Grab This!
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{{Infobox album
| name = Grab This!
| type = studio
| artist = Johnny Griffin
| cover = Grab This!.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1962
| recorded = June 28, 1962
Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:41
| label = Riverside
RLP 437
| producer = Orrin Keepnews
| chronology = Johnny Griffin
| prev_title = Tough Tenor Favorites
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = Soul Groove
| next_year = 1963
}}
Grab This! is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/johnny-griffin/catalog/#riverside-rlp-437 Johnny Griffin discography] accessed October 26, 2012
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Down Beat
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}Down Beat: April 25, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 10
| rev2 = Allmusic
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=608}}
}}
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".Lankford, Jr, R. D. [https://www.allmusic.com/album/grab-this%21-mw0000118753 Allmusic Review] accessed October 26, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Johnny Griffin except as indicated
- "Grab This!" - 6:06
- "63rd Street Theme" - 5:34
- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 8:37
- "Offering Time" (Paul Bryant) - 6:16
- "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 6:39
- "Cherry Float" - 5:29
Personnel
References
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Category:Johnny Griffin albums