Cliff Jordan / John Gilmore – Blowing In From Chicago (1957)

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Blue Note – BLP 1549Rec. Date : March 3, 1957 Tenor Sax : Clifford Jordan, John GilmoreBass : Curley RussellDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace Silver Strictlyheadies : 02/26/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 07/15/1957New Jazz Talent An impressive debut by Chicago tenorists Jordan and Gilmore, who, in the tradition of Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, etc., play with “hard” sound and sharply rhythmic attack to good results.…

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Johnny Griffin – Introducing Johnny Griffin (1957)

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Blue Note – BLP 1533Rec. Date : April 17, 1956 Tenor Sax : Johnny GriffinBass : Curley RussellDrums : Max RoachPiano : Wynton Kelly Stream this AlbumStrictlyheadies : 02/10/2019 Billboard : 02/02/1957Score of 74 Griffin is a tenor man who, unhappily for East and West Coast club-goers, sticks very close to the Chicago scene. Those hearing him for the first time…

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