Johnny Griffin

Grab This! + the Kerry Dancers (4569936)

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Grab This! + the Kerry Dancers

Johnny Griffin

Solar Records

8436542013857

SOL 138276

4569936

JAZZ

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Grab This! + the Kerry Dancers

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CD 9,95 €

2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

This release presents two complete albums by the great Johnny Griffin. Grab This! (Riverside RLP S9437) features the tenor player in a quintet format with Paul Bryant on organ (this was the first of Griffin’s very rare recordings with an organist), and Joe Pass on guitar. The Kerry Dancers and Other Swinging Folk (Riverside RLP S9420) is in great part a collection of traditional songs arranged by Griffin and presents him in a quartet format with an all-star rhythm section consisting of Barry Harris on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Ben Riley on drums.

PERSONNEL:

  • JOHNNY GRIFFIN, tenor sax on all tracks, plus:
  • [1-6] GRAB THIS!
  • JOE PASS (guitar)
  • PAUL BRYANT (organ)
  • JIMMY BOND (bass)
  • DOUG SIDES (drums)
  • Los Angeles, June 28, 1962.
  • [7-14] THE KERRY DANCERS
  • BARRY HARRIS (piano)
  • RON CARTER (bass)
  • BEN RILEY (drums)
  • New York, between December 21, 1961 & January 29, 1962.

TRACKS:

  • 01. Grab This!
  • 02. 63rd Street Theme
  • 03. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
  • 04. Offering Time
  • 05. These Foolish Things
  • 06. Cherry Float
  • 07. The Kerry Dancers
  • 08. Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair
  • 09. Green Grow The Rushes
  • 10. The Londonderry Air
  • 11. 25½ Daz
  • 12. Oh, Now I See
  • 13. Hush-A Bye
  • 14. Ballad For Monsieur
  • TOTAL TIME: 77:39