Introducing Johnny Griffin

Introducing Johnny Griffin
Studio album by Johnny Griffin
Released	February 1957 (1957-02) [1]
Recorded	April 17, 1956
Studio	Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:03 (LP) 47:43 (CD)
Label	Blue Note BLP 1533 [2]
Producer	Alfred Lion
Johnny Griffin chronology
Introducing Johnny Griffin (1957) A Blowin' Session (1957)

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AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Introducing Johnny Griffin is the debut album by the jazz tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin. It was released through Blue Note Records in February 1957. ^{[1] [5]} The recording was made at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack on April 17, 1956. ^[6]

Track listing

Original release

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mil Dew"	Griffin	3:56
2.	"Chicago Calling"	Griffin	5:38
3.	"These Foolish Things"	Harry Link Holt Marvell Jack Strachey	5:12
4.	"The Boy Next Door"	Hugh Martin Ralph Blane	4:57

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nice and Easy"	Griffin	4:22
2.	"It's All Right with Me"	Cole Porter	5:02
3.	"Lover Man"	Davis Ram Ramirez Sherman	7:56

CD reissue

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mil Dew"	Griffin	3:56
2.	"Chicago Calling"	Griffin	5:38
3.	"These Foolish Things"	Harry Link Holt Marvell Jack Strachey	5:12
4.	"The Boy Next Door"	Hugh Martin Ralph Blane	4:57
5.	"Nice and Easy"	Griffin	4:22
6.	"It's All Right with Me"	Cole Porter	5:02
7.	"Lover Man"	Davis Ram Ramirez Sherman	7:56
8.	"The Way You Look Tonight"	Dorothy Fields Jerome Kern	6:23
9.	"Cherokee"	Ray Noble	4:17
Total length:			47:43

Personnel

• Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone
• Wynton Kelly – piano
• Curly Russell – bass
• Max Roach – drums

References

1. Parnes, Sid, ed. (February 16, 1957). "February Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box . New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. p. 28. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
2. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440229169 – via Google Books.
3. "Chicago Calling - Johnny Griffin | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 606. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Tamarkin, Jeff (April 25, 2019). "Johnny Griffin, Saxophone Giant, is Dead at 80". JazzTimes.
6. "Blue Note Records Discography: 1955-1956". www.jazzdisco.org.