Grant's First Stand is the debut album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green

Grant Green

Grant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer....

 featuring performances by Green recorded and released on the Blue Note

Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...

 label in 1961. Earlier recordings made by Green for Blue Note were released as First Session

First Session

First Session is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances by Green recorded in 1960 and 1961 but not released on the Blue Note label until 2001. The album features the first recordings made by Green for Blue Note which were held back from release in favour of a later...

in 2001.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "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".

Track listing

All compositions by Grant Green except as indicated

1. "Miss Ann's Tempo" – 5:39
2. "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere
   Bernice Petkere
   Bernice Petkere was an American songwriter. She was dubbed the "Queen of Tin Pan Alley" by Irving Berlin.Born in Chicago, Illinois, she began performing in vaudeville as a child. "Starlight " , her first published song, was recorded by Bing Crosby. She also wrote radio themes for CBS...
   
   , Joe Young) – 7:42
3. "Blues for Willareen" – 7:08
4. "Baby's Minor Lope" (Baby Face Willette
   Baby Face Willette
   Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette was a hard bop and soul-jazz musician most known for playing Hammond organ. It is unclear whether he was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, or New Orleans, Louisiana...
   
   ) – 7:18
5. "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
   Ain't Nobody's Business
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   " (Porter Grainger
   Porter Grainger
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   ) – 4:26
6. "A Wee Bit O'Green" – 7:47
   • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on January 28, 1961

Personnel

• Grant Green
  Grant Green
  Grant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer....
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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• Baby Face Willette
  Baby Face Willette
  Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette was a hard bop and soul-jazz musician most known for playing Hammond organ. It is unclear whether he was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, or New Orleans, Louisiana...
  
   – organ
• Ben Dixon – drums
  Drum kit
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