This nearly hour-long set by Johnny Griffin comes from a 1978 concert in Warsaw.
The Little Giant is in great form, though the track listing on the rear of CD is bound to confuse first-time listeners.
The opening set begins with a four minutes of a chant-like vamp, before segueing directly into a lively arrangement of "A Night in Tunisia," which will definitely surprise anyone expecting "Body and Soul" (which is incorrectly labeled as track one); both pianist Pat Coil and drummer Art Taylor are also featured to good effect.
Griffin's explosive take of "All the Things You Are" takes no prisoners, following it with lyrical interpretation of "Body and Soul." Although Griffin's tenor sax is well recorded, both the piano and bass suffer from distortion at times, so that should be taken into account before purchasing this CD.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Body and SoulFrank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour | Johnny Griffin Quartet, Johnny Griffin | Play | 18:11 | 41 MB | 105 MB |
| 2 | All the Things You AreOscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern | Johnny Griffin Quartet, Johnny Griffin | Play | 21:52 | 50 MB | 120 MB |
| 3 | A Night in TunisiaDizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli | Johnny Griffin Quartet, Johnny Griffin | Play | 18:48 | 43 MB | 95 MB |
| 58 mins | 134 MB | |||||
| 58 mins | 321 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Coil | Piano |
| 2 | Frank Eyton | Composer |
| 3 | Dizzy Gillespie | Composer |
| 4 | Johnny Green | Composer |
| 5 | Johnny Griffin | Primary Artist, Sax (Tenor) |
| 6 | Johnny Griffin Quartet | Primary Artist |
| 7 | Oscar Hammerstein II | Composer |
| 8 | Hans Harzheim | Photography |
| 9 | Edward Heyman | Composer |
| 10 | Marc Johnson | Bass |
| 11 | Jerome Kern | Composer |
| 12 | Frank Paparelli | Composer |
| 13 | Knut Schotteldreier | Cover Design |
| 14 | Robert Sour | Composer |
| 15 | Art Taylor | Drums |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |