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Setting the Pace
Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2000
Track listing: Soft and Furry/ In the Still of the Night/ The Last of the Fat Pants/ Same To You/ Connie
Johnny Griffin & Martial Solal: In & Out
by AAJ Staff
One would think from a provincial American perspective that Johnny Griffin and Martial Solal would have performed together numerous times, let alone having recorded frequently. After all, they're European, aren't they?Alas, such is not the case. Griffin and Solal have performed together only two or three times. They have recorded together never. Until now. ...
Johnny Griffin: Setting the Pace
by Derek Taylor
Most follwers of Griffin’s robust tenor sound don’t regard the man who was widely regarded at various times as the ‘Little Giant,” “The Cat” and “the fastest tenor on the scene” as a boundary stretching modernist. He did serve a memorable stint in Monk’s quartet, delivering an angular urgency that complimented the pianist’s idiosyncratic style, but ...
Johnny Griffin: Griff 'n' Bags
by Douglas Payne
Well, not quite. Chicago tenor great Johnny ("Griff") Griffin is heard on five tunes and Milt ("Bags") Jackson, whose intention was to reunite with fellow MJQ founder Kenny Clarke for a Clarke-Boland Big Band project that never materialized, is heard on five different tunes.Despite slightly inaccurate labeling and packaging that doesn't explain itself until ...
The Jazz Giants Play Cole Porter- Night And Day
By Zoot Sims
Label: Prestige Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Dream Dancing;
Just One Of Those Things;
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home;
Love For Sale;
All Of You;
Night And Day;
I Love Paris;
I've Got You Under My Skin;
Begin The Begine;
I Love You;
Easy To Love;
Ev'ry Time I Say Goodbye; From This Moment On.
Johnny Griffin: Live/Autumn Leaves
by John Sharpe
Back in the heyday of bop, Griffin earned a reputation as “the world's fastest saxophonist." Judging by the breakneck tempo he sets on this CD's title cut, you'd think he was trying to hold on to that moniker! Recorded in Paris in 1981, Live showcases Griffin, pianist Ronnie Mathews, bassist Ray Drummond and drummer Kenny Washington ...
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