Johnny Griffin - A Blowin' Session (1957) [RVG Edition, 1999] / AvaxHome

A Blowin' Session is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, recorded and released in 1957 on Blue Note Records. It was remastered and reissued in 1999, featuring an alternate take of "Smoke Stack". A Blowin' Session is one of the greatest hard bop jam sessions ever recorded; it is filled with infectious passion and camaraderie. It's also the only time tenor saxophonists Johnny Griffin and John Coltrane would play together on record.

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Track Listing

01. The Way You Look Tonight (09:41)
02. Ball Bearing (08:11)
03. All The Things You Are (10:14)
04. Smoke Stack (10:13)
05. Smoke Stack (alternate take) (11:00)

Produced by Alfred Lion
Reissue produced by Michael Cuscuna

Musicians

• Lee Morgan - trumpet
• Johnny Griffin, Hank Mobley, John Coltrane - tenor saxophone
• Wynton Kelly - piano
• Paul Chambers - bass
• Art Blakey - drums

Notes

Remastered in 1998 by Rudy Van Gelder

Blue Note Records: RVG Edition

Recorded on April 8, 1957 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Tracks 1 to 4 originally issued as Blue Note BLP 1559
Track 5 previously unissued, not part of the original album.

All transfers from analog to digital made at 24-bit resolution.

EAC Log

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Johnny Griffin / A Blowin' Session (RVG Edition) (1957)

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