Mercury Records Collection: SRE-66001: Night Lady

SRE-66001: Night Lady / Johnny Griffin

Label Type :	brown EmArcy type E
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	SR 66001-A-E 1 RR
	SIDE-B	SR 66001-B-E 1 RR

Comments

Inside The Groove

US 1st issue of Johnny Griffin's nice quartet session, original Dutch Philips recording.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

In the early 1960s Johnny Griffin left the US to tour Europe. Like many other US Jazz musicians who visited to Europe, he stayed in Europe long, played and left a gem of recordings.

This quartet session, together with Francy Boland, Jimmy Woode and Kenny Clarke, features another fine result of Johnny Griffin's European days. His powerful and emotional tenor play does sound so impressive as always, while the rhythm section also plays so nice and modern. Especially I am totally impressed with Kenny Clarke's pulsive drumming.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

9 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	2-35494	Night Lady (Francy Boland)	9:18
A-2	2-35495	Little Man You've Had A Busy Day (M. Sigler - M. Wayne - A. Hoffman)	5:15
A-3	2-35496	All The Things You Are (J. Kern - O. Hammerstein II)	6:09
SIDE-B
B-1	2-35491	Scrabble (J. Griffin)	7:13
B-2	2-35492	Summertime (G. Gershwin - D. Hayward)	5:50
B-3	2-35493	Old Stuff (Francy Boland)	8:02

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Johnny Griffin (ts), Francy Boland (p), Jimmy Woode (b), Kenny Clarke (ds).
Recorded at Köln, Cologne, West Germany on February 13, 1964.