Spinning the new live disc by late, great jazz guitarist Grant Green, one can't help but wonder why this swingin' and violently funky set, recorded in Detroit in 1971, was never issued.

Although the sessions for "Live at Club Mozambique" have long been listed in Blue Note discographies there were two things hampering its release. First, there was the problem that by the mid-1970s, Green's stock had declined and he was virtually forgotten until young jazz fans rediscovered his funky works, leading Blue Note to reissue his string of fine records and start digging in the vaults for more.

Secondly, the original session tapes have been lost, forcing Blue Note to create this reissue from mono reference tapes made at the Motor City club during the sessions.

Accompanying Green on the 1971 dates were his regular sidemen saxophonist Clarence Thomas (not THAT Clarence Thomas!) and organist Ronnie Foster. But also on the disc are soul jazz sax master Houston Person and funky drummer extraordinaire Idris Muhammad, who also fueled Green's "Alive" a few months earlier and was flown in from New York to take part in the Detroit live recordings.

The result is a high-octane, funky soul jazz combo firing through pop hits like "Walk On By," "Patches" and "More Today Than Yesterday" and 10 killer minutes of "Jan Jan," which would have you up and dancing around the room, if you could hear it right now!

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