Grab This!

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Grab This!
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Studio album by
Released1962
RecordedJune 28, 1962
Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles
Genre Jazz
Length38:41
Label Riverside
RLP 437
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Johnny Griffin chronology
Tough Tenor Favorites
(1962)
Grab This!
(1962)
Soul Groove
(1963)

Grab This! is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Grab This! finds tenor Johnny Griffin in a soul-jazz mood... It's amazing that five guys were able to get together and cut this album for Riverside in one day during the summer of 1962... Grab This! is a fine album, and serves as a reminder of Griffin's lovely tenor sound". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Griffin except as indicated

  1. "Grab This!" - 6:06
  2. "63rd Street Theme" - 5:34
  3. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 8:37
  4. "Offering Time" (Paul Bryant) - 6:16
  5. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 6:39
  6. "Cherry Float" - 5:29

Personnel

References

  1. Johnny Griffin discography accessed October 26, 2012
  2. Down Beat: April 25, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 10
  3. 1 2 Lankford, Jr, R. D. Allmusic Review accessed October 26, 2012
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 608. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.