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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Songs

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    Party Time

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    Playmates

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    Slow Burn

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    Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

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    Smoke Stack

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    Smoke Stack (alternate take)

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    Sophisticated Lady

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    Stix' Trix

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    Straight No Chaser

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    Sunny Monday

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    Take My Hand

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    Teri's Tune

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    That Old Devil Called Love

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    That's All

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    The Boy Next Door

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    The Cat

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    The Congregation

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    The Count

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    The Jampes Are Coming

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    The Kerry Dancers

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