—Johnny Griffin

John Frigo (bass), Lurlean Hunter and Johnny Griffin (sax) on the corner of Michigan and Chicago Avenues. (Photo by Ted Williams) @3rd Street Jazz

the beach in Normandy, summer 1963

Johnny Griffin - A Blowing Session (1957) ♪ "The Way You Look Tonight" 今日はジョニー グリフィンの誕生日らしいのでそれにちなんで。 まさにタイトル通りのブローイングセッション。コルトレーンもモブリーもいいが酸欠寸前まで吹きまくるグリフィンの貫禄勝ちか。 当時売出し中のモーガンも負けん気むき出しで応戦。 ヒッチコックの鳥を連想させるジャケとは裏腹に熱気が伝わってくるね。 #johnnygriffin #happybirthday #ablowingsession #hankmobley #johncoltrane #leemorgan #wyntonkelly #paulchambers #artblakey #saxophone #jazz #bluenote #1957 #nowplaying

Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone Lee Morgan – trumpet Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone John Coltrane – tenor saxophone Wynton Kelly – piano Paul Chambers – bass Art Blakey – drums

Do Nothing ’til You Hear from Me i s an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Riverside label. Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone Buddy Montgomery – vibraphone, piano Monk Montgomery – bass Art Taylor – drums

Johnny Griffin Sextet is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin and his all-star sextet, released on the Riverside label in 1958. “High-quality hard bop from some of the best.” – ScottYanow/AllMusic.

AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: This CD reissue is an early example of fusing jazz with world music. Abdul-Malik switches between bass and oud; interacts closely with the droning violin of Naim Karacand, Jack Ghanaim’s kanoon (a 72-string instrument), and Mike Hamway’s darabeka (a percussive drum); and mixes in Al Harewood’s drums and (on three of the four selections) the tenor of Johnny Griffin. The music is a qualified success, essentially Middle Eastern folk music with Griffin added in. This set is interesting and, in its own way, innovative but not essential