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.

Shades of Green
Studio album by Grant Green
Released	1971
Recorded	November 23–24, 1971
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:06
Label	Blue Note
Producer	George Butler
Grant Green chronology
Visions (1971) Shades of Green (1971) The Final Comedown (1971)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

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

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) – 5:52
2. "Sunrise, Sunset" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) – 4:40
3. "Never My Love" (Donald Adrissi, Richard Addrisi) – 4:30
4. "Got to Be There" (Elliot Willensky) – 4:24
5. "California Green" (Grant Green) – 6:24
6. "If You Really Love Me" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) – 4:25
7. "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Vince Guaraldi) – 4:50
8. "In the Middle" (Alfred Ellis, Buddy Hobgood) – 5:02

• Recorded at United Artists Studios, West Hollywood, CA on November 23 (tracks 1, 5 & 8), & November 24 (tracks 2-4, 6 & 7), 1971 with horn overdubs recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 16 & 17, 1971

Personnel

Musicians

• Grant Green – guitar
• Billy Wooten – vibraphone
• Emmanuel Riggins – electric piano, clavinet
• Wilton Felder – electric bass
• Nesbert "Stix" Hooper – drums
• King Errisson – conga
• Harold Cardwell – percussion
• Orchestra arranged by Wade Marcus

Additional musicians

• Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Victor Paz, James Sedlar – trumpet
• Harry DiVito – trombone
• Dick Hickson – bass trombone
• Jim Buffington – French horn
• Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, George Marge, John Leone – woodwinds

Technical personnel

• Christina Hersch – engineer
• Rudy Van Gelder – remixing
• Norman Seeff – art direction