{"product_id":"grant-green-idle-moments-blue-note-essential","title":"Idle Moments (Blue Note Essential)","description":"In Spring 1964, guitarist, Grant Green, recorded two blazing post-bop albums—Matador and Solid—both of which would go unreleased for more than a decade as Blue Note instead decided to release the guitarist’s organ-based soul jazz outings of the time.\n\u003cp\u003eGreen had hinted at this post-bop direction on his 1963 masterpiece Idle Moments, and for the Matador session assembled a quartet with pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and Elvin Jones. A month later Green returned to Van Gelder Studio and expanded the band to a state-of-the-art sextet with the addition of tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson and alto saxophonist James Spaulding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe high-octane set kicks into gear right from the jump on Duke Pearson’s “Minor League” and burns through George Russell’s hard-charging “Ezz-Thetic” with other highlights including Green’s evocative “Grant’s Tune,” the Sonny Rollins blues “Solid,” and an emphatic version of Henderson’s “The Kicker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: September 2026\u003cbr\u003eCat: 84154\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Blue Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eListen\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grant Green","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":56940074074498,"sku":"25\/09\/26-DISUNI","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1795\/4365\/files\/187305-grant-green-idle-moment.jpg?v=1790249548","url":"https:\/\/recordculture.com\/products\/grant-green-idle-moments-blue-note-essential","provider":"Record Culture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}