Grant Green – Solid [Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series LP]

Description

Grant Green drives Solid with a post-bop lineup that pushes his guitar into faster themes, longer improvising, and a horn-fronted setting. McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Bob Cranshaw, James Spaulding, and Joe Henderson give the session a different shape from Green’s organ-combo dates, making the album a strong pick for listeners who want his more advanced hard bop side. This vinyl record edition belongs to the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series.

“Minor League” opens with a Duke Pearson composition that lets the full sextet state the album’s harder, horn-led attack. “Ezz-Thetic” moves into George Russell material, stretching the session through a longer structure with Green, Spaulding, and Henderson trading space over the rhythm section. “Grant’s Tune” brings Green’s own writing into the set, while Sonny Rollins’ “Solid” and Joe Henderson’s “The Kicker” keep the LP tied to musicians who shaped the surrounding hard bop and post-bop language.

The Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series pressing is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. Those details matter for this title because Solid was recorded for Blue Note but left unreleased for many years, giving this edition a clear modern path back to the original session tapes and the intended album program.

• Format: Vinyl LP
• Standout tracks: “Minor League”, “Ezz-Thetic”, “Grant’s Tune”, “The Kicker”
• Pressing details: Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series, 180g Vinyl, Stereo, All-Analog Mastered By Kevin Gray, Pressed At Optimal
• Genre/style: Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz, Modal Jazz
• UPC: 602475079460

“Minor League” and “Ezz-Thetic” show the album’s tougher ensemble side, while “Grant’s Tune” keeps Green’s own voice inside the program. For a Grant Green section, Solid fills the space between his soul-jazz reputation and his sharper post-bop recordings.

* The Spotify track list may not exactly represent the tracks and audio of this LP edition.

Track List:

Side A:

1. Minor League
2. Ezz-Thetic

Side B:

1. Grant’s Tune
2. Solid
3. The Kicker