Matador (Grant Green album)

Matador is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1964 but not released on the Japanese Blue Note label until 1979.[1] The album was finally reissued in the U.S. on CD in 1990 with one bonus track. It was also reissued on vinyl in 2010, with a different cover.

Matador
Studio album by
Grant Green
Released1979
RecordedMay 20, 1964
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreModal jazz, post-bop
Length42:05 Original LP
51:06 CD reissue
LabelBlue Note
GXF-3053
ProducerAlfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Idle Moments
(1963)		 Matador
(1979)		 Solid
(1964)
Alternative cover
2010 Music Matters vinyl pressing

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 5 stars and stated "it's a classic and easily one of Green's finest albums. In contrast to the soul-jazz and jazz-funk for which Green is chiefly remembered, Matador is a cool-toned, straight-ahead modal workout that features some of Green's most advanced improvisation... The group interplay is consistently strong, but really the spotlight falls chiefly on Green, whose crystal-clear articulation flourishes in this setting. And, for all of Matador's advanced musicality, it ends up being surprisingly accessible. This sound may not be Green's claim to fame, but Matador remains one of his greatest achievements".[2]

Track listing
  1. "Matador" (Green) – 10:51
  2. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 10:23
  3. "Green Jeans" (Green) – 9:10
  4. "Bedouin" (Pearson) – 11:41
  5. "Wives and Lovers" (Bacharach, David) – 9:01 Bonus track on CD reissue

Recorded on May 20 (tracks 1-4) & June 12 (track 5), 1964.

Personnel

References
  1. Grant Green discography accessed September 17, 2010
  2. Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 17, 2010
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
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