Johnny Griffin

First Name:

Johnny

Last Name:

Griffin

Skills/Instrument:

tenor saxophone

Gender:

Date of Birth:

April 24, 1928

Birthplace:

Chicago, IL

Ethnicity:

African/African Descent

Activities

sessions

Johnny Griffin April 17, 1956 - Session

04/17/1956

Art Blakey April 2, 1957 - Session

04/02/1957

Johnny Griffin April 6, 1957 - Session

04/06/1957 - 04/08/1957

A.K. Salim September 17, 1957 - Session

09/17/1957

Johnny Griffin February 25, 1958 - Session

02/25/1958

Johnny Griffin February 26 or 27, 1958 - Session

02/26/1958 - 02/27/1958

Ahmed Abdul-Malik March 16, 1959 - Session

03/16/1959

Johnny Griffin May 24, 1960 - Session

05/24/1960

Johnny Griffin May 31, 1960 - Session

05/31/1960

Johnny Griffin February 7, 1961 - Session

02/07/1961

Johnny Griffin February 16, 1961 - Session

02/16/1961

Wes Montgomery June 25, 1962 - Session

06/25/1962

Wes Montgomery April 1965 - Session

04/01/1965

Wes Montgomery April 30, 1965 - Session

04/30/1965

Johnny Griffin March 30 & 31, 1967 - Session

03/30/1967 - 03/31/1967

Dizzy Gillespie and Johnny Griffin August 29, 1971 - Session

08/29/1971

Charles Mingus April 17, 1972 - Session

04/17/1972

Dizzy Gillespie July 16, 1975 (A) - Session

07/16/1975

Daniel Humair August 19, 1983 - Session

08/19/1983

tracks (personnel variances from session for individual track)

'Round Midnight - Track

Blue 'N' Boogie - Track

Blue Thoughts - Track

Born To Be Blue - Track

Born to Be Blue - Track

Fair Weather - Track

Fiesta Mojo - Track

Four On Six - Track

Full House - Track

Here's That Rainy Day - Track

Hotel 49 - Track

I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face - Track

Manteca - Track

Ruby, My Dear - Track

Twisted Blues - Track

West Coast Blues - Track

West Coast Blues (Unissued) - Track

Wheatleigh Hall - Track

Issue Leader

A Blowin' Session - issue-leader

Change of Pace - issue-leader

Introducing Johnny Griffin - issue-leader

Johnny Griffin Sextet - issue-leader

Live at the Jazzhus Montmarte Copenhagen, Volume 1 - issue-leader

Lookin' at Monk - issue-leader

Soft and Furry with Guns of Navarone - issue-leader

The Man I Love - issue-leader

Way Out! - issue-leader

You Leave Me Breathless - issue-leader

Lyrics and/or Music

Ball Bearing - Song

Blues for Harvey - Song

Catharsis - Song

Chicago Calling - Song

Leave Me Alone Blues - Song

Mil Dew - Song

Nice and Easy - Song

Same to You - Song

Smoke Stack - Song

Soft and Furry - Song

The Last of the Fat Pants - Song

The Leopard Walks - Song

Why Not? - Song