Results for "Johnny Griffin"

Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet: Tough Tenors

by David Rickert
November 1, 2003

The appeal of a good cutting session is similar to that of a good boxing match: we all enjoy watching two competitors locked in combat, pushing themselves to new boundaries and discovering untapped resources. Johnny Griffin and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis went so far as to establish a quintet which allowed them repeated opportunities to duke it ...

Deborah Brown: International Incident

by C. Michael Bailey
July 25, 2003

Kansas City-reared jazz singer Deborah Brown employs an international, multicultural little big band to make progressive American vocal jazz, managing the logistics brilliantly to produce one of the best vocal recitals of the year. This fearless repertoire maven is not afraid of even the stickiest subjects.On International Incident,, Brown takes on two Johnny Griffin ...

Johnny Griffin: And the Great Danes

by Derek Taylor
February 25, 2003

For the better part of four decades, Northern Europe has been something of a second home to Johnny Griffin. Following the lead of his peers, the saxophonist immigrated to Paris in the early '60s and later moved to the Netherlands in the early '70s. The life of the expatriate jazz musician has been his preferred lot ...

Griffin & Grossman Quintet

By Johnny Griffin

Label: Dreyfus Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Take The D Train; Waltswing; Don

Woe Is Me

By Johnny Griffin

Label: Scandia
Released: 2001

Johnny Griffin & Steve Grossman Quintet

By Johnny Griffin

Label: Scandia
Released: 2001

Johnny Griffin/Steve Grossman: Griffin & Grossman Quintet

by Mark Corroto
April 1, 2001

The welcome return of the fire-breathing bebop tenor saxophonist is well, music to my ears. Ex-patriot saxophonists Johnny Griffin and Steve Grossman team up for an old fashioned blowing session. This date recorded for the French label, Dreyfus Records, calls to mind Griffin’s legendary recording date A Blowing Session with John Coltrane and Hank Mobley in ...

Johnny Griffin, Steve Grossman: Johnny Griffin & Steve Grossman Quintet

by AAJ Staff
April 1, 2001

Even though Johnny Griffin has steadfastly chosen to remain in Europe since 1963, his recorded output remains steady and, as always, invigorating, thanks to Dreyfus Jazz. Fast on the heels of Griffin's Grammy-nominated collaboration with piano great Martial Solal, Griffin once again is paired with an interesting counterpart, this time fellow tenor saxman Steve Grossman. Even ...

In & Out

By Johnny Griffin

Label: Dreyfus Records
Released: 2000
Track listing:

You Stepped Out Of A Dream; Come With Me; In & Out; Hey Now; L'Oreille Est Hardie; When You're In My Arms; Neutralisme; Well, You Needn't

Close Your Eyes

By Johnny Griffin

Label: Scandia
Released: 2000