Grant Green: Rediscovering the Forgotten Genius of Jazz Guitar
San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #002868
xii, 274 p.p. B&W photos throughout. Includes discography. Quarter-bound in black cloth with purple paper boards, gilt lettering to spine and front board. Damp stain to foot of rear endpapers. Dust jacket is slightly bumped at extremities, damp stains to head and foot (mostly visible on reverse). This heartfelt biography celebrates the life and music of a jazz guitar genius whose legend continues to grow today. Best known as a session leader and side man for Blue Note Records in the 1960s, Grant Green helped make jazz guitar playing its own art form, recording 93 albums in his short life before his death at the age of 43 in 1979.
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