That's the great Grant Green on the cover – a hint that you're in for an all-masters set of
funky guitar here – in a selection that's put together by the folks at Japan's Guitar Magazine! The package features 2CDs, and Grant gets one whole disc to himself – as the collection mixes together a fair bit of gems from the early 70s years when jazz guitar was finding much
funkier currents, thanks to shifts that were taking place in the world of soul music – inspirations from the world of
funky 45s, but taken to jazz territory with much longer grooves and extended solos! Tracks include "Brown Bag" and "No Way" by Ivan Boogaloo Joe Jones, "Bowlegs" and "Sister Janie" by
Funk Inc, "Giblet Gravy" by George Benson, "Bambu" by Reuben Wilson, "Thank You" by Melvin Sparks, "Chunk A
Funk" by Mel Brown, and "The Soul Roll" by Billy Butler – plus Grant Green cuts that include "Jan Jan", "Ain't It
Funky Now", "Windjammer", "Sookie Sookie", "The Final Come Down", and "Hurt So Bad".
(Funky Compilations, Jazz)