Matador (Grant Green album)

Matador
Studio album by
Released1979
RecordedMay 20, 1964
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreModal jazz, post-bop
Length42:05 Original LP
51:06 CD reissue
LabelBlue Note
GXF-3053
ProducerAlfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Idle Moments
(1963)
Matador
(1979)
Solid
(1964)
Alternative cover
2010 Music Matters vinyl pressing

Matador is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green. It contains performances recorded in 1964 but not released on the Japanese Blue Note label until 1979. It features Green with pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones (both from John Coltrane’s group), and bassist Bob Cranshaw. The album was finally reissued in the U.S. on CD in 1990 with one bonus track. It was also reissued on vinyl in 2010, with a different cover.