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Johnny Griffin: The Congregation
by Samuel Chell
A highly regarded recording in the impressive discography of Johnny Griffin, this recently remastered RVG edition of The Congregation is more likely to appeal to the faithful than win many new converts. On this 1957 session, the “world's fastest tenor sets aside his gun-slinging ways in favor of comparatively restrained, straightforward preaching, consisting of some basic, ...
Jazz Shots From The East Coast, Vol. 1
By Bill Evans
Label: EFORFILMS
Released: 2006
Track listing: Up With The Lark; I Loves You Porgy; Darn That Dream; Ahmad's Blues; My Old Flame; Blue Monk; Monk's Dream; Place St. Henri; Mood Indigo; Sophisticated Lady; Take the A Train; Tagore; Passin' Thru; Mack the Knife; Bonus Tracks; Yours Is My Heart Alone; Untitled Blues;
Bush Dance & Pisces
by Russ Musto
These two new discs present three excellent Griffin sessions, one each from the '60's, '70s and '80s, documenting various aspects of his mastery of the tenor saxophone and the jazz idiom in remarkably diverse settings. Bush Dance combines a 1978 all-star date featuring the stellar rhythm section of pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Sam Jones and drummer ...
Music From The Motion Picture: Between A Smile And A Tear (A Tribute To Jazzclub Montmartre In Copenhagen)
Label: Scandia
Released: 2004
Pisces
Label: Riverside
Released: 2004
Track listing: Pisces*/ Midnight Sun/ Willow Weep For Me*/ Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered/ What Is There To Say?/ She's Funny That Way*/ Yesterdays/ Sophisticated Lady*/ Willow Weep for Me (alternate)*/ She's Funny That Way*/ Sophisticated Lady*/ What Is There To Say?
Johnny Griffin
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2004
Track listing: I Cried For You; Satin Wrap; Yesterdays; Riff-Raff; Bee-Ees; The Boy Next Door; These Foolish Things; Lollypop.
Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: Pisces
by Derek Taylor
The early '60s was a golden age for tenor tandems. Towering team-ups like Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, Zoot Sims and Al Cohn, and Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin were illustrative of the Zeitgeist. Such a simple formula, joining the talents of two titans on that most popular of jazz horns, but it's one that ...
Johnny Griffin: Johnny Griffin
by David Rickert
Johnny Griffin was a bop-influenced player who was capable of handling the rigors of both Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and a stint with Thelonious Monk. Often given credit as the world's fastest tenor player (at least for a time), Griffin enjoyed a good tenor battle as much as the next guy, but he also could deliver ...
Blue Mitchell
by Robert Spencer
All About Jazz contributing writer C. Andrew Hovan said it best: “Those of you that are longtime jazz fans, take a few minutes and see how many jazz trumpeters you can name in the next minute. All done? I'm sure many of you remember Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Louis Armstrong, and Buck Clayton, just to name ...
Tough Tenors
Label: Jazzland Recordings
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Tickle Toe 2. Save Your Love For Me 3. Twins 4. Funky Fluke 5. Imagination 6. Soft Winds.
