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Released
  
1961

Release date
  
1961

Genre
  
Jazz

Blues Up & Down(1961)
  
White Gardenia(1961)

Label
  
Hallmark Records

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Recorded
  
June 5 and August 17, 1961New York City

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews and Ray Fowler

Blues Up & Down(1961)
  
Tough Tenor Favorites(1962)

Artists
  
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin

Similar
  
Griff & Lock, The Midnight Show, Battle Stations, The Late Show, The First Set

Blues Up & Down is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1961 and released on the Jazzland label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Griffin except as indicated

  1. "Camp Meeting" - 5:26
  2. "Blues Up and Down" (Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt) - 5:03
  3. "Nice and Easy" - 7:25
  4. "Oh, Gee" (Matthew Gee) - 3:51
  5. "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) - 6:56
  6. "Leapin' On Lenox" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) - 4:35
  7. "Layin' On Mellow" (Griffin, Davis) - 4:48

Personnel

  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
  • Lloyd Mayers - piano
  • Larry Gales - bass
  • Ben Riley - drums

    • Songs

    1Camp Meeting5:30
    2Blues Up and Down5:11
    3Nice and Easy7:35

    References

    Blues Up & Down Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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