Johnny Griffin, Vol. 2

Johnny Griffin, Vol. 2
A Blowin' Session
Studio album by
Johnny Griffin
ReleasedSeptember or October 1957
RecordedApril 8, 1957
StudiosVan Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length38:19
LabelsBlue Note
BLP 1559
ProducerAlfred Lion
Johnny Griffin chronology
Introducing Johnny Griffin
(1956)		 Johnny Griffin, Vol. 2
(1957)		 The Congregation
(1957)
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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

  1. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Kern, Fields) – 9:41
  2. "Ball Bearing" (Griffin) – 8:11

Side 2

  1. "All the Things You Are" (Kern, Hammerstein) – 10:14
  2. "Smoke Stack" (Griffin) – 10:13

1999 CD reissue bonus track

  2. "Smoke Stack" (alternate take) – 11:00

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

References

  1. 1 2 DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 459. ISBN 9780415634632. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Editorial Staff, Cash Box (October 12, 1957). "October Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  3. ↑ "A Blowin' Session - Johnny Griffin". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 89. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 606. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ↑ Tamarkin, Jeff. "Johnny Griffin, Saxophone Giant, is Dead at 80". JazzTimes.