Grant Green's version of 'Round About Midnight


For the last five years or so, Grant Green's version of 'Round About Midnight has been one of my favorite tracks. Ror general enjoyment or auditioning, on vinyl or cd (now on my server!) it still represents, for me, a truly intimate and well-recorded version of an oft-recorded classic. If you're a fan of jazz guitar, go get it now--seriously!

If you already know it and love it, I'd be curious to hear what other cuts (by any other jazz guitarists) you think also have this special combination of wonderful musicianship, producing/engineering, and intimacy. I guess there's something about the slightly melancholy sound of this track that has me entranced!
mimberman
Every time I hear the name Grant Green. I also think of Ronnie Earl. Ronnie is another great guitarist. I don't think he does a version of this song,but Ronnie is in the same league as Grant.
There's a ton great stuff out there so you should get a lot of posts.

-Ad Infinitum from The Denison Kimball Trio / Soul Machine disc has a palpable room presence and a mood similar to Round About Midnight, (most of the disc is a lot different).

-Treats Style / Larry Coryell from Lady Coryell, a great simple, impossible to forget composition. Has beautiful Gibson L5 comping and some of Bernard Purdie's most buoyant playing on it.

-Good Bye Pork Pie Hat / John McLaughlin from My Goals Beyond, nice serene acoustic version of the Mingus classic. Follow Your Heart from this one is good too, (A cover of this tune by the Outsidemen sounds a little richer and is plugged in).

-Ornen / Terje Rypdal from Chaser, doesn't sound much like Grant Green, but is a great ECM recoring and this composition hits you w/ the "saddest of all keys" as Nigel Tufnel would say.
Don't know Grant Green or his take on "Round Midnight, but I will check it out.

Danny Gatton was all over the place, but his take on "Harlem Nocturne" is just about my favorite guitar piece of any genre. Bill Frisell hybridizes Jazz guitar with a little bit of everything, but he's my go-to jazz player of the moment. He does a great take on John Hiatt's "Have a Little Faith In Me" that's been in heavy rotation of late.

Marty

PS You can't go wrong with Django.