Introducing Johnny Griffin Explained

Introducing Johnny Griffin
Type:	studio
Artist:	Johnny Griffin
Cover:	Introducing_Johnny_Griffin_%281956_album%29.jpg
Recorded:	April 17, 1956
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	37:03 (LP) 47:43 (CD)
Label:	Blue Note BLP 1533^[1]
Producer:	Alfred Lion
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	A Blowin' Session
Next Year:	1957

Introducing Johnny Griffin is the debut album by the jazz tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin. It was released on Blue Note in February 1957.^{[2] [3]} The recording was made at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack on April 17, 1956.^[4] and

Track listing

CD reissue

Personnel

• Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone
• Wynton Kelly – piano
• Curly Russell – bass
• Max Roach – drums

Notes and References

1. Book: Popoff, Martin. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. September 8, 2009. Penguin. 9781440229169. Google Books.
2. News: Editorial Staff . Cash Box . February Album Releases . New York . 2 May 2020 . . The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. . February 16, 1957.
3. Web site: Johnny Griffin, Saxophone Giant, is Dead at 80. Jeff. Tamarkin. JazzTimes.
4. Web site: Blue Note Records Discography: 1955-1956 . www.jazzdisco.org.