Talkin' About!

Talkin' About!
Studio album by
Grant Green
ReleasedSeptember 1965[1]
RecordedSeptember 11, 1964
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length41:05
LabelBlue Note
BST 84183
ProducerAlfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Solid
(1964) 		Talkin' About!
(1965) 		Street of Dreams
(1964)

Talkin' About! is an American jazz guitarist Grant Green album featuring performances recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label.[2] Green is supported by organist Larry Young and drummer Elvin Jones. It was reissued in Japan on CD with a slightly different cover: same design, but with a blue background.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]
Down Beat[6]

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars. It stated, "With just a basic organ trio lineup, the album works a fascinating middle ground between the soul-jazz of Green's early days and the modal flavor of his most recent work... It all makes for a terrific album that ranks in Green's uppermost echelon".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Talkin' About J.C." (Larry Young) – 11:45
  2. "People" (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) – 7:28
  3. "Luny Tune" (Larry Young) – 7:43
  4. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 7:38
  5. "I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)" (Johnny Mercer) – 6:31

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Billboard Oct 2, 1965
  2. ^ Grant Green discography accessed September 17, 2010
  3. ^ a b Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 17, 2010
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 599-600. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Down Beat: December 16, 1965 vol. 32, no. 26