Grant Green – I Want To Hold Your Hand
Grant Green – guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Grant Green]
Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley (all tracks except B2) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Hank Mobley]
Drums – Elvin Jones [click here to see more vinyl featuring Elvin Jones]
Organ – Larry Young
Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney (A1), Kurt Weill (A2), Ogden Nash (A2), Victor Young (A3), Ned Washington (A3), Antônio Carlos Jobim (B1), Steve Allen (B2), Cole Porter (B3)
1 LP, Gatefold jacket printed by Stoughton Printing Co.
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated
Label : Blue Note Tone Poet
Original Label : Blue Note
Recorded on March 31, 1965, at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Original session produced by Alfred Lion
Reissue produced by Joe Harley
Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Liner Notes by Ira Gitler
Photography by Francis Wolff, Reid Miles
Design by Reid Miles
Originally released in 1985
Reissued in 2019
Tracks :
Side A:
- I Want to Hold Your Hand
- Speak Low
- Stella by Starlight
Side B:
- Corcovado
- This Could Be the Start of Something
- At Long Last Love
Reviews :
“The third of three sessions Grant Green co-led with modal organist Larry Young and Coltrane drummer Elvin Jones, I Want to Hold Your Hand continues in the soft, easy style of its predecessor, Street of Dreams. This time, however -- as one might guess from the title and cover photo -- the flavor is less reflective and more romantic and outwardly engaging. Part of the reason is tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, who takes Bobby Hutcherson's place accompanying the core trio. His breathy, sensuous warmth keeps the album simmering at a low boil, and some of the repertoire helps as well, mixing romantic ballad standards (often associated with vocalists) and gently undulating bossa novas. The title track -- yes, the Beatles tune -- is one of the latter, cleverly adapted and arranged into perfectly viable jazz that suits Green's elegant touch with pop standards; the other bossa nova, Jobim's "Corcovado," is given a wonderfully caressing treatment. Even with all the straightforward pop overtones of much of the material, the quartet's playing is still very subtly advanced, both in its rhythmic interaction and the soloists' harmonic choices. Whether augmented by an extra voice or sticking to the basic trio format, the Green/Young/Jones team produced some of the most sophisticated organ/guitar combo music ever waxed, and I Want to Hold Your Hand is the loveliest of the bunch.” AllMusic Review by Steve Huey
Ratings:
AllMusic 4.5 / 5 , Discogs 4.46 / 5