''Oleo'' is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label in Japan in 1980.Grant Green discography
accessed September 16, 2010 It features Green with pianist Sonny Clark, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes. The tracks were later re-issued in 1997 as part of ''

The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark ''The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark'' is a 1997 compilation album by jazz guitarist Grant Green, collecting together all the tracks from a series of albums he recorded with pianist Sonny Clark in 1961 and '62. The original material was s ...

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "another excellent album with Green and pianist Sonny Clark".Erlewine, M. Allmusic Reviewaccessed September 16, 2010

Track listing

# "Oleo" (

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) – 5:37 # " Little Girl Blue" (

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" ( Eddie Vinson) – 7:19 # "Hip Funk" (Grant Green) – 8:39 # " My Favorite Things" (

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, Richard Rodgers) – 8:32

Personnel

* Grant Green - guitar * Sonny Clark - piano * Sam Jones -

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* Louis Hayes -

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References

{{Authority control Grant Green albums 1980 albums Blue Note Records albums Albums produced by Alfred Lion Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio