A Blowin' Session
by Johnny Griffin
- Type: Album
- Released: 1957
- Label: Blue Note
- Country: United States
- Length: 38:21
- Community rating: 4.54/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Art Blakey, John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers
Album Notes & Community Reviews
An epic tenor saxophone battle on a classic standard. This track is a thrilling display of one-upmanship, with Griffin, Coltrane, and Mobley all trading fiery and inventive solos.
Genres
Descriptors: saxophone, classic, bluesy, dynamic, soulful
Tracklist
- The Way You Look Tonight (9:41)
- Ball Bearing (8:11)
- All the Things You Are (10:14)
- Smoke Stack (10:15)
Credits
- Johnny Griffin - primary artist, tenor saxophone, written-by
- Paul Chambers - bass
- Reid Miles - design [cover]
- Art Blakey - drums
- Ira Gitler - liner notes
- Francis Wolff - photography by [cover photo]
- Harold Feinstein - photography by [cover photo]
- Wynton Kelly - piano
- Alfred Lion - producer
- Rudy Van Gelder - recorded by [recording by]
- Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
- John Coltrane - tenor saxophone
- Lee Morgan - trumpet
- Dorothy Fields - written-by
- Jerome Kern - written-by
- Hammerstein-Kern - written-by