Grant Green

E414672
human jazz guitarist musician

Grant Green was an influential American jazz guitarist known for his soulful, blues-inflected style and extensive recordings for the Blue Note label in the 1960s.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Grant Green canonical 9
Grant Green Jr. 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
jazz guitarist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Art Blakey ⓘ
Blue Note Records house band ⓘ
Elvin Jones ⓘ
Hank Mobley ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
Jimmy Smith ⓘ
Joe Henderson ⓘ
Lonnie Smith ⓘ
surface form: Larry Young

Lou Donaldson ⓘ
McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Sonny Clark ⓘ
birthName Grant Green self-link ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
child Grant Green self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grant Green Jr.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1935-06-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1979-01-31 ⓘ
genre hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
post-bop ⓘ
soul jazz ⓘ
influencedBy Blues guitar tradition ⓘ
Charlie Christian ⓘ
Wes Montgomery ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
name Grant Green self-link ⓘ
notableAlbum Live! ⓘ
surface form: Alive!

Born to Be Blue ⓘ
Talkin' About! ⓘ
notableFeature extensive recordings for Blue Note in the 1960s ⓘ
notableWork Feelin' the Spirit ⓘ
Grantstand ⓘ
Green Street ⓘ
Idle Moments ⓘ
Matador ⓘ
Solid ⓘ
Street of Dreams ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
placeOfBirth St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
reputation influential American jazz guitarist ⓘ
style blues-inflected phrasing ⓘ
lean, melodic improvisation ⓘ
soulful guitar tone ⓘ

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New Day → hasSongwriter → Grant Green ⓘ
Blue Note Records → notableArtist → Grant Green ⓘ
Jack McDuff → associatedAct → Grant Green ⓘ
Hank Mobley → associatedAct → Grant Green ⓘ
It Could Happen to You → hasNotableRecordingBy → Grant Green ⓘ
Out of This World → hasNotablePerformer → Grant Green ⓘ
Idris Muhammad → associatedAct → Grant Green ⓘ
Grant Green → name → Grant Green self-link ⓘ
Grant Green → birthName → Grant Green self-link ⓘ
Grant Green → child → Grant Green self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grant Green Jr.