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Nigeria 
Studio album by Grant Green Released 1980 Recorded January 13, 1962 Genre Jazz Length 37:10 Label Blue Note Producer Alfred Lion Grant Green chronology Gooden's Corner
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(1962)Nigeria is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980.[1] The tracks were also released in 1997 as part of The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark.
Contents
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[2]The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Just classic Green".[2]
Track listing
- "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) - 7:32
- "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 10:20
- "I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) - 5:40
- "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 5:54
- "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 7:44
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- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on January 13, 1962
Personnel
- Grant Green - guitar
- Sonny Clark - piano
- Sam Jones - bass
- Art Blakey - drums
References
- ^ Grant Green discography accessed September 16, 2010
- ^ a b Erlewine, M. Allmusic Review accessed September 16, 2010
Categories:- Blue Note Records albums
- Grant Green albums
- 1962 albums
- Albums produced by Alfred Lion
- Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
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