Johnny Griffin

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  • jazz
  • saxophone
  • hard bop
  • bebop
  • tenor sax
John Arnold Griffin III (1928 - 2008) was an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist. Like many other successful musicians from Chicago, he studied music at DuSable High School under Walter Dyett. Griffin, was reputed to be the 'World's Fastest Saxophonist' in the jazz idiom, though as he aged, and as the jazz audience declined, this accolade all but disappeared. In the 1940s and 1950s he worked in Lionel Hampton's and Joe Morris's bands, in The Jazz Messengers, and in the Thelonious Monk Quartet.

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Albums

Grab This! (2007)
Introducing Johnny Griffin (2007)
Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me (2006)
The Congregation (2006)
The Little Giant (2006)
A Blowin' Session (1999)
Return of the Griffin (1998)
Studio Jazz Party (1997)
The Kerry Dancers (1997)
Way Out! (1995)
White Gardenia, Johnny Griffin With Strings and Brass: A Tribute to Billie Holiday (1995)
Johnny Griffin Sextet (1994)
Take My Hand (1988)
The Cat

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