Grab This! is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.[1]

Grab This!
Studio album by
Released1962
RecordedJune 28, 1962
Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles
GenreJazz
Length38:41
LabelRiverside
RLP 437
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Johnny Griffin chronology
Tough Tenor Favorites
(1962)
Grab This!
(1962)
Soul Groove
(1963)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat     [2]
Allmusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Grab This! finds tenor Johnny Griffin in a soul-jazz mood... It's amazing that five guys were able to get together and cut this album for Riverside in one day during the summer of 1962... Grab This! is a fine album, and serves as a reminder of Griffin's lovely tenor sound".[3]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Johnny Griffin except as indicated

  1. "Grab This!" - 6:06
  2. "63rd Street Theme" - 5:34
  3. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 8:37
  4. "Offering Time" (Paul Bryant) - 6:16
  5. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 6:39
  6. "Cherry Float" - 5:29

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Johnny Griffin discography accessed October 26, 2012
  2. ^ Down Beat: April 25, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 10
  3. ^ a b Lankford, Jr, R. D. Allmusic Review accessed October 26, 2012
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 608. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.