JOHNNY GRIFFIN "VOL.2 A BLOWING SESSION" MM, 45RPM, 180G VV, LE, SO, RVG, NEW
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JOHNNY GRIFFIN "VOL. 2 A BLOWING SESSION"
2011 MUSIC MATTERS, 2 LP'S, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLUE NOTE MASTER TAPE AND PRESSED BY RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"THE 1950'S WAS THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE RECORDED JAM SESSION. ALTHOUGH JAMS HAD BEEN PART OF JAZZ SINCE AT LEAST THE 1920'S, THE RISE OF THE LP MEANT THAT IN THE 1950'S RECORDINGS WERE NO LONGER LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES APIECE. WHETHER IT WAS THE NORMAN GRANZ JAM SESSIONS AND HIS LIVE JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS, OR A SERIES OF JAM SESSIONS LED BY GENE AMMONS AND BUCK CLAYTON, MUSICIANS WERE FINALLY FREE TO STRETCH OUT AND CHALLENGE EACH OTHER ON RECORDS."
"OF ALL OF THE JAM SESSIONS, JOHNNY GRIFFIN'S "A BLOWING SESSION" HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN JAZZ HISTORY. IT IS THE ONLY TIME THAT GRIFFIN, JOHN COLTRANE AND HANK MOBLEY MET UP ON RECORD. ALTHOUGH THEY ALL PLAYED TENOR, EACH OF THIER SOUNDS WAS DISTINCTIVE AND QUITE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER ON THIS 1957 SET. GRIFFIN IS A POWERHOUSE, ABLETO PLAY VERY FAST LINES WITH PASSION AND BRILLIANCE. COLTRANE IS A SEARCHING INNOVATOR, PUSHING AHEAD AND CONSTANTLY COMING UP WITH NEW IDEAS."
"MOBLEY, WHO COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY OVERSHADOWED BY THE OTHER TWO, WISELY CHOSE TO PLAY THE OPPOSITE OF THE OTHER TENORS, LEAVING MORE SPACE AND CREATING MELODIC LINES THAT ARE FULL OF SUBTLE SURPRISES. WITH TRUMPETER LEE MORGAN ALSO CONTRIBUTING SOME FIERY IDEAS AND THE ALL STAR RHYTHM SECTION NEVER LETTING THE MUSIC COAST, THE THREE TENORS CREATED A JAM SESSION CLASSIC AND ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING RECORDINGS OF THE DECADE."
IN ADDITION, THE RHYTHM SECTION INCLUDES: WYNTON KELLY-PIANO, PAUL CHAMBERS-BASS AND ART BLAKEY-DRUMS !!!!!!
1) THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT 2) BALL BEARING 3) ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 4) SMOKE STACK
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