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   Number Of Bids
  France Country Of Seller
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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 !









 


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