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A Blowing Session
''Johnny Griffin, Vol. 2'', also known as ''A Blowing Session'', is an album by the jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin. It was recorded in April 1957 and released in September or October the same year through Blue Note Records. Track listing Side 1 # "The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kern, Kern, Dorothy Fields, Fields) – 9:41 #"Ball Bearing" (Griffin) – 8:11 Side 2 # "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Hammerstein) – 10:14 # "Smoke Stack" (Griffin) – 10:13 1999 CD reissue bonus track # "Smoke Stack" (alternate take) – 11:00 Personnel Musicians * Lee Morgan – trumpet * Johnny Griffin, Hank Mobley, John Coltrane – tenor saxophone * Wynton Kelly – piano * Paul Chambers – bass * Art Blakey – drums Technical personnel * Alfred Lion – producer * Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer * Reid Miles – design * Francis Wolff, Harold Feinstein/, Harold Feinstein – photography * Ira Gitler – liner notes References < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Griffin
John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the mid-1940s and continued until the month of his death. A pioneering figure in hard bop, Griffin recorded prolifically as a bandleader in addition to stints with pianist Thelonious Monk, drummer Art Blakey, in partnership with fellow tenor Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and as a member of the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band after he moved to Europe in the 1960s. In 1995, Griffin was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music. Early life and career Griffin studied music at DuSable High School in Chicago under Walter Dyett, starting out on clarinet before moving on to oboe and then alto saxophone. While still at high school at the age of 15, Griffin was playing with T-Bone Walker in a band led by Walker's brother. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |