In December 1971, “Blue Note” label released “Shades of Green”, the 18^th Grant Green album. It was recorded in November 1971, at “United Artists Studios” in Hollywood, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by George Butler.

Personnel:

• Grant Green – guitar
• Billy Wooten – vibraphone
• Emmanuel Riggins – electric piano, clavinet
• Wilton Felder – electric bass
• Nesbert “Stix” Hooper – drums
• King Errisson – conga
• Harold Cardwell – percussion
• Wade Marcus -orchestra arrangements
• Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Victor Paz, James Sedlar – trumpet
• Harry DiVito – trombone
• Dick Hickson – bass trombone
• Jim Buffington – French horn
• Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, George Marge, John Leone – woodwinds
• Christina Hersch – engineer
• Rudy Van Gelder – remix
• Norman Seeff – art direction

Track listing:

1. Medley: I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I’ll Get It Myself), Cold Sweat – James Brown
2. Sunrise, Sunset – Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
3. Never My Love – Donald Adrissi, Richard Addrisi
4. Got to Be There – Elliot Willensky
5. California Green – Grant Green
6. If You Really Love Me – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
7. Cast Your Fate to the Wind – Vince Guaraldi
8. In the Middle – Alfred Ellis, Buddy Hobgood