@PopMatters.com : (About “Green Onions”) Stax would be where the sound of soul music as we know it was created. The architects of that sound was an instrumental group named Booker T. & the MGs. And in 1962, they would release the greatest single of all time.
@Jazz.com : “Green Chimneys” was a new composition on this date, named after the school Monk’s daughter attended. At nine minutes in duration, this track is the longest on a Grammy-winning album, which is made up of three remarkable quartet sessions.
@Jazz Standards : : “On Green Dolphin Street” was introduced as the main theme of the 1947 MGM film Green Dolphin Street The movie was based on British novelist Elizabeth Goudge’s 1944 book Green Dolphin Country, published that same year in the United States as Green Dolphin Street.
@ska2soul.net : Tommy McCook lead the band and was also the musical arranger, he helped to develop Rock Steady and Reggae. Born in 1927 he attended Alpha Boys School in Kingston Jamaica, a breeding ground for great musicians. He emigrated to the Bahamas in 1954 where he developed his musical skills, which were jazz influenced.
- Miles Davis - Green4.25
- Sonny Rollins - On Green Dolphin Street6.00
- Jazz Crusaders - Green Back Dollar2.25
- Eddie Harris - Mean Greens7.28
- Thelonious Monk - Green Chimneys9.03
- Sophie Milman - (It’s Not Easy) Being Green4.41
- Keith Mansfield - The Green Room2.06
- Stan Getz - The Lady In Red3.17
- Tom Jones - Green, Green Grass Of Home3.06
- Tommy Mccook - Green Mango3.40
- Jazz Jamaica - Green Island3.00
- Gene Krupa - Green eyes2.43
- Wes Montgomery - The Other Man’s Grass Is Always Greener2.36
- Bryon Lee And The Dragonaires - Green Onions2.51
- Charles Mingus - Blue Greens11.4
- Eliane Elias - Blue in green4.49
- Gene Ammons - Blue Greens And Beans9.04
- Pasquale Bardaro - Ever green4.23
@Wikipedia : “Blue in Green”’s melody is very modal, incorporating the presence of the dorian, mixolydian, and lydian modes. The first measure is a G minor chord with an added natural 13 (Gm13), which contains an F natural but the modality of the piece is already evident as the opening note of the melody is an E natural, which is the leading tone of the F major scale. The natural 13 of the chord is E natural.
@Pasquale Bardaro on MySpace : Pasquale Bardaro (vibes–composer-arranger) Graduated in instruments to percussion and music jazz near the Conservatory S. Pietro a Majella of Naples. And stable percussionista near the Theatre of S. Carlo of Naples from 1998.
@Straight Dope : : Why is the room where TV talk-show guests wait before going on the air always called the “green room”? I’ve never seen one that was green.
@Movie Grooves : Famed arranger, music director, producer Keith Mansfield has arranged top tunes for the likes of Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Georgie Fame, Gilbert O’Sullivan and Robert Plant.
to be continued… probably
