Grant Green - Live At Club Mozambique (2LP)
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Grant Green – guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Grant Green]
Idris Muhammad - drums [click here to see more vinyl featuring Idris Muhammad]
Clarence Thomas - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Houston Person - tenor saxophone
Ronnie Foster – organ
Written by Mose Davis (A1), Clarence Thomas (A2), Grant Green (B1), Burt Bacharach (B2), Hal David (B2), Pat Upton (C1), The Corporation (C2), General Norman Johnson (D1), Ronald Dunbar (D1), Arthur Snyder (D2)
2 LP, Box set, gatefold jacket, 12 page booklet
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Live
Record Press : Third Man Pressing
Label : Third Man Records
Original Label : Blue note
Recorded at the Club Mozambique, Detroit, Michigan on January 6 & 7, 1971
Engineered by Ed Greene
Original session produced by Francis Wolff
Remastered by Warren Defever at Third Man in Detroit
Reissue produced by Bob Belden
Cover design and art direction by Patrick Roques
Liner notes by Bob Belden
Originally released in July 2006
Reissued in November 2023
Tracks:
Side A:
- Jan Jan
- Farid
Side B:
- Bottom of the Barrel
- Walk on By
Side C:
- More Today than Yesterday
- One More Chance
Side D:
- Patches
- I Am Somebody
Reviews :
“Live at Club Mozambique was, according to Bob Belden's liner notes, rumored to exist for decades in Blue Note's Grant Green discography, but was never released. His explanation as to why is satisfactory -- Green's star had waned considerably -- and makes some sense, but the label had 15 unissued albums by the guitarist by 1971. This date recorded at the famed Detroit jazz club (Green was living in the city at the time) is the second such set of grooves to be issued from the club floor -- Lonnie Smith's was the first. The band consists of Idris Muhammad, Ronnie Foster, Houston Person, and the all but unknown Clarence Thomas, and the two tenor saxophonists (Thomas also played soprano here) laid out heavy, deep funk on the tunes that were chosen. Foster and Muhammad were symbiotic as a rhythm section. Foster's grooving under-the-cover basslines matched the soul groove style of Muhammad. They locked onto Green and couldn't be shaken loose. Obviously created for an inner-city audience and the jukebox crowd, this set was recorded a scant five months after Alive!, but bites a lot harder. The tunes include a simmering read of the Clarence Carter vehicle "Patches" with Green stretching the melody to the breaking point, and the horn section fills egg him on. "One More Chance" was written by the Corporation (the Mizell Brothers) and recorded by the Jackson 5. It's got that soulful ballad sweetness just over the top of some sparkling chops -- Thomas' soprano here is a perfect foil to both Green and Person. Green's reliance on those low strings for his melody is special; it's meaty and stays in the pocket, allowing for more ensemble interplay -- though his solo is a thing to behold, all knotty yet still full of warmth and vigor. When he starts twinning with Foster near its end, the joy just bleeds from the speakers. The read of "Walk on By" is soulful without being overly ornate. Thomas' "Farid" and the opener, "Jan Jan," written by M. Davis (not Miles), are for the hard jazz fans here. The horn charts are tight and elaborate in their fashion, and Green pulls out the stops layering blues, jazz, and soulful funkiness into each of his lines. And to hear this rhythm section simmer and pop is glorious. Highly recommended.” AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3.5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.66 / 5