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Since Johnny Griffin's precocious professional debut with Lionel Hampton in 1945, his best work has been guided by spontaneity. One of the fastest and least inhibited of tenor men, Griffin loves the challenges and excitement of the jam session. Back in 1963, despite the solid reputation he had established as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and Thelonious Monk’s group (and as co-leader of a band with Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis), Griffin felt forced to flee to Europe. During the Sixties, Griffin was one of an elite corps of resident American jazzmen in Europe, a group that included Kenny Clarke, Arthur Taylor, Horace Parlan, Kenny Drew, and, of course, Dexter Gordon (“Dexter’s family to me,” he smiles)
Live In Paris 1967 Volume One
Label: Rhythm-A-Ning Enterprises
Released: 2026
Track listing: Artist Introduction; Epistrophy; Evidence; Ruby My Dear; We See
Live In Paris, 1967. Volume Two
Label: Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment
Released: 2026
Track listing: Introduction; Blue Monk; Epistrophy; OskaT.
Monk Live In Paris 1967 Volume One
Label: Thelonious Monk Estate’s Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment
Released: 2026
Track listing: Epistrophy; Evidence; We See; Ruby My Dear.
Thelonious Monk: Live In Paris, 1967. Volume Two
by Jack Kenny
This is magnificent music: an important document of a unique European tour that places Thelonious Monk in a different context from his regular quartet with Charlie Rouse. While many unauthorised recordings of the nonet (the nine piece) circulated over the decades, this official release offers a uniquely clear and authoritative record of this aspect of Monk's ...
Ronnie Cuber: Baritone Boss
by Mark McKergow
Ronnie Cuber (1941-2022) made his mark on the jazz world as a versatile and muscular baritone saxophonist. Born in New York on Christmas Day 1941, he started on tenor saxophone but switched to baritone at 17, attracted by the vacant chair in Marshall Brown's Newport Jazz Youth Band (which also featured lifelong colleagues Eddie Gomez and Michael ...
Max Ionata Special Edition: Tivoli
by Neri Pollastri
Da anni residente in nordeuropa, il sassofonista Max Ionata presenta questo suo ultimo lavoro alla testa di un classico quartetto di musicisti scandinavi. Classico è anche lo stile musicale, in un programma per metà fatto di omaggi e per metà di originali, uno dei quali a firma del da noi più noto componente del ...
Thelonious Monk: Monk Live In Paris 1967 Volume One
by Jack Kenny
This Paris concert formed part of a European tour organized by the impresario George Wein, who had previously presented numerous Thelonious Monk Quartet engagements. Seeking something different, Wein proposed an expanded ensemble. Monk was initially reluctant to depart from the quartet format and only agreed after considerable persuasion. Crucially, he retained artistic control: he selected the ...
Cosmic Music: The Life, Art And Transcendence Of Alice Coltrane
by Ian Patterson
Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane Andy Beta 452 PagesISBN: 978 1 3996 2621 7 White Rabbit2026 As is often the case with marginalized, controversial or divisive figures in jazz, recognition of their achievements tends to come in a rush only after they have passed. Alice ...
Thelonious Monk: Live In Paris 1967 Volume One
by Joshua Weiner
The discography of Thelonious Monk, bebop architect, composer of enduring standards and idiosyncratically influential pianist, is vast. In addition to Monk's genre-defining studio recordings, several live sets were released during his lifetime, including a notable series put out by Columbia Records during Monk's time on that most major of major labels, from 1962 to 1968. Live ...
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