Eddie Harris ‎– Mean Greens

Atlantic records 1966 ‎– SD 1453

notes:
Mean Greens is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris
recorded in 1966 and released on the Atlantic label


Personnel:

    Bass – Melvin Jackson (tracks: B1 to B3), Ron Carter (tracks: A1 to A4)
    Drums – Billy Higgins (tracks: A1 to A4), Bucky Taylor (tracks: B2, B3)
    Electric Piano – Eddie Harris (tracks: B1 to B3)
    Organ – Sonny Phillips (tracks: B1 to B3)
    Percussion – Bucky Taylor (tracks: B1), Ray Barretto (tracks: B1), Ray Codrington (tracks: B1)
    Piano – Cedar Walton (tracks: A1 to A4)
    Tambourine – Ray Codrington (tracks: A1, A4)
    Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Harris (tracks: A1 to A4, B2)
    Trumpet – Ray Codrington (tracks: A1 to A4, B2)
    Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone, electric piano
    Ray Codrington - trumpet, percussion (tracks 1, 4-6)
    Cedar Walton - piano (tracks 1-4)
    Sonny Phillips - organ (tracks 5-7)
    Ron Carter (tracks 1-4), Melvin Jackson (tracks 5-7) - bass
    Billy Higgins (tracks 1-4), Bucky Taylor (tracks 5-7) - drums
    Ray Barretto - congas, bongos (tracks 5-7)


Recorded    March 8 & 9 and June 7, 1966
New York City
Engineer – Phil Iehle, Tom Dowd

tracklist:

A1        Mean Greens
Written-By – Eddie Harris
7:22
A2        It Was A Very Good Year
Written-By – Ervin Drake
5:08
A3        Without You
Written-By – Eddie Harris
3:01notes:
A4        Yeah Yeah Yeah
Written-By – Eddie Harris
5:12
B1        Listen Here
Written-By – Eddie Harris
3:38
B2        Blues In The Basement
Written-By – Eddie Harris
8:07
B3        Goin' Home
Written-By – Eddie Harris
7:48

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