Alive! (Grant Green album)


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 added three bonus tracks.

Reception

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".

Track listing

  1. "Let the Music Take Your Mind" - 8:42
  2. "Time To Remember" - 11:19
  3. Band introduction by Buddy Green - 0:32
  4. "Sookie, Sookie" - 11:10
  5. "Down Here on the Ground" - 6:45
  6. "Hey, Western Union Man" - 7:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
  7. "It's Your Thing" - 9:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Maiden Voyage" - 10:58 Bonus track on CD reissue

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