{"product_id":"grantgreen-borntobebluetonepoetseries","title":"Grant Green - Born To Be Blue (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— The Analog Vault \/\/ Essential Listening —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough Grant Green provided his share of groove-oriented soul-jazz and modal post-bop, his roots were hard bop, and it is in a bop-oriented setting that the guitarist excels on \u003cem\u003eBorn to Be Blue\u003c\/em\u003e. Most of the material on this five-star album was recorded at \u003c\/span\u003eRudy Van Gelder\u003cspan\u003e's New Jersey studio on December 11, 1961, when Green was joined by tenor titan \u003c\/span\u003eIke Quebec\u003cspan\u003e, pianist \u003c\/span\u003eSonny Clark\u003cspan\u003e, bassist \u003c\/span\u003eSam Jones\u003cspan\u003e, and drummer \u003c\/span\u003eLouis Hayes\u003cspan\u003e. Tragically, \u003c\/span\u003eQuebec\u003cspan\u003e was near the end of his life -- the distinctive saxman died of lung cancer at the age of 44 on January 16, 1963 -- but there is no evidence of \u003c\/span\u003eQuebec\u003cspan\u003e's declining health on Born to Be Blue. He was playing as authoritatively as ever well into 1962, and the saxman is in fine form on hard-swinging interpretations of \"Someday My Prince Will Come\" and \u003c\/span\u003eAl Jolson\u003cspan\u003e's \"Back in Your Own Back Yard.\" It's interesting to hear \u003c\/span\u003eQuebec\u003cspan\u003e playing bop, for his big, breathy tone was right out of swing and was greatly influenced by \u003c\/span\u003eColeman Hawkins\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eBen Webster\u003cspan\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough \u003c\/span\u003eQuebec\u003cspan\u003e and Green (who was 14 years younger) had very different musical backgrounds, they were always quite compatible musically. They clearly enjoyed a strong rapport on the uptempo selections as well as ballads like \"My One and Only Love\" and \u003c\/span\u003eMel Torme\u003cspan\u003e's \"Born to Be Blue.\" — via AllMusic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/54Hn6pJrW564ZmaZDbK6Td?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Blue Note ‎Records\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Blue Note Tone Poet Series \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180 gram, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2019 \/ Original Release: 1962\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Blue Note Tone Poet Series\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456676307102,"sku":"602577868443","price":65.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/68e30af02b992db8e6c8a134c2ed43d5146bdd95.jpg?v=1646294272","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/grantgreen-borntobebluetonepoetseries","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}