Album US 1958 on Argo label
Jazz (Hard-Bop)
Recorded in 1956, Chicago. 'Herein are recorded for posterity the first jazz recordings every made by Johnny Griffin . . .' - from the liner notes Original US issue comes with a split-pack cover, opening in the middle: 'The Kangaroo-Split-Pak offers you the buyer and listener a new method of selecting your new Audio Odyssey’s by Argo, by giving you in this package a free sampler of other Argo LP’s'
![]() | The Johnny Griffin Quartet , album by |
![]() | Wilbur Ware b, 1923-1979 US bass, written by |
![]() | Buddy Smith voc, drums |
![]() | Junior Mance p, *1928 US piano |
![]() | Johnny Griffin ts, 1928-2008 US tenor saxophone, written by |
W. Hopkins design |
Joe Segal liner notes |
Ted Williams photography by |
Dave Usher producer, album production |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | I Cried For You | The Johnny Griffin Quartet | Arthur Freed, Arthur Lyman, Gus Arnheim | 3:30 |
2 | Satin Wrap | The Johnny Griffin Quartet | Johnny Griffin | 3:00 |
3 | Yesterdays | The Johnny Griffin Quartet | Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach | 2:30 |
4 | Riff-Raff | The Johnny Griffin Quartet | Wilbur Ware | 3:00 |
5 | Bee-Ees | The Johnny Griffin Quartet | Johnny Griffin | 3:30 |
6 | The Boy Next Door | The Johnny Griffin Quartet | Otto Harbach, Schuyler Greene, Vincent Youmans | 3:15 |
7 | These Foolish Things | The Johnny Griffin Quartet | Eric Maschwitz, Harry Link, Jack Strachey | 3:35 |
8 | Lollypop | The Johnny Griffin Quartet | Johnny Griffin | 3:05 |