Johnny Griffin – Introducing Johnny Griffin LP

Johnny Griffin – Introducing Johnny Griffin

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

Tracklist:
1. Mil Dew
2. Chicago Calling
3. These Foolish Things
4. The Boy Next Door
5. Nice and Easy
6. It's Allright With Me
7. Lover Man

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1956/2019