{"product_id":"grant-green-grants-first-stand-2019-e-u-blue-note-180g-vinyl-lp","title":"Grant Green - Grant's First Stand, 2019 E.U. Blue Note 180g Vinyl LP","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGrant Green - Grant's First Stand, 180g Vinyl LP\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-base-width-int=\"8\" class=\"wvc-col-8 wvc-column wvc-column-content-placement-default wvc-column-content-type-default wvc-column-content-alignment-center wvc-column-text-alignment-default\" id=\"wvc-col-4157\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wvc-column-container wvc-column-bg-default wvc-column-bg-effect-none wvc-font-inherit wvc-column-font-inherit wvc-column-style-none wvc-border-color-none wvc-background-color-default\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wvc-column-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wvc-column-wrapper wpb_wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wvc-text-block wvc-clearfix wvc-element wvc-mobile-text-align-\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wbp_wrapper\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrant's First Stand Review \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eby Steve Huey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrant Green's debut album, Grant's First Stand, still ranks as one of his greatest pure soul-jazz outings, a set of killer grooves laid down by a hard-swinging organ trio. For having such a small lineup -- just organist Baby Face Willette and drummer Ben Dixon -- the group cooks up quite a bit of power, really sinking its teeth into the storming up-tempo numbers, and swinging loose and easy on the ballads. The influence of the blues on both Green and Willette is strong and, while that's far and away the dominant flavor of the session, Green also displays his unique bop phrasing (learned by studying horn players' lines, rather than other guitarists) to fine effect on his high-octane opener, \"Miss Ann's Tempo,\" and Willette's \"Baby's Minor Lope.\" Green's original blues \"A Wee Bit O'Green\" and \"Blues for Willarene\" are both memorable, particularly the former, and the two standards -- \"Lullaby of the Leaves\" and \"'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do\" -- are given smoky treatments soaked in bluesy, late-night atmosphere. Willette and Dixon both supply a tremendous rhythmic drive, and Willette's solos burn with gospel fervor. This same trio performed together on Willette's Stop and Listen album, with equally heated results. None of Green's contemporaries used the single-note style (Green rarely played chords, leaving that to the organ or piano) to quite the same degree, making him a unique voice on his instrument. And his terrific debut pegged him as an up-and-comer to watch closely.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"LimitContentHeightCntntFrm\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"LPs New","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698658119873,"sku":"","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1407\/4970\/files\/GrantGreen-Grant_sFirstStand_2019E.U.BlueNote.jpg?v=1688080893","url":"https:\/\/hathillrecords.com.au\/products\/grant-green-grants-first-stand-2019-e-u-blue-note-180g-vinyl-lp","provider":"Hat Hill Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}