The Big Soul-Band

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The Big Soul-Band
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Studio album by
Johnny Griffin Orchestra
ReleasedSeptember/October 1960 [1]
RecordedMay 24, 31 & June 3, 1960
StudioPlaza Sound Studios, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length39:07original LP
Label Riverside
RLP 331
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Johnny Griffin chronology
The Little Giant
(1959)		The Big Soul-Band
(1960)		 Battle Stations
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Big Soul-Band (also released as Wade in the Water) is an album by the Johnny Griffin Orchestra, led by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, featuring arrangements by Norman Simmons. It was released on the Riverside label in 1960.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Wade in the Water" (Traditional) - 3:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
  2. "Wade in the Water" - 3:46
  3. "Panic Room Blues" (Norman Simmons) - 4:36
  4. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Traditional) - 2:43
  5. "Meditation" (Simmons) - 8:21
  6. "Holla" (Simmons) - 3:38
  7. "So Tired" (Bobby Timmons) - 6:38
  8. "Deep River" (Traditional) - 5:28
  9. "Jubilation" (Junior Mance) - 3:57

Tracks 1, 2, 3 and 8 recorded on May 24, 1960; 6, 7 and 9 on May 31; tracks 4–5 recorded on June 3, 1960.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Billboard Oct 31, 1960
  2. ↑ The Big Soul-Band at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 89. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 608. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.


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