{"product_id":"grant-green-idle-moments","title":"Grant Green - Idle Moments","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Spring 1964, guitarist, Grant Green, recorded two blazing post-bop albums—Matador and Solid—both of which would go unreleased for more than a decade as Blue Note instead decided to release the guitarist’s organ-based soul jazz outings of the time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGreen had hinted at this post-bop direction on his 1963 masterpiece \u003cem\u003eIdle Moments\u003c\/em\u003e, and for the Matador session assembled a quartet with pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and Elvin Jones. A month later Green returned to Van Gelder Studio and expanded the band to a state-of-the-art sextet with the addition of tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson and alto saxophonist James Spaulding. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe high-octane set kicks into gear right from the jump on Duke Pearson’s “Minor League” and burns through George Russell’s hard-charging “Ezz-Thetic” with other highlights including Green’s evocative “Grant’s Tune,” the Sonny Rollins blues “Solid,” and an emphatic version of Henderson’s “The Kicker.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A Slice Of Vinyl ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58794629333366,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/2872\/7926\/files\/1cb0f8cd-20ce-433b-9af4-6d237766560f_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1790084607","url":"https:\/\/asliceofvinyl.co.uk\/products\/grant-green-idle-moments","provider":"A Slice Of Vinyl ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}