Grant Green - His Majesty King Funk
Grant Green – guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Grant Green]
Harold Vick – tenor saxophone
Larry Young – organ
Ben Dixon – drums
Candido Camero – bongos, congas
Written by Grant Green (A1), Ann Ronell (A2), Ben Dixon (B1), Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith (B2), Robert Graham (B3)
1 LP, gatefold old-style tip-on jacket by Stoughton Printing
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12’’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings (QRP), Salina, Kansas, USA
Label : Verve – Acoustic Sounds Series
Original Label : Verve Records
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on May 26, 1965
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Produced by Creed Taylor
Mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab
Photography by Hugh Bell
Liner notes by John Tynan
Design by Michael Malatak
Originally released in 1965
Reissued in October 2026
Tracks:
Side A:
- The Selma March
- Willow Weep For Me
Side B:
- The Cantaloupe Woman
- That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
- Daddy Grapes
Reviews:
“Don't be scared off by the His Majesty King Funk title; this is not Green's later commercial stuff. This is excellent Grant Green with Larry Young on organ, Harold Vick on sax, Ben Dixon on drums, and Candido Camero on conga -- essentially a classic four-piece. And this is soul-jazz with a deep groove. His Majesty King Funk is the last of five albums Green recorded with Young. Produced by Creed Taylor, it is the only album Green did for Verve and perhaps his last real jazz album before several years of inactivity, after which he became somewhat more commercial in his approach. The album includes the standard "That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)."” AllMusic Review by Michael Erlewine
Ratings:
AllMusic : 3 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.45 / 5