Archive for the ‘johnny griffin’ Category
Dizzy Gillespie – The Giant (Jazz in Paris) (1973)
Recorded April 13, 1973 in Paris.
1. Stella By Starlight – 7:49
2. I Waited For You – 3:49
3. Girl Of My Dreams – 5:39
4. Fiesta Mojo – 11:23
5. Serenity – 5:10
Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone
Kenny Drew – piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
Humberto Canto – tumbas
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Johnny Griffin – The Congregation (1957)
Griffin with a quartet, his last Blue Note LP. The cover art was done by Andy Warhol.
1. Congregation – 6:48
2. Latin Quarter – 6:27
3. I’m Glad There Is You – 5:11
4. Main Spring – 6:34
5. It’s You or No One – 4:53
6. I Remember You* – 7:29
Johnny Griffin – tenor sax
Paul Chambers – bass
Sonny Clark – piano
Kenny Dennis – drums
Johnny Griffin – A Blowing Session (1957)
A line up featuring most of the East Coast’s highest regarded hard bop musicians at that time. Recorded by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder, as almost all Blue Note releases were during this time.
1. The Way You Look Tonight – 9:41
2. Ball Bearing – 8:11
3. All the Things You Are -10:15
4. Smoke Stack – 10:14
5. Smoke Stack (alternate) – 11:00
Johnny Griffin — tenor saxophone
John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
Lee Morgan — trumpet
Wynton Kelly — piano
Paul Chambers — bass
Art Blakey — drums
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin – The Tenor Scene (1961)
The two tenor players released four albums together throughout their careers. The Tenor Scene was recorded live at Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem Manhattan, NY on January 6, 1961. It was formerly called The Breakfast Show.
1. Light and Lovely – 11:33
2. Straight, No Chaser – 10:03
3. Woody ‘N You – 7:20
4. Bingo Domingo – 4:33
5. I’ll Remember April – 9:29
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – tenor saxophone
Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone
Larry Gales – bass
Junior Mance – piano
Ben Riley – drums
