Grant Green - Street of Dreams (RVG Edition)
Artist.....: Grant Green
Title......: Street of Dreams (RVG Edition)
Label......: Blue Note Records
Store Date.: Feb-24-2009
Genre......: Jazz
Encoder....: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Size.......: 47,9 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Wish You Love 08:46
02 - Lazy Afternoon 07:44
03 - Street Of Dreams 09:03
04 - Somewhere In The Night 08:01
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33:34 min
Release Notes:
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Grant Green's second session with organist Larry Young, Street of
Dreams brings back drummer Elvin Jones and adds Bobby Hutcherson
on vibes for a mellow, dreamy album that lives up to its title.
There are only four selections, all standards and all around eight
to ten minutes long, and the musicians approach them as extended
mood pieces, creating a marvelously light, cool atmosphere that's
maintained throughout the record. Hutcherson is the perfect
addition for this project, able to blend in with the modal
advancement of the rest of the ensemble while adding his clear,
shimmering tone to the overall texture of the album. All the
musicians play with a delicate touch that's quite distinct from
the modal soul-jazz on Talkin' About; it's not so much romantic as
thoughtful and introspective, floating along as if buoyed by
clouds. There aren't really any fireworks or funky grooves, as the
music is all of a piece, which makes it difficult to choose the
highlights from French songwriter Charles Trenet's "I Wish You
Love," "Lazy Afternoon," the title track, or "Somewhere in the
Night." It's another fine record in a discography filled with
them, and yet another underrated Green session.
Pairing Grant Green's deep blues feeling with the adventurous
Larry Young on organ and Elvin Jones on drums may have seemed a
strange strategy in 1964. But the trio went on to anchor three
Green and one Young album that have all become classics. "Street
Of Dreams" adds vibist Bobby Hutcherson to the mix and the quartet
unveils extended explorations on four standards of varying
vintage. The rarified air of their inventions harkens back to
GreenÆs classic "Idle Moments" album. This beautiful album is
remastered by Rudy Van Gelder for the first time in the CD era.
Please Enjoy..