Johnny Griffin
Introducing Johnny Griffin (LP)
1983 Japanese re-issue on Blue Note's "BLP 1500 Series" of the 1957 album featuring Max Roach and Wynton Kelly. With original sticker.
Francis Paudras Legacy / Cecilia Powell's Heritage series voll. 1 to 10 (10LP bundle)
All 10 volumes released in 1989 on Black Saint / Mythic Sound's "Francis Paudras Legacy / Cecilia Powell's Heritage" series dedicated to Powell's recordings from 1944 to 1964 featuring Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Lee Konitz, Jay Jay Johnson, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Barney Wilen, Zoot Sims and Johnny Griffin among many others.
Freddie Hubbard, Art Blakey, Reggie Workman, Johnny Griffin, Curtis Fuller, Walter Davis, Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate, Stanley Turrentine, Jimmy Smith, Grover Washington, Lou Donaldson
One Night With Blue Note Volume 3 (LP)Original Japanese edition on Blue Note of the 1985 live album. With insert.
Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz
*2022 stock* They called him the “Little Giant” long ago in Chicago – they still call him so. In order to understand why “Little” you have to see him – it’s enough to hear him to understand why “Giant”. But just to listen to him means missing out on so much. “I just look at Johnny and feel the power of positive swinging”, the “producer” says.
Like most small people (let’s not exaggerate the “small” – he’s not exactly a dwarf) Johnny appears to have been blessed with an extra portion of energy. H…
Introducing Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin had been kicking around in R&B bands for years before his Blue Note debut in 1956. And what was "introduced" was a tenor saxophonist with a fresh sound, a warm, soulful style and the fastest technique in jazz. He moves from lyrical ballads to blistering tempos with ease. Within two years, Griff would become one of the leading tenor saxophonists in jazz as a member of Thelonious Monk's quartet.