Johnny Griffin - Introducing Johnny Griffin (mp3, 320)

Johnny Griffin - Introducing Johnny Griffin (mp3, 320)



This CD reissue does not have tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin's first recording as a leader (he made a few sides for OKeh in 1953 and a full album for Argo a few months earlier in 1956), but it gained Griffin a great deal of attention. Soon billed as "the world's fastest saxophonist," Griffin was also a superior ballad interpreter with a fairly distinctive tone of his own. With strong support given by pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Curly Russell, and drummer Max Roach, Griffin romps on three of his originals, barn-busting versions of "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Cherokee" (the latter two were not on the original vinyl LP but included as bonus tracks on the initial CD release of the album), and a couple of ballads. Superior music. [In 2007 Blue Note reissued Introducing Johnny Griffin in a remastered Rudy Van Gelder edition.



Personnel: Johnny Griffin (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (d)



Track Listing:

01 Mil Dew

02 Chicago Calling

03 These Foolish Things

04 The Boy Next Door

05 Nice and Easy

06 It's All Right with Me

07 Lover Man

08 The Way You Look Tonight

09 Cherokee