigeria (album)

Nigeria
Nigeria
Studio album by Grant Green
Released	1980
Recorded	January 13, 1962
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:24
Label	Blue Note; LT 1032
Producer	Alfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Alternative cover
	Japanese issue

Nigeria is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980.^[1] The tracks were also released in 1997 as part of The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Just classic Green".^[2]

Track listing[]

"Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) - 7:32
"It Ain't Necessarily So" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 10:22
"I Concentrate on You" (Porter) - 5:48
"The Things We Did Last Summer" (Cahn, Styne) - 5:56
"The Song Is You" (Hammerstein II, Kern) - 7:46

Personnel[]

References[]

^ Grant Green discography accessed September 16, 2010
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Erlewine, M. Allmusic Review accessed September 16, 2010
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[Green_discography-1] Grant Green discography accessed September 16, 2010

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^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.

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Live albums	Alive! (1970) Live at The Lighthouse (1972) Live at Club Mozambique (2006)
Soundtrack albums	The Final Comedown (1972)
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