Nigeria
Studio album by
Grant Green
Released1980
RecordedJanuary 13, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length37:24
LabelBlue Note
LT 1032
ProducerAlfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Gooden's Corner
(1961)		 Nigeria
(1980)		 Oleo
(1962)
Alternative cover
Japanese issue

Nigeria is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded for the Blue Note label on January 13, 1962 but not released until 1980.[1] Pianist Sonny Clark and bassist Sam Jones return from Green’s previous session, Gooden's Corner, and are joined by legendary drummer, Art Blakey. The tracks were also released in 1997 as part of The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

  1. "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) - 7:32
  2. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 10:22
  3. "I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) - 5:48
  4. "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 5:56
  5. "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 7:46

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Grant Green discography accessed September 16, 2010
  2. 1 2 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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