Johnny Griffin’s A Blowing Session is about to obtain a reissue courtesy of Blue Be aware’s beloved Basic Vinyl sequence.
This Blue Be aware Basic Vinyl Version is mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Grey from the unique grasp tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimum.
Initially titled Johnny Griffin, Vol. 2, A Blowing Session was recorded with fellow tenor saxophonists John Coltrane and Hank Mobley. The album was launched in 1957 and marked Griffin’s second Blue Be aware launch. Different gamers on this full of life set are trumpeter Lee Morgan and a rhythm part with pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Artwork Blakey.
A Blowing Session options two originals and two requirements. The originals are “Ball Bearing” and “Smoke Stack.” The requirements are Jerome Kern’s “The Way You Look Tonight” and “All The Things You Are.”
1957 was a serious 12 months for the younger Chicago tenor saxophonist. Just a few months into the 12 months, he launched his solo debut, Introducing Johnny Griffin. Later that 12 months, Griffin walked into Van Gelder studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, to document his third album The Congregation, launched the next 12 months on Blue Be aware. Griffin had spent a number of months enjoying and recording with Artwork Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, showing on albums like Artwork Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk and Laborious Drive. Across the similar interval, he carried out with Clark Terry, Wilbur Ware, and extra. By the top of the 12 months, he had a vivid and profitable solo profession on the horizon.
At 5 foot 5 inches tall, Griffin was nicknamed “Little Giant” for his brief stature, however colossal musical expertise. In 1959, he launched the eponymously titled album Little Large. By the early Sixties, Griffin, like many jazz musicians, was dwelling in Paris, France. He carried out on many albums with European rhythm sections for the Storyville, Black Lion, and Steeplechase labels.
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