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Released
  
1961

Artist
  
Johnny Griffin

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
38:54

Release date
  
1961

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

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Recorded
  
July 13, 14 & 17, 1961at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City

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White Gardenia is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin with brass and strings which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Riverside label. As a tribute album to jazz singer Billie Holiday, who had died two years earlier, all songs had been sung by her, except for the title track, which is the only original composition by Griffin on the album. The white gardenia was the flower Holiday often wore in her hair. The orchestral arrangements were written by Melba Liston and Norman Simmons.

Contents

Reception

Richard Cook and Brian Morton wrote in their Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD: "A delightful, smoothly orchestrated tribute to Lady Day that manages to be more than just pastiche" with the strings serving "mainly for depth of focus and harmony, rather than as emotional treacle." The Allmusic site awarded the album 2½ stars stating that the arrangements were "tasteful, and the lyrical music is well-performed, if not overly memorable. Worth checking out".

Track listing

  1. "Gloomy Sunday" (Sam M. Lewis, Rezső Seress) - 4:06
  2. "That Old Devil Called Love" (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) - 3:50
  3. "White Gardenia" (Johnny Griffin) - 3:18
  4. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 3:17
  5. "Detour Ahead" (Lou Carter, Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo) - 4:33
  6. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) - 4:10
  7. "Don't Explain" (Holiday, Herzog) - 4:43
  8. "Trav'lin' Light" (Trummy Young, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer) - 4:06
  9. "No More" (Tutti Camarata, Bob Russell) - 3:57
  10. "Left Alone" (Holiday, Mal Waldron) - 2:54

Tracks 1, 7 and 9 were recorded on July 13, tracks 2, 5 and 8 were recorded July 14, and tracks 3, 4, 6 and 10 were recorded on July 17, 1961.

Personnel

  • Johnny Griffin — tenor saxophone
  • Nat Adderley - cornet (except tracks 1, 7 and 9)
  • Ernie Royal - trumpet (exc. 1, 7, 9)
  • Clark Terry - flugelhorn (1, 7, 9), trumpet (exc. 1, 7, 9)
  • Ray Alonge - French horn
  • Jimmy Cleveland, Paul Faulise, Urbie Green - trombone
  • Jimmy Jones - piano (exc. 2, 5, 8)
  • Barry Harris - piano (2, 5, 8)
  • Barry Galbraith - guitar
  • Ron Carter - bass
  • Ben Riley - drums
  • Alfred Brown, Harry Lookofsky, David Schwartz - violin
  • Charles McCracken (exc. 2, 5, 8), Lucient Schmit (1, 5, 7–9), Maurice Bialkin, Ray Schweitzer and Edgardo Sodero (2, 5, 8), Abe Kessler and Peter Makas (3, 4, 6, 10) - cello
  • Melba Liston (exc. 4–6, 8), Norman Simmons (4–6, 8) - arranger

    • Songs

    1Gloomy Sunday4:10
    2That Ole Devil Called Love3:53
    3White Gardenia3:22

    References

    White Gardenia Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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