Sharony andrews green biography of martin

A prolific star of the Blue Note label Grant Green died at the age of forty-three, victim of a heart attack induced by the familiarly depressing cocktail of hard drugs, erratic eating habits and fitful neglect.

Sharony Andrews Green, his daughter-in-law, has compiled what I�d call less a biography than an oral testimony, a kind of journalistic reportage. It draws on the recollections of a number of associates, colleagues and friends as well as the memories of Green�s son.

Sharony andrews green biography of martin

The bias of the book is one of active reclamation of Green�s memory and influence in the light of its alleged influence on the contemporary scene (there�s a less than enthralling diversion on the London dance scene in the s which sampled some of Green�s music).

Sharony Andrews Green has enlisted others to focus on the specifics of the music making whilst she seems far less comfortable with jazz and far more so with the posthumous life of Green�s music in a few acid house tracks.

Inevitably weaving herself