Results for "Johnny Griffin"

Scott Hamilton: Is Expatriatism on the Rise?

by Nick Catalano
February 8, 2009

During my years as a jazz writer I have spent considerable time interviewing and writing about musicians who, for one reason or another, decided to pack up and establish permanent residency outside the United States. Many of the old beboppers (Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin, Ed Thigpen and others) whom I had encountered through the years were ...

It's the Economy, Man!

by Jack Bowers
January 29, 2009

Even though the present (and future) state of the economy here in the States is no laughing matter, there has been at least one tongue-in-cheek article about jazz musicians seeking bailout money from Congress and the Bush administration (still in power when it was written last December). It's presented as a straight “news" story, but musicians' ...

Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz

By Johnny Griffin

Label: Scandia
Released: 2008

Johnny Griffin Memorial Tribute

August 26, 2008

Readers in and around New York City may be interested in this announcement sent by Michael Weiss. CELEBRATING JOHNNY GRIFFIN: A TRIBUTE IN WORDS AND MUSIC Reminiscences from fellow musicians, family and friends. Johnny Griffin's compositions performed by Johnny's longtime rhythm section (Michael Weiss, John Webber and Kenny Washington) with Eric Alexander. Additional performances ...

Saxophonist Johnny Griffin Dies at 80

July 25, 2008

Johnny Griffin, a jazz tenor-saxophonist from Chicago whose speed, control, and harmonic acuity made him one of the most talented musicians of his generation, and who abandoned his hopes for an American career when he moved to Europe in 1963, died Friday at his home in Availles-Limouzine, a village in France. He was 80 and had ...

Johnny Griffin Dies a 80

July 25, 2008

Johnny Griffin, Jazzman Who Played With Coltrane, Monk, Dies By Mark Schoifet July 25 (Bloomberg) -- Johnny Griffin, the jazz musician who was once billed as the “world's fastest saxophonist" and played alongside Thelonious Monk, Lionel Hampton and John Coltrane, has died. He was 80. Griffin died today at his home in the village of Mauprevior, ...

Do It

Featuring the music of Johnny Griffin
Duration: 3:51
April 24, 2008

The Congregation

By Johnny Griffin

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: The Congregation; Latin Quarter; I'm Glad There Is You; Main Spring; It's You or No One; I Remember You (Bonus Track).

Night In Tunisia

Featuring the music of Johnny Griffin
Duration: 8:23
October 3, 2007

Johnny Griffin: The Congregation

by Samuel Chell
April 18, 2007

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, ...