JOHNNY GRIFFIN • INTRODUCING • 1956 1st DG PRESS BLUE NOTE 1533 FLAT RIM RVG EAR
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Nov 3, 2016 Sold Date
Oct 27, 2016 Start Date
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Tracklist

• MIL DEW

• CHICAGO CALLING

• THESE FOOLISH THINGS

• THE BOY NEXT DOOR

• NICE AND EASY

• ITS ALLRIGHT WITH ME

• LOVER MAN


Recording Data

Recorded at – Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 24, 1956


Credits

Bass – CURLY RUSSELL
Drums – MAX ROACH
Piano – WYNTON KELLY
Tenor Saxophone – JOHNNY GRIFFIN




JOHNNY  GRIFFIN’S  UNIQUE  STYLE,  BASED  ON  AN  ASTOUNDING  TECHNIQUE, INCLUDED   A  VAST  CANON  OF  BEBOP  LANGUAGE...    HE  WAS  KNOWN  TO QUOTE  GENEROUSLY  FROM CLASSICAL,  OPERA  AND  OTHER  MUSICAL  FORMS. A    PRODIGIOUS   PLAYER,    HE  WAS  OFTEN SUBJECTED   TO   AND  VICTORIOUS AT  “CUTTING  SESSION”  INVOLVING  A  LEGION  OF  TENOR PLAYERS,  BOTH IN HIS HOMETOWN  CHICAGO WITH THE LIKES  OF  HANK MOBLEY  AND  GENE AMMONS,  AND  ON  THE  ROAD . . .    THIS  DEBUT  ALBUM, RECORDED  AT  RUDY VAN  GELDER’S HOME   AND   STUDIO,   IS  CONSIDERED  AS  ONE  OF   THE   MAJOR JAZZ  RECORDS   EVER –––– ORIGINAL 1956  FIRST MONO PRESSING  ON  THE  DEEP GROOVE  LEXINGTON  AVENUE ADDRESS ON LABELS  WITH  FLAT  EDGES. MATRIX NUMBERS ETCHED IN THE DEAD WAX : BN-1533-A / BN-1533-B, “RVG” AND “EAR” ... THE FRAMED  COVER DOES HAVE WEAR TO EDGES BUT NO SPLITS, FREE OF WRITING AND PAPER TEAR TO FRONT UPPER SIDE AND BACK SIDE... THE VINYL RECORD HAS A COUPLE OF TINY SCUFF MARKS AND LIGHT NON FEELABLE SCRATCHES - PLAYS NICELY WITH LOWEST BACKGROUND NOISE ; A FEW TICS AUDIBLE AT THE BEGINNING OF TRACK B,  SIDE ONE AND TRACK B, SIDE TWO –– 767 LEXINGTON AVE., NEW YORK 21 ADDRESS PRINTED AT BACK SIDE OF THE JACKET ...








 


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