I Want to Hold Your Hand

by Grant Green

I Want to Hold Your Hand cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1966
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.3/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Backed by an incredibly fluid rhythm section featuring Elvin Jones and Larry Young, 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' finds jazz guitarist Grant Green effortlessly reinterpreting contemporary pop hits and bossa nova standards. Moving away from his blues-heavy hard bop work, Green's single-note phrasing shimmers with a relaxed, sophisticated cool jazz elegance. It is a highly accessible, masterfully understated session from the legendary Blue Note era.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. I Want To Hold Your Hand
  2. Speak Low
  3. Stella By Starlight
  4. Corcovado (Quiet Nights)
  5. This Could Be The Start Of Something
  6. At Long Last Love

Credits

  • Grant Green - primary artist, guitar
  • Elvin Jones - drums
  • Larry Young - organ
  • Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
  • Lennon-McCartney - written-by
  • Kurt Weill - written-by
  • Ogden Nash - written-by
  • Ned Washington - written-by

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