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.

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

Late 60's and early 70's, Grant had stepped deeper into the funkygrooves, that signed his later work. In that funkygroove-style, Grant sets the reference for what later has become to know as : Acid Jazz. Acid Jazz-lovers do give this album a higher rating than the 2star rating Erlewine gave it.

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) -
 * 2) "Sunrise, Sunset" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) -
 * 3) "Never My Love" (Donald Adrissi, Richard Addrisi) -
 * 4) "Got to Be There" (Elliot Willensky) -
 * 5) "California Green (Grant Green) -
 * 6) "If You Really Love Me" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) -
 * 7) "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Vince Guaraldi) -
 * 8) "In the Middle" (Alfred Ellis, Buddy Hobgood) -
 * Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 23 (tracks 1, 5 & 8), & November 24 (tracks 2-4, 6 & 7), 1971 with orchestra overdubs recorded at United Artists Studios, West Hollywood, CA on December 16 & 17, 1971

Personnel
Orchestra arranged by Wade Marcus
 * Grant Green - guitar
 * Billy Wooten - vibes
 * Emmanuel Riggins - electric piano, clavinet
 * Wilton Felder - electric bass
 * Nesbert "Stix" Hooper - drums
 * King Errisson - conga
 * Harold Caldwell - percussion
 * Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Victor Paz, Jimmy Sedlar - trumpet
 * Harry DiVito - trombone
 * Dick Hickson - bass trombone
 * Jim Buffington - french horn
 * Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, George Marge, John Leone - woodwinds