Review
by Al 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.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-blowin-session-mw0000243668
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Reseña
por Al Campbell
A
Blowin' Session es una de las mejores jam sessions de hard bop jamás
grabadas; está llena de pasión y camaradería contagiosas. También es la
única vez que los saxofonistas tenores Johnny Griffin y John Coltrane
tocarían juntos en una grabación. Inicialmente Coltrane no estaba
programado para esta fecha, pero Griffin le vio de camino al estudio de
Rudy Van Gelder y le pidió que se uniera al resto de los músicos, el
tercer tenor Hank Mobley, el trompetista Lee Morgan, el pianista Wynton
Kelly, el bajista Paul Chambers y el batería Art Blakey. Todos estos
músicos estaban asociados dentro de la misma escena de hard bop de la
Costa Este de la época; venían de los Jazz Messengers y del quinteto de
Miles Davis, y muchos habían tocado con la big band de Dizzy Gillespie.
En esta sesión del 8 de abril de 1957 se muestran dos estándares, "The
Way You Look Tonight" y "All the Things You Are", junto con dos
composiciones originales de Griffin, "Ball Bearing" y "Smoke Stack". (Un
bonus añadido en la edición remasterizada de 1999 de Rudy Van Gelder es
una toma alternativa de "Smoke Stack"). Cabe destacar "The Way You Look
Tonight", en la que los tres tenores se intercambian con una
complejidad y una velocidad que siguen siendo sorprendentes,
especialmente en el caso de Griffin (apodado el saxofonista más rápido
del mundo) y la habilidad de Coltrane para navegar por complejos cambios
de acordes a un ritmo rápido.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-blowin-session-mw0000243668
2 - Ball Bearing 8:07
3 - All The Things You Are 10:10
4 - Smoke Stack 10:09
5 - Smoke Stack (Alternative Take) 11:00
Credits:
Bass – Paul Chambers
Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
Drums – Art Blakey
Liner Notes [1999] – Bob Blumenthal
Liner Notes [Original] – Ira Gitler
Photography By [Cover Background] – Harold Feinstein
Photography By [Cover Photograph, Liner Photographs] – Francis Wolff
Piano – Wynton Kelly
Producer – Alfred Lion
Recorded By, Remastered By – Rudy Van Gelder
Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley, John Coltrane, Johnny Griffin
Trumpet – Lee Morgan
Recorded on April 8, 1957 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Tracks 1 to 4 originally issued as Blue Note BLP 1559
Track 5 previously unissued, not part of the original album
Label: Blue Note – 7243 4 99009 2 9
Series: RVG Edition
Genre: Jazz
Style: Hard Bop
https://www.discogs.com/release/2930654-Johnny-Griffin-A-Blowin-Session
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