Simply put, this is a very decent four-disc collection of the work of guitarist Grant Green. It features tracks from his many albums as a leader and some as a sideman with others, such as Lee Morgan, John Patton, Baby Face Willette, and Sonny Clark. His early-'60s sides are here along with most of his defining cuts from the '60s, from hard bop to soul-jazz to ballads to gospel -- everything most fans would ever want is here, including his late blues sides recorded in the bars of Detroit in 1970. While Green's own albums can never be replaced, this is a solid portrait of one of the most influential jazz guitarists in history. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Retrospective
10/22/2002
All Music Guide Review
Retrospective Track Listing
Credits of Retrospective
- Wendell Marshall
- Bass
- Garvin Masseaux
- Tambourine, Chekere
- Jack McDuff
- Organ
- Ron McMaster
- Remastering
- Big John Patton
- Organ
- Reggie Workman
- Bass
- Jimmy Smith
- Organ
- Ben Tucker
- Bass
- Carlos "Patato" Valdes
- Conga
- Harold Vick
- Sax (Tenor)
- Hugh Walker
- Drums
- Francis Wolff
- Photography
- Bob Blumenthal
- Liner Notes
- Tom Evered
- Photo Research
- Gordon Jee
- Creative Director
- Burton Yount
- Art Direction, Design
- Butch Warren
- Bass
- Al Harewood
- Drums
- Bob Cranshaw
- Bass
- McCoy Tyner
- Piano
- Baby Face Willette
- Organ
- Donald Bailey
- Drums
- Art Blakey
- Drums
- Willie Bobo
- Drums
- Paul Chambers
- Bass
- Michael Cuscuna
- Compilation Producer
- Ben Dixon
- Drums
- Lou Donaldson
- Sax (Alto)
- Otis Finch
- Drums
- Billy Gardner
- Organ
- Rudy Van Gelder
- Engineer
- Bobby Hutcherson
- Vibraphone
- Winston Kelly
- Piano
- Richard Landrum
- Conga
- Alfred Lion
- Producer
- George Braith
- Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Stritch
- Sonny Clark
- Piano
- Johnny Coles
- Trumpet
- Kenny Drew
- Piano
- Booker Ervin
- Sax (Tenor)
- Tommy Flanagan
- Piano
- Grant Green
- Guitar
- Herbie Hancock
- Piano
- Louis Hayes
- Drums
- Joe Henderson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Billy Higgins
- Drums
- Elvin Jones
- Drums
- Philly Joe Jones
- Drums
- Sam Jones
- Bass
- Blue Mitchell
- Trumpet
- Hank Mobley
- Sax (Tenor)
- Lee Morgan
- Trumpet
- Horace Parlan
- Piano
- Duke Pearson
- Piano
- Ike Quebec
- Piano, Sax (Tenor)
- Sam Rivers
- Sax (Tenor)
- Wayne Shorter
- Sax (Tenor)
- James Spaulding
- Sax (Alto)
- Art Taylor
- Drums
- Stanley Turrentine
- Sax (Tenor)
- Tommy Turrentine
- Trumpet
- Larry Young
- Organ
- Dave Bailey
- Drums


















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