Grant Green: I Want to Hold Your Hand (Tone Poet Series) ETJS-16 “Ballads” is often seen as

“Ballads” is often seen as a riposte to those short-sighted criticisms

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

In May 1968 when he entered Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs

Then Farewell

Grant Green: I Want to Hold Your Hand (Tone Poet Series) ETJS-16 “Ballads” is often seen asBlue Note, 1965 The trio of guitarist Grant Green, organist Larry Young, and drummer Elvin Jones had a unique alchemy from the first time they got together on Green's 1964 album Talkin' About. A couple months later the trio reconvened as a quartet with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson to record Street of Dreams. For 1965's I Want To Hold Your Hand they subtly changed their palette again by adding tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley into the mix. The result was