Fellow "Aficionados" I'm trying to get a feel for the recordings made in 1960, 61 and 62. I'm not going to provide links for these recordings because if you are a jazz aficionado, they should be in your collection, just pull them out and give a listen.
First I want to establish the jazz mood for that period of time, next I want you to compare that to these "Grant Green" albums that I ordered which were not released, and I want you to give me your honest evaluation in regard to the mood at that time in regard to jazz in general. The question is, were these albums by Grant Green so out of step, that you, yourself would not release them if that was your decision to make. Remember, you are not comparing this album to that album, but the general mood of the jazz buying public, that is the question you're trying to answer.
Since we've recently had a heated debate about this, they (the debaters) probably think I'm trying to win an argument, when all I'm trying to do, is get some valid answers, and there is no better way to get them than to ask anyone who reads this thread for the answer.
Since there is a possibility you haven't heard the Grant Green, Sonny Clark albums, I'll provide them for you to compare with other prominent jazz musicians who put out albums at about that time.
Disc 1
"Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) - 7:32
"It Ain't Necessarily So" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 10:22
"I Concentrate on You" (Porter) - 5:48
"The Things We Did Last Summer" (Cahn, Styne) - 5:56
"The Song Is You" (Hammerstein II, Kern) - 7:46
"Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Van Heusen, Silvers) - 6:25
"Airegin" [Alternative Take] - 7:37
"On Green Dolphin Street" (Kaper, Washington) - 6:26
"Shadrack" (MacGimsey) - 6:23
"What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Porter) - 5:50
Disc two
"Moon River" (Mancini, Mercer) - 5:37
"Gooden's Corner" - 8:14
"Two for One" - 7:41
"Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:37
"Little Girl Blue" (Hart, Rodgers) – 7:15
"Tune-Up" (Eddie Vinson) – 7:19
"Hip Funk" (Green) – 8:39
"My Favorite Things" (Hammerstein II, Rodgers) – 8:32
"Oleo" [Alternative Take] - 6:00
Personnel[edit]
Grant Green - guitar
Miles Davis 1961 "Sketches of Spain" and "Someday My Prince Will Come"
Art Blakey and the messengers Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Bennie Golson, Jymie Merit "Moanin, Blues March, and Along came Betty."
John Coltrane 1961
John Coltrane — soprano and tenor saxophone
Eric Dolphy — bass clarinet, alto saxophone
McCoy Tyner — piano
Reggie Workman — bass
Jimmy Garrison — bass
Elvin Jones — drums
Garvin Bushell — probably cor anglais (described wrongly in the disc notes as an oboe),[7] contrabassoon
Ahmed Abdul-Malik — probably tanpura (described wrongly in the disc notes as an oud)[7]
Roy Haynes — drums
1961 village vanguard recordings
Yusef Lateef 1961 recordings
Eastern sounds
I'm going to provide links for songs you're familiar with like : "It ain't Necesarily So"; "On Green Dolphin Street" , and "My Favorite Things" by Grant Green and Sonny Clark.
"It Ain't necessarily so"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP1iyEUyHeI "On Green Dolphin Street"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgYNRz8y6R8 "MY Favorite Things"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTD-4AozN5oSince everyone knows I'm biased, I don't get to vote or make a statement in regard to this. The question is, do you think this album would be acceptable to the jazz buying public at that time.
Enjoy the music.