His Majesty King Funk
Studio album by
Grant Green
ReleasedAugust/September 1965[1]
RecordedMay 26, 1965
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length33:17
LabelVerve
V6-8627
ProducerCreed Taylor
Grant Green chronology
I Want to Hold Your Hand
(1965)		 His Majesty King Funk
(1965)		 Iron City
(1967)

His Majesty King Funk is a jazz album recorded in 1965 by Grant Green. It features Green with tenor saxophonist Harold Vick, organist Larry Young, drummer Ben Dixon and percussionist Candido.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
Record Mirror[4]
Down Beat[5]

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”.[6]

Track listing

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

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Announced on Billboard July 31, 1965
  2. 1 2 Erlewine, Michael. "His Majesty King Funk - Grant Green; AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 600. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (1 January 1966). "Grant Green: His Majesty King Funk" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 251. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. ↑ Down Beat: December 16, 1965 vol. 32, no. 26
  6. ↑ John Heidt (October 2007). "Grant Green – His Majesty King Funk". Retrieved November 27, 2020.


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