Grant Green – Alive!
Alive! is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring a performance recorded at the Cliche Lounge in Newark, New Jersey in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label. The album was Green’s first official live recording. The CD reissue in 1993 added three bonus tracks.
The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4 stars and stated “Alive! is the hardest funk LP Grant Green recorded during the later phase of his career… this is the most convincing and consistent Green had been as a funkster and, while nearly all of his albums from the early ’70s feature at least some worthwhile material for acid jazz and beat-sampling junkies, Alive! is probably the best place to start”.
Grant Green – guitar Claude Bartee – tenor saxophone Willie Bivens – vibes Neal Creque , Ronnie Foster – organ Idris Muhammad – drums Joseph Armstrong – congas Buddy Green – announcer
