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Johnny Griffin (24 Apr 1928 - 25 Jul 2008)

Male Person - United States

Releases (36)

Official

Album

  1. Introducing Johnny Griffin 1956
  2. A Blowin' Session 1957
  3. The Congregation Jan 1958
  4. Johnny Griffin Sextet 1958
  5. The Little Giant 1959
  6. Change Of Pace 1961
  7. The Kerry Dancers 1962
  8. Lady Heavy Bottom’s Waltz 1968
  9. You Leave Me Breathless 1972
  10. Jazz a confronto 10 1974
  11. Master of Sax 1988
  12. Take My Hand 1988
  13. The Cat 1991
  14. White Gardenia, Johnny Griffin With Strings and Brass: A Tribute to Billie Holiday 15 Jun 1995
  15. Way Out! 1995
  16. Chicago, New York, Paris 1995
  17. Juhnny Griffin And The Great Danes 1996
  18. Studio Jazz Party 29 Mar 1997
  19. Griff'n'Bags 1997
  20. Return of the Griffin 25 Mar 1998
  21. Change of Pace 30 Nov 1999
  22. Grab This! 26 Dec 2000
  23. Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me 23 Aug 2006

Album - Compilation

  1. Big Soul 1973
  2. Bush Dance 2004
  3. Johnny Griffin 2006 Storyville Masters of Jazz, 2006
  4. Seven Classic Albums 2012
  5. Grab This! + The Kerry Dancers 2013
  6. Seven Classic Albums, Vol. 2 2014

Album - Live

  1. Blues for Harvey 1973
  2. The Man I Love 1988
  3. Unpretentious Delights 1992 (as Johnny Griffin Quartet)
  4. Live in Tokyo 1999
  5. Live at Ronnie Scott's 2008
  6. Polish Radio Jazz Archives 11: Johnny Griffin 2014

Album - Compilation / Live

  1. The Jamfs Are Coming! 2015

Relationships (5)

Member Of

  1. The Eddie Davis-Johnny Griffin Quintet original, eponymous
  2. Johnny Griffin Quartet original, eponymous, tenor saxophone
  3. Johnny Griffin Sextet original, eponymous
  4. Wes Montgomery Quintet tenor saxophone
  5. Thelonious Monk Nonet tenor saxophone

Recordings by (199)

  1. Mil Dew 3:57 (1956)
  2. Chicago Calling 5:39 (1956)
  3. These Foolish Things 5:11 (1956)
  4. The Boy Next Door 4:56 (1956)
  5. Nice and Easy 4:23 (1956)
  6. It's All Right With Me 5:03 (1956)
  7. Lover Man 7:55 (1956)
  8. The Way You Look Tonight 9:41 (1957)
  9. Ball Bearing 8:11 (1957)
  10. All the Things You Are 10:14 (1957)
  11. Smoke Stack 10:13 (1957)
  12. The Congregation 6:47 (Jan 1958)
  13. Latin Quarter 6:27 (Jan 1958)
  14. I'm Glad There Is You 5:10 (Jan 1958)
  15. Main Spring 6:33 (Jan 1958)
  16. It's You or No One 4:51 (Jan 1958)
  17. Olive Refractions 4:19 (1959)
  18. The Message 7:23 (1959)
  19. Lonely One 4:05 (1959)
  20. 63rd Street Theme 7:33 (1959)
  21. Playmates 4:20 (1959)
  22. Venus And The Moon 6:30 (1959)
  23. Soft and Furry 3:38 (1961)
  24. In The Still Of The Night 3:25 (1961)
  25. The Last of the Fat Pants 4:17 (1961)
  26. Same to You 4:19 (1961)
  27. Connie's Bounce 3:55 (1961)
  28. Situation 3:51 (1961)
  29. Nocturne 5:21 (1961)
  30. Why Not? 4:57 (1961)
  31. As We All Know 4:44 (1961)
  32. The Kerry Dancers 4:44 (1962)
  33. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair 6:15 (1962)
  34. Green Grow the Rushes 4:39 (1962)
  35. The Londonderry Air 4:56 (1962)
  36. 25 1/2 Daze 4:43 (1962)
  37. Oh, Now I See 5:12 (1962)
  38. Hush-A-Bye 4:56 (1962)
  39. Ballad for Monsieur 3:35 (1962)
  40. Foot Patting 6:11 (1968)
  41. Please Send Me Someone to Love 5:27 (1968)
  42. The Turk’s Bolero 3:07 (1968)
  43. Deep Eight 5:22 (1968)
  44. A Handful of Soul 4:01 (1968)
  45. The JAMF's Are Coming 6:40 (1968)
  46. Lady Heavy Bottom’s Waltz 4:48 (1968)
  47. Rhythm-A-Ning 5:44 (1972)
  48. Old Folks 12:00 (1972)
  49. Wee 5:45 (1972)
  50. You Leave Me Breathless 8:50 (1972)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Chicago Calling 5:39 Johnny Griffin (1956) tenor saxophone
  2. These Foolish Things 5:11 Johnny Griffin (1956) tenor saxophone
  3. Nice and Easy 4:23 Johnny Griffin (1956) tenor saxophone
  4. Mil Dew 3:57 Johnny Griffin (1956) tenor saxophone
  5. The Boy Next Door 4:56 Johnny Griffin (1956) tenor saxophone
  6. It's All Right With Me 5:03 Johnny Griffin (1956) tenor saxophone
  7. Lover Man 7:55 Johnny Griffin (1956) tenor saxophone
  8. Donna Lee 4:07 Clark Terry Quintet (1957) tenor saxophone
  9. Boardwalk 7:01 Clark Terry Quintet (1957) tenor saxophone
  10. Boomerang 6:01 Clark Terry Quintet (1957) tenor saxophone
  11. Serenade to a Bus Seat 4:39 Clark Terry Quintet (1957) tenor saxophone
  12. Cruising 8:28 Clark Terry Quintet (1957) tenor saxophone
  13. That Old Black Magic 1:59 Clark Terry Quintet (1957) tenor saxophone
  14. Deo-X 5:50 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1957) tenor saxophone
  15. For Miles and Miles 5:24 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1957) tenor saxophone
  16. Late Spring 5:36 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1957) tenor saxophone
  17. I Could Have Danced All Night 4:20 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1957) tenor saxophone
  18. They Call the Wind Maria 4:53 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1957) tenor saxophone
  19. Almost Like Being in Love 4:52 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1957) tenor saxophone
  20. Sweet Sakeena 5:06 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1957) tenor saxophone
  21. Ball Bearing 8:11 Johnny Griffin (1957) tenor saxophone
  22. Stardust 5:16 Clark Terry Quintet (1957) tenor saxophone
  23. I Talk to the Trees 8:34 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1957) tenor saxophone
  24. Right Down Front 4:31 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1957) tenor saxophone
  25. All the Things You Are 10:14 Johnny Griffin (1957) tenor saxophone
  26. Shirley Ray 6:03 A.K. Salim, Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Pepper Adams, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Max Roach (1957) tenor saxophone
  27. For Minors Only 5:49 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1957) tenor saxophone
  28. Digits 4:07 Clark Terry Quintet (1957) tenor saxophone
  29. Krafty 6:35 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1957) tenor saxophone
  30. R.U.1.2. 8:00 A.K. Salim, Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Pepper Adams, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Max Roach (1957) tenor saxophone
  31. Pretty for the People 8:05 A.K. Salim, Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Pepper Adams, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Max Roach (1957) tenor saxophone
  32. Takin' Care of Business 5:24 A.K. Salim, Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Pepper Adams, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Max Roach (1957) tenor saxophone
  33. Smoke Stack 10:13 Johnny Griffin (1957) tenor saxophone
  34. There but for You Go I 4:37 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1957) tenor saxophone
  35. On the Street Where You Live 9:06 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1957) tenor saxophone
  36. The Way You Look Tonight 9:41 Johnny Griffin (1957) tenor saxophone
  37. Blu-Binsky 6:12 A.K. Salim, Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Pepper Adams, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Max Roach (1957) tenor saxophone
  38. Ba-Lu-Ee-Du 5:48 A.K. Salim, Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Pepper Adams, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Max Roach (1957) tenor saxophone
  39. The Congregation 6:47 Johnny Griffin (Jan 1958) tenor saxophone
  40. Latin Quarter 6:27 Johnny Griffin (Jan 1958) tenor saxophone
  41. I'm Glad There Is You 5:10 Johnny Griffin (Jan 1958) tenor saxophone
  42. Main Spring 6:33 Johnny Griffin (Jan 1958) tenor saxophone
  43. It's You or No One 4:51 Johnny Griffin (Jan 1958) tenor saxophone
  44. Evidence 6:45 Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Jun 1958) tenor saxophone
  45. In Walked Bud 6:38 Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Jun 1958) tenor saxophone
  46. Blue Monk 7:52 Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Jun 1958) tenor saxophone
  47. Purple Shades 7:40 Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Jun 1958) tenor saxophone
  48. I Mean You 8:02 Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Jun 1958) tenor saxophone
  49. Rhythm‐a‐ning 7:20 Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Jun 1958) tenor saxophone
  50. Fair Weather 6:55 Chet Baker (01 Sep 1958) tenor saxophone

Credited as (63)

  1. Johnny Griffin
  2. Martial Solal & Johnny Griffin
  3. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin
  4. Johnny Griffin & Steve Grossman
  5. Martial Solal and Johnny Griffin
  6. Brown / Alexander / Griffin / Drew
  7. Nat Adderley with Johnny Griffin & The Three Sounds
  8. Bennie Green Quintet with Johnny Griffin & Junior Mance
  9. Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin & Martin Drew
  10. Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin, Martin Drew
  11. Thelonious Monk Quartet feat. Johnny Griffin
  12. Johnny Griffin Quartet
  13. Johnny Griffin feat. Kenny Drew
  14. Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
  15. Johnny Griffin, Clémentine
  16. Brigitte Bader Meets Johnny Griffin
  17. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis feat. Johnny Griffin
  18. Johnny Griffin & Steve Grossman Quintet
  19. Solal, Griffin
  20. Chet Baker & Johnny Griffin
  21. Wilbur Ware; Johnny Griffin
  22. Passport and Brian Auger, Johnny Griffin, Alexis Korner, Volker Kriegel, Pete York
  23. Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis & Johnny Griffin
  24. Think Twice feat. Velvet Trench Vibes & Johnny Griffin
  25. Johnny Griffin Meets Horace Parlan
  26. A.K. Salim, Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Pepper Adams, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Max Roach
  27. Julian "Cannonball" Adderley / Johnny Griffin / "Doc" Cheatham / Joe Newman/
  28. Monty Alexander / Johnny Griffin
  29. Johnny Griffin & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
  30. Ray Brown / Monty Alexander / Johnny Griffin / Martin Drew
  31. Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis , Johnny Griffin
  32. Johnny Griffin & Matthew Gee & Their Soul Groovers
  33. Johnny Griffin Meets Dexter Gordon
  34. Johnny Griffin / Stanley Cowell / Cecil McBee / Roy Haynes
  35. Passport And Brian Auger, Johnny Griffin, Alexis Korner, Volker Kriegel, Pete York
  36. Johnny Griffin & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quintet
  37. Johnny Griffin & Matthew Gee
  38. Passport and Les McCann, Philip Catherine, Johnny Griffin, Buddy Guy, Pete York
  39. Joe Morris feat. John Griffin
  40. Joe Morris and his Orchestra feat. Johnny Griffin
  41. Alex Riel, Mads Vinding, Thomas Clausen, Jesper Thilo & Johnny Griffin
  42. Clark Terry feat. Johnny Griffin, Wynton Kelly
  43. Blue Mitchell, Curtis Fuller, Johnny Griffin, Wynton Kelly, Wilbur Ware, Philly Joe Jones
  44. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin, Junior Mance
  45. Johnny Griffin & Lockjaw Davis
  46. Thelonious Monk Quartet with Johnny Griffin
  47. Thelonious Monk with Johnny Griffin
  48. Johnny Griffin, Toots Thielemans, Lisa Nilsson, Didier Lockwood, Niels Lan Doky, Mads Vinding & Albert “Tootie” Heath
  49. Johnny Griffin, Albert Heath, Niels Lan Doky, Didier Lockwood, Toots Thielemans & Mads Vinding
  50. Johnny Griffin, Albert Heath, Niels Lan Doky, Didier Lockwood & Mads Vinding
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Works (10)

Composed

  1. A Monk's Dream
  2. When We Were One
  3. When We Were One
  4. The JAMFs Are Coming
  5. Catharsis
  6. Doctor's Blues
  7. Off the Wall
  8. Sweet Sucker
  9. Festival Blues
  10. Twins

Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. Pescara Jazz 1997

Links (17)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82099703
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82099703
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w64j0mfv
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13894727r
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/13439108X

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/561231

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/251333

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000213510

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341256/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/49408148

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708439

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/54630
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/52cM6vrM4MJ8g4H7Ibo5fZ

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/2411663

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/2411663
  2. https://tidal.com/artist/17083

Discography Pages

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/griffin/dis/