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Nigeria is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980.[1] The tracks were also released in 1997 as part of The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark.
Reception
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Allmusic | [2] |
The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Just classic Green".[2]
Track listing
- "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) - 7:32
- "It Ain't Necessarily So" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 10:22
- "I Concentrate on You" (Porter) - 5:48
- "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Cahn, Styne) - 5:56
- "The Song Is You" (Hammerstein II, Kern) - 7:46
Personnel
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- Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958)
- Blue Serge (Serge Chaloff, 1956)
- Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957)
- Bone & Bari (Curtis Fuller, 1957)
- Curtis Fuller Volume 3 (1957)
- Two Bones (Curtis Fuller, 1958)
- Go! (Dexter Gordon, 1962)
- A Swingin' Affair (Dexter Gordon, 1962)
- Soul Stirrin' (Bennie Green, 1958)
- The 45 Session (Bennie Green, 1958)
- Gooden's Corner (Grant Green, 1961)
- Oleo (1962)
- Nigeria (1962)
- The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (Grant Green, 1961–62)
- Born to Be Blue (Grant Green, 1962)
- The Congregation (Johnny Griffin, 1957)
- John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (1957)
- Showcase (Philly Joe Jones, 1959)
- Cliff Craft (Clifford Jordan, 1957)
- Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1959)
- A Fickle Sonance (Jackie McLean, 1961)
- Vertigo (Jackie McLean, 1962)
- Tippin' the Scales (Jackie McLean, 1962)
- Poppin' (Hank Mobley, 1957)
- Hank Mobley (1957)
- Curtain Call (Hank Mobley, 1957)
- Candy (Lee Morgan, 1957–58)
- Easy Living (Ike Quebec, 1962)
- The Sound of Sonny (Sonny Rollins, 1957)
- Smithville (Louis Smith, 1957)
- Stan 'The Man' Turrentine (1960)
- Jubilee Shout!!! (Stanley Turrentine, 1962)
- Preach Brother! (Don Wilkerson, 1962)
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