This article presents the discography of the American jazz guitarist Grant Green (1935–1979).
As leader Year Title Peak chart positions Label Notes US US R&B US Jazz 1961 Grant's First Stand ― ― ― Blue Note Green Street ― ― ― 1962 Sunday Mornin' ― ― ― Grantstand ― ― ― 1963 The Latin Bit ― ― ― Feelin' the Spirit ― ― ― 1964 Am I Blue ― ― ― 1965 Idle Moments ― ― ― Talkin' About! ― ― ― His Majesty King Funk ― ― ― Verve Reissued on CD in 1995 (Verve/Polygram 527474). 1966 I Want to Hold Your Hand ― ― ― Blue Note 1967 Street of Dreams ― ― ― 1969 Goin' West ― ― ― 1970 Carryin' On ― 49 ― Green Is Beautiful ― 24 ― Alive! ― ― ― Live album 1971 Visions 151 31 5 1972 Shades of Green ― ― 9 The Final Comedown ― ― ― Soundtrack album of The Final Comedown (1972) Live at The Lighthouse ― ― 12 Live album. LA series. Iron City! ― ― ― Cobblestone Re-released in 1977 (Muse MR 5120); reissued on CD in 1998 (32 Jazz 32048), and again in 2003 (Savoy 17227). 1976 The Main Attraction ― ― 20 Kudu Reissued on CD in 2002 (Epic/Legacy 86145). 1978 Easy ― ― 45 Versatile Reissued on CD in 2001 (Unidisc UBK 4111), and again in 2007 (Essential Media Group 11025). 1979 Matador ― ― ― Blue Note Japan only Solid ― ― ― LT series1980 Remembering ― ― ― Japan only. Reissued on CD as Standards (1998). Gooden's Corner ― ― ― Japan only. Included in compilation album The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (1997). Nigeria ― ― ― LT series. Included in compilation album The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (1997). Oleo ― ― ― Japan only. Included in compilation album The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (1997). 1985 Born to Be Blue ― ― ― 1989 Reaching Out ― ― ― Black Lion Originally released in 1961 as Reaching Out by Dave Bailey Quintet (Jazztime JT 003); reissued in 1973 as Green Blues by Grant Green (Muse MR 5014); reissued on CD in 1989 as Reaching Out by Grant Green (Black Lion BLCD 760129). 1999 Blues for Lou ― ― 19 Blue Note Connoisseur series 2001 First Session ― ― ― Connoisseur series 2006 Live at Club Mozambique ― ― ― Live album "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
As sideman 1959: Jimmy Forrest, All the Gin Is Gone (Delmark) Jimmy Forrest, Black Forrest (Delmark)
1960: Sam Lazar, Space Flight (Argo) Willie Dixon, Blues Roots Series, Vol. 12 (Chess)
1961: Lou Donaldson, Here 'Tis (Blue Note) Baby Face Willette, Face to Face (Blue Note) Baby Face Willette, Stop and Listen (Blue Note) Brother Jack McDuff, The Honeydripper (Prestige) Stanley Turrentine, Up at "Minton's" (Blue Note) Dave Bailey, Reaching Out (Jazztime) Hank Mobley, Workout (Blue Note) Horace Parlan, Up & Down (Blue Note) Brother Jack McDuff, Steppin' Out (Prestige) Brother Jack McDuff, Goodnight, It's Time to Go (Prestige) Stanley Turrentine, ZT's Blues (Blue Note) Lou Donaldson, A Man with a Horn (Blue Note) Sonny Red, The Mode (Jazzland) Sonny Red, Images (Jazzland) Ike Quebec, Blue & Sentimental (Blue Note)
1962: Joe Carroll, Man with a Happy Sound (Charlie Parker Records) Dodo Greene, My Hour of Need (Blue Note) Don Wilkerson, Elder Don (Blue Note) Don Wilkerson, Preach Brother! (Blue Note) Lou Donaldson, The Natural Soul (Blue Note)
1963: Lou Donaldson, Good Gracious! (Blue Note) Jimmy Smith, I'm Movin' On (Blue Note) Jimmy Smith, Special Guests (Blue Note [ 1984]) Booker Ervin, Back from the Gig (Blue Note) Herbie Hancock, My Point of View (Blue Note) Horace Parlan, Happy Frame of Mind (Blue Note) "Big" John Patton, Along Came John (Blue Note) Gloria Coleman, Soul Sisters (Impulse!) Harold Vick, Steppin' Out! (Blue Note) "Big" John Patton, Blue John (Blue Note) Don Wilkerson, Shoutin' (Blue Note) George Braith, Two Souls in One (Blue Note) Mary Lou Williams, Black Christ of the Andes (Saba/MPS) George Braith, Soulstream (Blue Note) Bobby Hutcherson, The Kicker (Blue Note)
1964: Lee Morgan, Search for the New Land (Blue Note) George Braith, Extension (Blue Note) "Big" John Patton, The Way I Feel (Blue Note) Larry Young, Into Somethin' (Blue Note) Donald Byrd, I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Blue Note)
1965: Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis, Joe's Blues (Verve) Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis, Wings & Things (Verve) Grassella Oliphant, The Grass is Greener (Atlantic) "Big" John Patton, Oh Baby! (Blue Note) Art Blakey, Hold On, I'm Coming (Limelight) Lou Donaldson, Musty Rusty (Cadet) "Big" John Patton, Let 'em Roll (Blue Note)
1966: George Braith, Laughing Soul (Prestige) "Big" John Patton, Got a Good Thing Goin' (Blue Note) Stanley Turrentine, Rough 'n' Tumble (Blue Note)
1969: Rusty Bryant, Rusty Bryant Returns (Prestige) Charles Kynard, The Soul Brotherhood (Prestige) Reuben Wilson, Love Bug (Blue Note) Don Patterson, Brothers-4 (Prestige) Don Patterson, Donny Brook (Prestige) Don Patterson, Tune Up! (Prestige)
1970: Charles Kynard, Afro-Disiac (Prestige) Fats Theus, Black Out (CTI) Houston Person, Person to Person! (Prestige)
1973: Houston Person, The Real Thing (Eastbound)
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