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2LP Vinyl – TMR-850

All-Analog Remaster from the Original Tapes on 180g Double LP.
Part of the 313 Series Partnership from Third Man Records & Blue Note.
Specially Chosen for Re-release by Blue Note President/Detroiter Don Was.
First Time on Vinyl.

 

The funk fans have been waiting for this one. Finally available on vinyl, Grant Green's near perfect slice of jazz funk and soul, Live at Club Mozambique, remastered and rendered back in the Motor City. Grant Green's band had been playing a series of live dates at Detroit's Club Mozambique, (before it became a fabled Male dance club) when this session was recorded live on two cold January nights in 1971.

The LP blends extremely hypnotic and wild funk such as their opening cover of a local funk hit ''Jan Jan'' by the Fabulous Counts next to laidback renditions of early '70s soul favorites ''Walk on By,'' ''Patches'' and ''One More Chance'' by the Jackson 5. It perfectly captures the magic of hearing a legendary band effortlessly doing their thing in a small club while the audience unwinds after a long work day. Green pulls it all together with his melodic genius and perfect delivery. Great artists make it seem so easy. No pretensions here, just a great band burning up the stage with unmistakable chemistry on what might be the ultimate jazz funk time capsule. Maybe you can't go back in time, but if you close your eyes and light a cigarette, you might be convinced you're sitting in a wood-paneled club on Detroit's Westside enjoying Grant Green and his band tear it up.

Recorded live at Club Mozambique, Detroit, MI 1971 by Ed Greene. Produced by Francis Wolff.