Eddie Lockjaw Davis with Johnny Griffin Download MP3
Live at Mintons - First Set
Johnny quot little giant quot Griffin who has died aged 80 maintained a level of fluency energy and wit for a period of more than half a century on the jazz circuit that straddled the melodic intricacies of modern jazz the 0133
Although born and bred in Chicago the diminutive powerhouse tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin enjoyed his greatest success in Europe He lived for 24 years in a beautiful ch teau at Availles Limouzine a village near Poitiers 0133
Home remarked the jazz musician Johnny Griffin is where I ve got my saxophone Having left his native United States in 1963 to settle in Europe first in Paris then near Rotterdam in the Netherlands and finally 0133