Am I Blue (album)


Am I Blue is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note label. The title track had been recorded by Ray Charles four years prior to Green's recording, and the second track, "Take These Chains from My Heart", had been recorded the previous year by Charles for his Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two LP. The remaining portion of the album featured a pair of mid-1930s pop standards and a 1940s hit for swing band leader Lucky Millinder.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3½ stars and stated "Although certainly listenable enough, this is one of Grant Green's lesser efforts from the 1960s".

Track listing

  1. "Am I Blue" - 6:56
  2. "Take These Chains from My Heart" - 6:12
  3. "I Wanna Be Loved" - 7:39
  4. "Sweet Slumber" - 7:17
  5. "For All We Know" - 13:59

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