Grant Green Jr.
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Gregory Green, known professionally as Grant Green Jr., is a jazz guitarist and the eldest son of jazz guitarist Grant Green. He is a member of the group Masters of Groove with Bernard Purdie and Reuben Wilson.[1] Born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 4, 1955, Green Jr. began playing guitar at the age of fourteen.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1969, he moved to Detroit with his father, who died ten years later. His neighbors were Stevie Wonder's parents.[2] He has worked with Richard "Groove" Holmes, Leon Thomas, Jimmy McGriff, Lou Donaldson, and Lonnie Smith.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Discography
As leader
- Back to the Groove (Paddle Wheel, 1997)
- Jungle Strut (Venus, 1997 [1998])
- Introducing G.G. (Jazzateria, 2002)[3][4]
- Thank You Mr. Bacharach (ZMI Records, 2022)
- Thank You Mr. Bacharach Vol 1 and 2 (ZMI Records, 2023)
With Bernard Purdie and Reuben Wilson
- The Masters of Groove - Meet Dr. No (Jazzateria, 2001)
- The Masters of Groove - Meet DJ-9 (Jazzateria, 2006)
- The Godfathers of Groove (18th & Vine, 2007) [note: originally released as The Masters of Groove]
- The Godfathers of Groove 3 (18th & Vine, 2009)
As sideman
With Reuben Wilson
- Organ Blues (Jazzateria, 2002)
- Movin' On (Savant, 2006)
References
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- ↑ https://jazzguitartoday.com/2021/04/growing-up-in-the-shadow-of-a-giant/#:~:text=And%20I%20listened%20to%20a%20lot%20of%20Stevie%20Wonder%E2%80%94his%20parents%20were%20my%20next%2Ddoor%20neighbors%2C%20so%20I%20knew%20Stevie.
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External links
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- Living people
- 1955 births
- Jazz musicians from St. Louis
- Guitarists from New York City
- Jazz musicians from New York City
- African-American jazz guitarists
- American jazz guitarists
- 20th-century American guitarists
- The Quark Alliance members
- 20th-century African-American musicians
- 21st-century African-American musicians