JOHNNY GRIFFIN • A BLOWIN´ SESSION • 1957 ORIGINAL BLUE NOTE 1559 DG RVG EAR NM
$
2,800
$ 2800
Sold For
Aug 19, 2015
Sold Date
Aug 9, 2015
Start Date
$ 99
Start price
13
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Description
Tracklist
• THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
• BALL BEARING
• ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
• SMOKE STACK
Recording Data
Recorded at – Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 6, 1957
Credits
Bass – PAUL CHAMBERS
Drums – ART TAYLOR
Piano – WYNTON KELLY
Tenor Saxophone – JOHN COLTRANE , JOHNNY GRIFFIN , HANK MOBLEY
Trumpet – LEE MORGAN
JOHNNY GRIFFIN, THE YOUNG, NEW, SUPER-FAST SAXMAN, WAS ON HIS WAY TO
RECORD AT RUDY VAN GELDER’S STUDIO IN NEW JERSEY ONE DAY IN 1957 WHEN HE RAN
INTO JOHN COLTRANE . . . COME ALONG, GRIFFIN SUGGESTED . . . SURE, COLTRANE
REPLIED. THE RESULT IS THE APTLY TITLED “A BLOWIN’ SESSION”. NO FALSE ADVERTISING
THERE. COLTRANE AND GRIFFIN ARE THE STARS, BLOWING LONG, COMPLEX, PASSAGES
AT SUPERSONIC SPEED. TRUMPETER LEE MORGAN — SOON TO BE A “BLUE NOTE”
MAINSTAY — KEEPS PACE WITH HIS OWN EXCITING SOLOS. THE THIRD TENOR, HANK
MOBLEY, ALSO SOON TO BE A “BLUE NOTE” REGULAR, HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SOUND
— DEFINITELY BOP, BUT SLIGHTLY MORE RELAXED AND BLUESY. THIS IS, BY FAR, THE
MOST CRISP AND LOVELY COPY OF THIS CORNERSTONE OF JAZZ ALBUMS I HAVE EVER
HAD. THE COVER WITH GLOSSY FRONT SIDE IS IN AWESOME SHAPE, NO WRITING AND
PERFECT SEAMS, OBVIOUSLY EXTREMELY WELL-CARED OF RECORD AS THE VINYL WAS
OVER THE DECADES : ORIGINAL 1957 MONO PRESSING WITH DEEP GROOVE LABELS
BEARING THE 47 WEST 63rd NEW YORK ADDRESS 23 ON BOTH SIDES, SAME IS PRINTED
AT BACK LOWER SIDE OF THE JACKET. BEAUTIFUL SHINE OVER THE PLAYING FIELD WITH
JUST ONE SHORT AND ULTRA LIGHT MARK THAT, OF COURSE, DO NOT AFFECT AT ALL THE
SUPERB LISTENING EXPERIENCE. HAS “RVG” AND “EAR” ETCHED IN THE RUNOUT AND
MATRIX NUMBERS ARE : BN-1559-A / BN-1559-B ... ABSOLUTE BRILLIANT KEEPER COPY !