Nigeria (album)
Nigeria | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
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 | |||
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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[]
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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.
Categories:
- Grant Green albums
- 1962 albums
- Blue Note Records albums
- Albums produced by Alfred Lion
- Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio