"Horns and piano, horns and piano; how about a little "Gitar"? Grant Green, my homeboy was born good; I saw him at clubs before he made his first record, and he was good then. He would just kind of lean back, look at his guitar, and beautiful music would start pouring out; he didn't even seem to be playing it, or making hardly any effort, like magic, beautiful music emanated from his guitar.
Since I like all of his records, I'm going to have a hard time choosing, but I hope you'll forgive what some would call my excess number of selections.
Me and Grant's music seem to be in a constant state of resonance, that is "we vibrate in harmony"; my first choice is "Lullaby of The Leaves".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hxCP_LEniw
Next is "Round Midnight"; this is a real laid back version with mystery; you never know what's going to happen around midnight in the city. While we have those syrupy lyrics to that song, they were not Monk's intention; he wanted the music to speak for itself, that's why he never plays it the same way twice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cYSD0knfvA
"Somewhere In The Night"; this version seems to be more optimistic than most, "All he's got to do is just keep looking, and he's sure to find his lost love, she's out there "Somewhere In The Night".
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Now we have "Speak Low"; Grant pops them "Gitar strings" on this one; and I mean he could pop em. I recall notes reverberating right inside my ear when he was popping them strings from way cross the room.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHDEEJF1I4I&list=PLF3AB418A7231FFDF
"Idle Moments" is the last one; this is one beautiful tune. The most striking thing about this tune is when Joe Henderson got so caught up in his solo, that he had no idea of time, and Rudy Van Gelder, who is a stickler about time, knew he was going over, and just let him blow. "Let that man blow his horn", that's what Gabriel said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoXNc-vKdJM&list=PL8C1FF6ED9FD7329B
Enjoy the music.