Saturday, March 30, 2019

Johnny Griffin - You Leave Me Breathless (1967)

Griffin moved to Europe in the early 60s, eventually settling in France and enjoying a successful and contented (according to an interview) life there until his death in 2008. This album was one of three recorded by the UK Black Lion company over two nights at the Jazzhus in Copenhagen in 1967. These recordings are typical of Griffin: a mix of blistering high speed attack, inventive and always coherent and some beautiful ballad playing. Technically he had everything, he seemed to be incapable of playing badly and every recording he made is worth seeking out. This is from an Italian LP reissue but I imagine these tracks have found their way to CD somewhere!

01 - Rhythm-A-Ing
02 - Old Folks
03 - Wee
04 - You Leave Me Breathless
05 - Leave Me Alone Blues

Johnny Griffin (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Albert Heath (d)
Copenhagen, Denmark, March 30 & 31, 1967
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  1. grumpyNovember 18, 2013 at 10:01 AM

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  2. Wade CottinghamNovember 18, 2013 at 7:27 PM

    Thank you Grumpy! Johnny Griffin always great!

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  3. AlanNovember 19, 2013 at 12:10 AM

    This is one of my all time favorite albums.

    I converted my LP to CD, but I'd already worn out the grooves.

    This will be an upgrade.

    Thanks

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  4. nikosNovember 19, 2013 at 2:00 AM

    Johnny Griffin was dynamite! Right at the start of the program he fearlessly lets rip over the difficult tempos of Rhythm-A-Ning and there's no holding him back! Thanks for this Mr. Grumpy - I had a messy mp3 192 rip and this is a great upgrade. There's another LP from the same date in Copenhagen, called "A Night In Tunisia". I have a 320 mp3 rip if anyone is interested.

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  5. grumpyNovember 19, 2013 at 8:46 AM

    I have A Night in Tunisia ripped and ready to post at Buddy Bolden's in the very near future, in flac of course.

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  6. Otis FosterNovember 19, 2013 at 12:29 PM

    Thnx grumpy - I first heard the title tune on Opus de Jazz, the Savoy release with Bags and Frank Wess. It's not a number that's in everyone's book. I have a special weakness for Jackson's releases on Savoy, even though they all short-change you on playing time, I'm not familiar with this session.

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  7. AnonymousNovember 24, 2013 at 11:33 AM

    Thanks so much grumpy, I left this lp and lost,can not wait to hear it again, thanks. Ramón.

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  8. armandoDecember 8, 2013 at 2:34 AM

    I have this on LP too and was pressed with a lot of noises. I listened to it so many times that I memorized some of them besides the music. Now it´s time to forget the noise!
    The solo in "You leave me breathless" is amazing!

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  9. grumpyMarch 30, 2019 at 2:47 PM

    NEW LINK:

    https://1fichier.com/?8nqp02919f

    My LP vinyl>flac + scans

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  10. fishmanj98March 31, 2019 at 8:34 AM

    Great to get the Little Giant. I love his sound

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  11. DEEPApril 1, 2019 at 8:17 AM

    J.G. DOES *NOT* leave me CLASPless...SOOO....CLASP!!

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  12. doctorsientetebienApril 1, 2019 at 1:02 PM

    Muchas gracias por este archivo. He disfrutado mucho de este lp desde hace años.
    Saludos.

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  13. Big MalApril 4, 2019 at 10:18 PM

    Many Thanks

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  14. Tarara BumdiayJanuary 27, 2021 at 8:34 AM

    Many thanks.

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