Shades of Green (album)

Shades of Green is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1971 and released on the Blue Note label.^[1]

Shades of Green
Studio album by Grant Green
Released	1972
Recorded	November 23–24, 1971
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:06
Label	Blue Note
Producer	George Butler
Grant Green chronology
Visions (1971) Shades of Green (1972) The Final Comedown (1971)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 2 stars and stated "This is not the old Grant Green".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Medley: I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I'll Get It Myself) / Cold Sweat" (James Brown) – 5:52
2. "Sunrise, Sunset" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) – 4:40
3. "Never My Love" (Donald Adrissi, Richard Addrisi) – 4:30
4. "Got to Be There" (Elliot Willensky) – 4:24
5. "California Green" (Grant Green) – 6:24
6. "If You Really Love Me" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) – 4:25
7. "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Vince Guaraldi) – 4:50
8. "In the Middle" (Alfred Ellis, Buddy Hobgood) – 5:02

• Recorded at United Artists Studios, West Hollywood, CA on November 23 (tracks 1, 5 & 8), & November 24 (tracks 2–4, 6 & 7), 1971 with horn overdubs recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 16 & 17, 1971

Personnel

Musicians

• Grant Green – guitar
• Billy Wooten – vibraphone
• Emmanuel Riggins – electric piano, clavinet
• Wilton Felder – electric bass
• Nesbert "Stix" Hooper – drums
• King Errisson – conga
• Harold Cardwell – percussion
• Orchestra arranged by Wade Marcus

Additional musicians

• Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Victor Paz, James Sedlar – trumpet
• Harry DiVito – trombone
• Dick Hickson – bass trombone
• Jim Buffington – French horn
• Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, George Marge, John Leone – woodwinds

Technical personnel

• Christina Hersch – engineer
• Rudy Van Gelder – remixing
• Norman Seeff – art direction