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The color green plays a vibrant role in life, be it in nature, emotions, or in some parts of the world, money, Green is also a widely used descriptor for ready to go, envy, natural/organic, wealth, and so forth. In this hour we will explore compositions that lean on green in some fashion to describe their story lines. Any, it might prove surprising just what this batch of green has to offer.
Artist | Track | Album |
The Singers Unlimited | On Green Dolphin Street | Feeling Free |
Shorty Rogers & His Giants | Mountain Greenery | Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rogers |
Andy Summers | Green Chimneys | Green Chimneys: the Music of Thelonious Monk |
Steely Dan | Green Book | Everything Must Go |
Woody Herman | Green Earrings | Chick, Donald, Walter and Woodrow |
The Jazz Crusaders | Green Back Dollar | Heat Wave |
Ken Nordine | Green | Colors |
Miles Davis | Blue in Green | Kind of Blue |
Donald Fagen | Green Flower Street | The Nightfly |
David Hazeltine | A Touch of Green | Blues Quarters, Vol. 1 |
Cyrus Chestnut | Brother with the Mint Green Vine | Soul Food |