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Grant Green

1935 - 1979

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Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman, Green performed in the hard bop, soul jazz, bebop, and Latin-tinged idioms throughout his career. Critic Michael Erlewine wrote, "A severely underrated player during his lifetime, Grant Green is one of the great unsung heroes of jazz guitar ... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grant Green has received more than 732,757 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Grant Green is the 1,081st most popular musician (down from 922nd in 2019), the 5,319th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,524th in 2019) and the 364th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 730k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Grant Green ranks 1,081 out of 3,175. Before him are Max von Schillings, Johnny Hodges, Ilaiyaraaja, Steven Wilson, Albert Collins, and David Sanborn. After him are Dave Alexander, Paul Simonon, Ignaz von Seyfried, Mike Mangini, Wage Rudolf Supratman, and David Ellefson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Grant Green ranks 270. Before him are Semka Sokolović-Bertok, Johnny Pacheco, Sergei Yursky, Simon Leys, Dragan Tomić, and Aulis Sallinen. After him are Christina Pickles, Ryhor Baradulin, Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, Tarcísio Meira, Brian G. Hutton, and Karen Spärck Jones. Among people deceased in 1979, Grant Green ranks 165. Before him are Rebecca Clarke, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, František Kriegel, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Antonio María Barbieri, and Marcel Jouhandeau. After him are Leandro Remondini, Heinz Erhardt, Tommaso Landolfi, Paul Meurisse, Waloddi Weibull, and Igor Bondarevsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Grant Green ranks 5,319 out of 20,380. Before him are Elizabeth Perkins (1960), Harry Langdon (1884), Bob Kiesel (1911), Timothy Treadwell (1957), David Sanborn (1945), and James Redfield (1950). After him are Eugene V. Debs (1855), Dave Alexander (1947), Mark Blum (1950), Bobby Driscoll (1937), E. B. White (1899), and Gary Chapman (1938).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Grant Green ranks 364. Before him are Kid Ory (1886), Ronnie Radke (1983), Gene Autry (1907), Johnny Hodges (1906), Albert Collins (1932), and David Sanborn (1945). After him are Dave Alexander (1947), Mike Mangini (1963), David Ellefson (1964), Lauryn Hill (1975), Michael Angelo Batio (1956), and Matt Sorum (1960).

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