Introducing Johnny Griffin

Introducing Johnny Griffin is the debut album by jazz tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin, released by Blue Note in February 1957.[1][5] It was recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack on April 17, 1956.[6]

Introducing Johnny Griffin
Studio album by
Johnny Griffin
ReleasedFebruary 1957 (1957-02)[1]
RecordedApril 17, 1956
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreJazz
Length37:03 original LP
47:43 CD reissue
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1533[2]
ProducerAlfred Lion
Johnny Griffin chronology
Introducing Johnny Griffin
(1957)		 A Blowin' Session
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Track listing
  1. "Mil Dew" (Griffin) - 3:56
  2. "Chicago Calling" (Griffin) - 5:38
  3. "These Foolish Things" (Link, Marvell, Strachey) - 5:12
  4. "The Boy Next Door" (Martin, Blane) - 4:57
  5. "Nice and Easy" (Griffin) - 4:22
  6. "It's All Right with Me" (Cole Porter) - 5:02
  7. "Lover Man" (Davis, Ram Ramirez, Sherman) - 7:56

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 6:23
  2. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) - 4:17

Personnel

References
  1. Editorial Staff, Cash Box (February 16, 1957). "February Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  3. "Chicago Calling - Johnny Griffin | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 606. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Tamarkin, Jeff. "Johnny Griffin, Saxophone Giant, is Dead at 80". JazzTimes.
  6. "Blue Note Records Discography: 1955-1956". www.jazzdisco.org.
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