JOHNNY GRIFFIN • INTRODUCING • 1956 1st DG PRESS BLUE NOTE 1533 FLAT RIM RVG EAR
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699
$ 699
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Nov 3, 2016
Sold Date
Oct 27, 2016
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France
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Description
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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