Johnny Griffin
Tenor Sax Solo on
All The Things You Are

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Johnny Griffin's tenor sax solo is the opening of 6 solos on this recording, followed by John Coltrane on tenor sax. Spanning three choruses of the 36-bar AABA form at an up-tempo 186 BPM with a swing feel in A♭, the solo runs approximately 2:23. "All the Things You Are" is a performance of Jerome Kern's harmonically rich standard from Johnny Griffin's 1957 album A Blowing Session, featuring an extraordinary parade of six soloists navigating the 36-bar AABA form in A-flat. Johnny Griffin was 28 to 29 years old at the time of this 1957 recording.

Johnny Griffin was 28 to 29 years old at the time.