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Grant's First Stand
Studio album by Grant Green
Released	May 1961
Recorded	January 28, 1961
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Soul jazz
Length	40:01
Label	Blue Note BST 84064
Producer	Alfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
First Session (1960-61) Grant's First Stand (1961) Green Street (1961)

Grant's First Stand is the debut album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances by Green recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1961. He is featured in a trio with organist Baby Face Willette and drummer Ben Dixon. Earlier recordings made by Green for Blue Note were released as First Session in 2001.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "Grant's First Stand still ranks as one of his greatest pure soul-jazz outings, a set of killer grooves laid down by a hard-swinging organ trio."

Track listing

All compositions by Grant Green except as indicated

1. "Miss Ann's Tempo" – 5:38
2. "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) – 7:41
3. "Blues for Willarene" – 7:08
4. "Baby's Minor Lope" (Baby Face Willette) – 7:19
5. "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" (Porter Grainger) – 4:26
6. "A Wee Bit O'Green" – 7:49

Personnel

• Grant Green – guitar
• Baby Face Willette – organ
• Ben Dixon – drums

References

1. Billboard May 15, 1961
2. "Grant Green Catalog", JazzDisco.org, accessed September 14, 2010.
3. ^ Huey, S. Allmusic Review, accessed September 14, 2010.
4. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 598. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

• Blue Note Records albums
• Grant Green albums
• 1961 debut albums
• Albums produced by Alfred Lion
• Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio