Introducing Johnny Griffin Blue Note 80 edition
Introducing Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
Blue Note 80 edition
- THE TENOR SAX LEGEND'S 1957 BLUE NOTE DEBUT
- RECORDED AT THE (ORIGINAL) VAN GELDER STUDIO, HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY, ON 17TH APRIL 1956
- FEATURING A TOP-DRAWER BACKING BAND OF WYNTON KELLY (PIANO), CURLEY RUSSELL (BASS) AND MAX ROACH (DRUMS)
- GRIFFIN'S COMPOSITION 'MIL DEW' IS ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE ALBUM-OPENERS IN BLUE NOTE HISTORY
- ELSEWHERE THERE ARE TWO OTHER FINE GRIFFIN ORIGINALS ('CHICAGO CALLING', 'NICE AND EASY') AND CLASSIC TAKES ON 'THESE FOOLISH THINGS', 'LOVER MAN' AND 'IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME'
- THE ALBUM PERFECTLY SHOWCASES GRIFFIN'S FIERY, HARD-DRIVING, TECHNICALLY MASTERFUL STYLE
- GRIFFIN'S FOLLOW-UP BLUE NOTE ALBUM A BLOWING SESSION FEATURED JOHN COLTRANE ON TENOR
Track list
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- Mil Dew (3:56)
- Chicago Calling (5:38)
- These Foolish Things (5:11)
- The Boy Next Door (4:55)
- Nice And Easy (4:23)
- It's Allright With Me (5:03)
- Lover Man (7:53)
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