Artist: Johnny Griffin Title: The Complete Recordings: 1960-1962 Year Of Release: 2014 Label: Playtime Genre: Jazz Quality: FLAC (tracks,cue,m3u,cover) Total Time: 7:45:13 Total Size: 2.78 GB Album Info
Born John Arnold Griffin III in Chicago, Illinois, on April 24, 1928, he resided on the South Side of the Second City with his mother, who was a singer, and father, who played cornet. An adolescent Griffin heard Gene Ammons play in the big band of King Kolax. Two years later he picked up an alto saxophone, and soon thereafter was working with bluesman T-Bone Walker. A student at DuSable High School, he was tutored by the legendary band director Captain Walter Dyett. Upon graduation, he toured with Lionel Hampton's big band, switched to the tenor sax, and moved to New York City. The late '40s saw Griffin honking his share of R&B with Joe Morris up to 1950, alongside the band of Jo Jones in 1950, and with Arnett Cobb in 1951. He enlisted in the armed services stationed in Hawaii, and played in an Army band.
After his military commitment, he returned to Chicago and was in the company of Thelonious Monk's various ensembles up to the mid-'60s. Griffin cut his Blue Note album Introducing Johnny Griffin in 1958, and that year formed a sextet with Detroiters Pepper Adams and Donald Byrd. He collaborated with pianists Bud Powell and Elmo Hope, was enlisted by Art Blakey briefly as a member of the Jazz Messengers, energized his solo recording career for the Riverside label, and obtained his nickname, The Little Giant, with that eponymously titled LP in 1959. His most famous and popular teaming was with fellow saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. Griffin also recorded the legendary A Blowin' Session for the Blue Note label with John Coltrane and Hank Mobley.
In 1986 he was a member of the Paris Reunion Band with Woody Shaw, Dizzy Reece, Slide Hampton, and Kenny Drew, making one album for the Sonet label. During his time in France, Griffin recorded for the Antilles and Verve labels, including The Cat in 1991 and Chicago, New York, Paris in 1994. On the weeks of his birthday, Griffin made regular appearances at the Jazz Showcase back home in Chicago. In his later years he collaborated with pianist Martial Solal and saxophonist Steve Grossman. Griffin passed away at age 80 on July 25, 2008, at his home in Availles-Limouzine.
01. Tickle Toe 02. Save Your Love for Me 03. Twins 04. Funky Fluke 05. Imagination 06. Soft Winds 07. Last Train from Overbrook 08. Hey, Lock! 09. Midnight at Minton's 10. Second Balcony Jump 11. I'll Remember April (1960) 12. Good Bait 13. Billie's Bounce (Live) 14. Epistrophy (January 1961) [Live] 15. Well, You Needn't (January 1961) [Live] 16. In Walked Bud (January 1961) [Live] 17. Light and Lovely (Live) 18. Straight, No Chaser (Live) 19. Woody'n You (Live) 20. Bingo Domingo (Live) 21. I'll Remember April (1961) [Live] 22. In Walked Bud (February 1961) 23. Well, You Needn't (February 1961) 24. Ruby, My Dear 25. Rhythm-a-Ning 26. Epistrophy (Febuary 1961) 27. 'Round Midnight 28. Stickball (I Mean You) 29. Soft & Furry 30. In the Still of the Night 31. The Last of the Fat Pants 32. Same to You 33. Connie's Bounce 34. Situation 35. Nocturne 36. Why Not 37. As We All Know 38. Camp Meeting 39. Blues up and Down 40. Nice and Easy 41. Oh, Gee 42. Walkin' 43. Leapin' on Lenox 44. Layin' on Mellow 45. Gloomy Sunday 46. That Old Devil Called Love 47. White Gardenia 48. God Bless the Child 49. Detour Ahead 50. Good Morning Heartache 51. Don't Explain 52. Travelin' Light 53. No More 54. Left Alone 55. The Kerry Dancers 56. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair 57. Green Grow the Rushes 58. The Londonderry Air 59. 25½ Daze 60. Oh, Now I See 61. Hush-a-Bye 62. Ballad for Monsieur 63. Mamma-Daddy 64. Body and Soul 65. Desert Sands 66. 31st and State 67. Lullaby of the Leaves 68. Latin Quarter 69. Be-Ware 70. The Man I Love 71. Bahia 72. Blue Lou 73. How Am I to Know 74. Ow! 75. I Wished on the Moon 76. Tin Tin Deo 77. From This Moment On 78. Grab This! 79. 63rd Street Theme 80. Don't Get Aroung Much Anymore 81. Offering Time 82. These Foolish Things 83. Cherry Float
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