Grant Green

guitar · 1935–1979 · St. Louis

Guitarist born in St. Louis, Blue Note's house guitarist from 1961 to 1965. Inactive from 1967 to 1969 for personal reasons, he moved between hard bop, soul jazz and jazz-funk before dying at 43.

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Styles

• Hard bop
• Soul jazz, boogaloo

Landmark tracks

• Idle Moments (1963)

Cited in 2 radio episodes

• May 14, 2026: Willie Bobo, le percussionniste qui fait mal (Pour qui sonne le jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)
• Feb 19, 2026: Willie Bobo, le percussionniste qui fait mal (Pour qui sonne le jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)

Sources

• EN : Grant Green
• EN : Idle Moments

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