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Track Listings
| 1. Iron City |
| 2. Samba De Orpheus |
| 3. Old Man Moses (Let My People Go) |
| 4. High Heeled Sneakers |
| 5. Motherless Child |
| 6. Work Song |
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Album Description
• Grant Green is the great unsung hero of jazz guitar.
• In 1967 Green recorded this fine album "Iron City!" which seemed to suggest that the guitarist was set to rise to the top but his career was derailed by drug addiction and such players as Wes Montgomery and George Benson came instead to prominence
• Presumably recorded for then-thriving Prestige Records, "Iron City!" was first issued in 1972 on Cobblestone Records and again in 1978 on Muse. Now, a whole new generation of jazz listeners can hear how forceful the guitarist could be in the right funk. Freed from the constraints of well-rehearsed Blue Note staidness, Green and company let loose here in a rip-roaring, mostly up-tempo program of solid winners.
• Grant Green's music is very pure but it is not limited to jazz. Green incorporated a darker, more velvety feel with elements of Motown, funk and even Doors-esque psychedelia!
• Modern acid jazzers are now becoming hip to Green and it's a timely reissue of this classic album.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Varied fare from a Green led trio.
17 Dec 2000
Format:Audio CD
What's so good about this album is that the trio that plays on it had a very clear understanding of each others playing abilities, and it gives them space to express themselves. There's a variety of styles, from the latin tinged "Samba De Orpheus", (my particular favourite), to the oft covered "Work Song". The title track gives listeners a good idea of how well Green and Patton share the work, and how explosively Ben Dixon on drums propels them along. The remastering is excellent, and at mid-price this is a "must have" for fans of both Green and Patton
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Green at the peak of his "Boogaloo - Soul Jazz" phase ! ! !
6 Mar 2001
Format:Audio CD
Of fans of the "soul Jazz" side of Grant Green this probably THE session to have. To me, it sounds a bit "dark" at times - - If Big John's playing sounds a bit "different" by the way, its because its not really him. Its actually Larry Young playing organ... (I'm serious ! ! !) (The session he recorded immediately before this however was John Patton's Let 'Em Roll, then the next session would be with Sonny Phillips then Reuben Wilson... I don't think he recorded with John after that !) - - Dixon and Young's tight, funky yet minimalistic groove provide a great vehicle for the sometimes underspoken Green to do a lot of talkin' on that guitar of his...
Ben Dixon incidentally is still around. He did an album under his own name with Adam Scone recently which remarkably recaptures his classic sound(Say Yes To Your Best), then appears on a "straight Jazz" album with me on organ (James Spaulding on Alto). What impresses me the most about Ben Dixon is way his playing is so rhythmic yet creatively melodic at the same time, so when you play with him, you're really thinking about what he's saying and building off it... hence that classic symbiosis you hear on almost all of the sessions he plays on.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Grant Green and Big John
27 Oct 2005
Format:Audio CD
This is Grant Green and Big John Patton playing in an organ trio, and it is similar to the other albums they did together (mostly upbeat bluesy jazz). The song "high healed sneekers" is particularly rockin'. I had never heard of this cd and saw it in a for sale bin for about $9. It is definitely a "find," regardless of the price.
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