JOHNNY GRIFFIN 'The Little Giant' LP Riverside Jazz ori
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JOHNNY GRIFFIN "The Little Giant" LP
DescriptionRiverside 12-304
JOHNNY GRIFFIN "The Little Giant" LP IS AN ORIGINAL 1959 PRESSING ON THE RIVERSIDE LABEL (MONO 304). THE HEAVY VINYL, WITH THE DEEP GROOVE LABEL AND REEL & MIKE LOGO,. PLAYERS INCLUDE: Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Julian Priester on trombone, Wynton Kelly on piano, sam Jones on bass, and Albert Heath on drums.
Condition:
Vinyl: VG++
Sleeve: VG+, some light shelf wear and "RHS 25" stamped on the back
Biography by Scott Yanow
Once accurately billed as "the world's fastest saxophonist," Johnny Griffin (an influence tone-wise on Rahsaan Roland Kirk) has been one of the top bop-oriented tenors since the mid-'50s. He gained early experience playing with the bands of Lionel Hampton (1945-47) and Joe Morris (1947-50), and also jammed regularly with Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell. After serving in the Army (1951-1953), Griffin spent a few years in Chicago (recording his first full album for Argo) and then moved to New York in 1956. He held his own against fellow tenors John Coltrane and Hank Mobley on a classic Blue Note album, was with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1957, and proved to be perfect with the Thelonious Monk quartet in 1958, where he really ripped through the complex chord changes with ease. During 1960-1962, Griffin co-led a "tough tenor" group with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. He emigrated to Europe in 1963, and became a fixture on the Paris jazz scene both as a bandleader and a major soloist with the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland big band. In 1973, Johnny Griffin moved to the Netherlands, but has remained a constant world traveler, visiting the U.S. often and recording for many labels including Blue Note, Riverside, Atlantic, SteepleChase, Black Lion, Antilles, Verve, and some European companies.
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