Grant Green (
June 6th[?], 
1931, 
St. Louis, 
MO - 
January 31, 
1979, 
New York City, 
NY) is one of the most overlooked of 
jazz guitar players.  Green almost exclusively record for 
Blue Note Records, recording some of the best 
guitar driven 
Hard bop, 
Soul-Jazz[?], and 
Bebop of the 
1960s.
Like many African-American jazz musicians at the time, drug use disrupted his career and most likely led to the health problems that killed him in 1979.
 Recommended Albums 
-  Grant's First Stand [1] (http://www.bluenote.com/detail.asp?SelectionID=9872)
-  Idle Moments [2] (http://www.bluenote.com/detail.asp?SelectionID=9425)
-  Green Street [3] (http://www.bluenote.com/detail.asp?SelectionID=10178)
 
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