A Blowin' Session

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All Music Guide - Campbell
A Blowin' Session is one of the greatest hard bop jam sessions ever recorded; it is filled with infectious passion and camaraderie. It's also the only time tenor saxophonists Johnny Griffin and John Coltrane would play together on record. Initially Coltrane wasn't scheduled to be on this date, but Griffin saw him on his way to Rudy Van Gelder's studio and asked him to join the remaining musicians, third tenor Hank Mobley, trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Art Blakey. These musicians were all associates within the same East Coast hard bop scene of the time; they came from the Jazz Messengers and Miles Davis' quintet, and many had ...
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All Music Guide - Campbell
A Blowin' Session is one of the greatest hard bop jam sessions ever recorded; it is filled with infectious passion and camaraderie. It's also the only time tenor saxophonists Johnny Griffin and John Coltrane would play together on record. Initially Coltrane wasn't scheduled to be on this date, but Griffin saw him on his way to Rudy Van Gelder's studio and asked him to join the remaining musicians, third tenor Hank Mobley, trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Art Blakey. These musicians were all associates within the same East Coast hard bop scene of the time; they came from the Jazz Messengers and Miles Davis' quintet, and many had played with Dizzy Gillespie's big band. Showcased on this April 8, 1957, session are two standards, "The Way You Look Tonight" and "All the Things You Are," along with two original Griffin compositions, "Ball Bearing" and "Smoke Stack." An added bonus on the 1999 Rudy Van Gelder remastered edition is an alternate take of "Smoke Stack." Of special note is "The Way You Look Tonight," featuring the three tenors trading off with complexity and speed that is still astonishing, especially in the case of Griffin dubbed the world's fastest saxophonist and Coltrane's ability to navigate complex chord changes over a fast tempo.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 5/18/1999
  • Label: Blue Note Records
  • UPC: 724349900929
  • Catalog Number: 99009
  • Sales rank: 49,003

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Johnny Griffin Primary Artist, Tenor Saxophone
Wynton Kelly Piano
Hank Mobley Tenor Saxophone
Lee Morgan Trumpet
Art Blakey Drums
Paul Chambers Bass
John Coltrane Tenor Saxophone
Technical Credits
Johnny Griffin Composer, Contributor
Rudy Van Gelder Engineer
Alfred Lion Producer
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