Johnny Griffin Vol. 2 (also known as A Blowin' Session) is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, recorded in April 1957 and released in September or October of the same year on the Blue Note label. It was reissued in 1999, featuring an alternate take of "Smoke Stack."

Track listing

"The Way You Look Tonight (Kern, Fields) - 9:41

"Ball Bearing" (Griffin) - 8:11

"All the Things You Are" (Kern, Hammerstein) - 10:14

"Smoke Stack" (Griffin) - 10:13

"Smoke Stack" [Alternate Take] - 11:00 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

Johnny Griffin — tenor saxophone

John Coltrane — tenor saxophone

Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone

Lee Morgan — trumpet

Wynton Kelly — piano

Paul Chambers — bass

Art Blakey — drums

References

1957 albums

Johnny Griffin albums

Blue Note Records albums

Albums produced by Alfred Lion

Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio

Albums recorded in a home studio

A Blowin' Session