A Blowin' Session

Johnny Griffin Vol. 2 (also known as A Blowin' Session) is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, recorded in April 1957 and released in September or October of the same year on the Blue Note label.[1][2][6] It was reissued in 1999, featuring an alternate take of "Smoke Stack."

Johnny Griffin Vol. 2/A Blowin' Session
Studio album by
Johnny Griffin
ReleasedSeptember or October 1957[1][2]
RecordedApril 8, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreJazz
Length38:19
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1559
ProducerAlfred Lion
Johnny Griffin chronology
Introducing Johnny Griffin
(1956)		 Johnny Griffin Vol. 2/A Blowin' Session
(1957)		 The Congregation
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Track listing
  1. "The Way You Look Tonight (Kern, Fields) - 9:41
  2. "Ball Bearing" (Griffin) - 8:11
  3. "All the Things You Are" (Kern, Hammerstein) - 10:14
  4. "Smoke Stack" (Griffin) - 10:13
  5. "Smoke Stack" [Alternate Take] - 11:00 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

References
  1. DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 459. ISBN 9780415634632. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. Editorial Staff, Cash Box (October 12, 1957). "October Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. "A Blowin' Session - Johnny Griffin". AllMusic.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 89. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 606. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. Tamarkin, Jeff. "Johnny Griffin, Saxophone Giant, is Dead at 80". JazzTimes.
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