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American jazz saxophonist
Johnny Griffin
Griffin performing in 2007
Birth name John Arnold Griffin III Born (1928-04-24 ) April 24, 1928Chicago , Illinois , U.SDied July 25, 2008(2008-07-25) (aged 80 ) Genres Jazz Occupation(s ) Musician Instrument(s ) Tenor saxophone Years active 1940s–2008 Labels Blue Note , Riverside
Musical artist
John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928[1] [2] jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the mid-1940s and continued until the month of his death. A pioneering figure in hard bop , Griffin recorded prolifically as a bandleader in addition to stints with pianist Thelonious Monk , drummer Art Blakey , in partnership with fellow tenor Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and as a member of the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band after he moved to Europe in the 1960s. In 1995, Griffin was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music .[3]
Early life and career [ edit ]
Griffin studied music at DuSable High School in Chicago under Walter Dyett ,[1] T-Bone Walker in a band led by Walker's brother.[4]
Alto saxophone was still his instrument of choice when he joined Lionel Hampton 's big band,[1] Arnett Cobb . He first appeared on a Los Angeles recording with Hampton's band in 1945 at the age of 17.[5]
By mid-1947, Griffin and fellow Hampton band member Joe Morris ,[1] George Freeman ,[4] [1] Atlantic Records . By 1951, Griffin was playing baritone saxophone in an R&B septet led by former bandmate Arnett Cobb .[6]
After returning to Chicago from two years in the Army, Griffin began to establish a reputation as one of the premiere saxophonists in that city. Thelonious Monk enthusiastically encouraged Orrin Keepnews of the Riverside label to sign the young tenor, but before he could act Blue Note had signed Griffin.
He joined Art Blakey 's Jazz Messengers in 1957,[1] John Coltrane as a member of Monk's Five Spot quartet; he can be heard on the albums Thelonious in Action Misterioso .
Griffin's unique style, based on an astounding technique, included a vast canon of bebop language. He was known to quote generously from classical, opera and other musical forms. A prodigious player, he was often subjected to "cutting sessions" (a musical battle between two musicians) involving a legion of tenor players, both in his hometown Chicago with Hank Mobley [7] Gene Ammons , and on the road. Diminutive, he was distinctive as a fashionable dresser,[8]
Johnny Griffin backstage at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society , Half Moon Bay, California, 1985
Griffin was leader on his first Blue Note album Introducing Johnny Griffin Wynton Kelly on piano, Curly Russell on bass and Max Roach on drums, the recording brought Griffin critical acclaim.[9]
The album A Blowin' Session John Coltrane and Hank Mobley . He played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for a few months in 1957 and in the Thelonious Monk Sextet and Quartet (1958).[1] Clark Terry on Serenade to a Bus Seat Wynton Kelly , Paul Chambers , and Philly Joe Jones .[10]
Move to Europe [ edit ]
Griffin moved to France in 1963[11] free jazz " in the United States, as journalist Ben Ratliff wrote.[12] Ronnie Scott's , Griffin became a "first choice" sax player for visiting US musicians touring the continent during the 1960s and 1970s.
In 1965, he recorded albums with Wes Montgomery . He briefly rejoined Monk's groups (an Octet and Nonet) in 1967.[13] Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band .[1]
Griffin and Davis met up again in 1970 and recorded Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again ,[14] Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 at the Montreux Jazz Festival .[15] Peter Herbolzheimer and His Big Band, which also included, among others, Nat Adderley , Derek Watkins , Art Farmer , Slide Hampton , Jiggs Whigham , Herb Geller , Wilton Gaynair , Stan Getz , Gerry Mulligan , Rita Reys , Jean "Toots" Thielemans , Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Grady Tate , and Quincy Jones as arranger.
He also recorded with the Nat Adderley Quintet in 1978,[16]
In 1978, Griffin and Dexter Gordon returned to the U.S., and the two performed at the Ann Arbor's Eclipse Jazz Festival , before recording Live at Carnegie Hall .[8]
Griffin's last concert was in Hyères , France on July 21, 2008. On July 25, 2008, he died of a heart attack at the age of 80 in Mauprévoir , near Availles-Limouzine , France.[8] [17]
Discography [ edit ]
As leader/co-leader [ edit ]
1956: Johnny Griffin Argo , 1958)
1956: Introducing Johnny Griffin Blue Note , 1957)
1957: A Blowin' Session
1957: The Congregation
1958: Johnny Griffin Sextet Riverside , 1958)
1958: Way Out!
1959: The Little Giant
1960: The Big Soul-Band
1960: Battle Stations Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Prestige , 1960)
1960: Johnny Griffin's Studio Jazz Party
1960: Tough Tenors Jazzland , 1960)
1960: Griff & Lock
1961: The First Set
1961: The Tenor Scene
1961: The Late Show
1961: The Midnight Show
1961: Lookin' at Monk!
1961: Change of Pace
1961: Blues Up & Down
1961: White Gardenia
1961–62: The Kerry Dancers
1962: Tough Tenor Favorites
1962: Grab This!
1963: Soul Groove Matthew Gee (Atlantic , 1964)
1963: Do Nothing 'til You Hear from Me
1964: Night Lady Philips , 1964)
1964: Live at Ronnie Scott's (Gearbox)[18]
1967: The Man I Love (Polydor , 1969)
1967: You Leave Me Breathless (Black Lion , 1972)
1967: A Night in Tunisia (Trio, 1979)
1968: Jazz Undulation (Joker, 1977)
1968: Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz (Vogue , 1969)
1970: Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again MPS , 1970)
1973: Blues for Harvey SteepleChase , 1973) – live
1974: Johnny Griffin Live at Music Inn (Horo , 1974) – live
1975: The Jamfs Are Coming! (Timeless , 1978) – live
1976: Johnny Griffin Live in Tokyo (Philips, 1976) – live
1976: The Little Giant Revisited (Philips, 1977) – live
1978: Sincerely Ours with Rolf Ericson (Four Leaf Clover, 1978)
1978: Return of the Griffin Galaxy , 1979)
1978: Bush Dance
1978?: Birds and Ballads
1979: NYC Underground
1979: To the Ladies
1980: Meeting (Jeton, 1982)
1981: Live / Autumn Leaves (Verve , 1997) – live
1983: Call It Whachawana
1984: Tough Tenors Back Again! with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Storyville , 1997)
1985: Three Generations of Tenor Saxophone (JHM, 1997)[2CD]
1987: Have You Met Barcelona with Ben Sidran et al. (Orange Blue, 1989)
1988: Take My Hand (Who's Who in Jazz , 1988)
1990: The Cat (Antilles , 1991)
1992: Dance of Passion (Antilles, 1993)
1994?: Chicago-New york-Paris (Verve, 1994)
1999: In and Out with Martial Solal (Dreyfus , 2000)
2000: Johnny Griffin and Steve Grossman Quintet with Steve Grossman (Dreyfus, 2001)
2000: Close Your Eyes with Horace Parlan (Minor Music, 2000)
2002: Johnny Griffin and the Great Danes with the Great Danes (Stunt, 2003)
As sideman [ edit ]
With Ahmed Abdul-Malik
With Nat Adderley
With Art Blakey
With the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
Sax No End SABA , 1967)
Out of the Folk Bag
17 Men and Their Music
All Smiles
Faces
Latin Kaleidoscope
Fellini 712
All Blues
More Smiles
Volcano
Clarke Boland Big Band en Concert avec Europe 1
With Dizzy Gillespie
With Philly Joe Jones
With Thelonious Monk
With Bud Powell
With A. K. Salim
With others
Chet Baker , Chet Baker in New York
Count Basie , Count Basie Jam Session at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975
James Carter , Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge
Tadd Dameron , The Magic Touch
Bennie Green , Glidin' Along
Johnny Lytle , Nice and Easy
Blue Mitchell , Big 6
Jimmy Smith , Keep On Comin' (Elektra/Musician , 1983)
Ira Sullivan , Blue Stroll
Clark Terry , Serenade to a Bus Seat
Wilbur Ware , The Chicago Sound
Randy Weston , Little Niles United Artists , 1958)
Wes Montgomery , Full House
Wes Montgomery , Solitude (Paris Live Album) (Verve, 1962)
Roy Hargrove , With the Tenors of Our Time (Verve, 1994)
References [ edit ]
^ Zwerin, Mike (August 9, 1995). "Berklee, the Brand Name of Music Schools" . The New York Times
^ a b "In Conversation with Johnny Griffin" Archived March 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine by Ted Panken at Jazz.com Archived October 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Johnny Griffin Discography" . www.jazzdisco.org . Retrieved February 27, 2022 .
^ Johnny Griffin catalog , Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
^ "A Blowin' Session - Johnny Griffin | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved February 27, 2022 .
^ a b c Pulliam, Becca (November 20, 2008). "Johnny Griffin At The Village Vanguard" . NPR . Archived from the original on February 27, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2022 .
^ "Introducing Johnny Griffin - Johnny Griffin | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved February 27, 2022 .
^ "Serenade to a Bus Seat - Clark Terry Quintet | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved February 27, 2022 .
^ "Johnny Griffin Biography, Songs, & Albums" . AllMusic . Retrieved February 27, 2022 .
^ Ratliff, Ben (2008). "Johnny Griffin, 80, Jazz Saxophonist, dies ." The New York Times , July 26, 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2016
^ "Nonet: Live! - Thelonious Monk | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved February 27, 2022 .
^ "Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin Quintet, Johnny Griffin | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved February 27, 2022 .
^ "At the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 - Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved February 27, 2022 .
^ "A Little New York Midtown Music - Nat Adderley | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved February 27, 2022 .
^ (in French) "Le saxophoniste américain Johnny Griffin est mort" Le Nouvel Observateur
^ Spillett, Simon (December 2023 – January 2024). "Johnny Griffin: Live at Ronnie Scott's". Jazzwise
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