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Johnny Griffin [US]

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Real name
John Arnold Griffin III
Born
April 24, 1928
Died
July 25, 2008
Country
United States
IPI
00052825092 7 works
00153164590 1 work
Affiliation
SACEM
Comments
Bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist and leader.
Member of
Jazz Gala Big Band Orchestra
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Originals

Covers by Johnny Griffin [US]

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i   1987 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i   1964 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i   1978 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i All the Things You Are Johnny Griffin and The Great Danes (Johnny Griffin [US]) January 16, 2003 Unverified
i 1988 William Gaxton & Bettina Hall
i 1998 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1979 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1998 Dizzy Gillespie
i   1964 Bert Kaplan and His Collegians REC, George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice REL
i A Weaver of Dreams Jan Lundgren Trio with Johnny Griffin 2001 Unverified
i 1997 Coleman Hawkins and Orch.
i 1964 Charley Parker's Ree Boppers
i Bird Lives Johnny Griffin, Roy Haynes, Duke Jordan, Jackie McLean, Cecil Payne 1989 Unverified
i 1962 Benny Carter and His Orchestra
i 1964 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i 1998 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
1989 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
i 1987 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
i 1988 Thelonious Monk Quintet with Johnny Griffin
1975 Les McCann
i 1960 Maud Powell accompanied by George Falkenstein
i Delanney's Dilemma Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin, Martin Drew (Ray Brown [US], Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin [US]) 1981 Unverified
i 1961 Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Mary Ann McCall
i 1989 Charley Parker
i 1963 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1961 Billie Holiday
1989 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i 1964 Thelonious Monk
i 1961 Thelonious Monk
1979 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
i   1998 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
  1979 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
i 1974 Eddie Harris
1989 John Coltrane, Meredith D'Ambrosio
1989 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra, Ben Sidran
i 1961 (unknown)
i 1961 Billie Holiday
i 1960 Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
i 1961 Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
1989 Charles Mingus, Joni Mitchell
i 1961 Billie Holiday
i Happy Talk Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin, Martin Drew (Ray Brown [US], Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin [US]) 1981 Unverified
  1989 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
i 1961 Eddie Davis acc. by Bill Doggett
1989 Bobbe Arnst
i 1957 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
i 1970 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
i 1988 Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
i If You Could See Me Now Philly Joe Jones's Dameronia featuring Johnny Griffin (Philly Joe Jones, Johnny Griffin [US]) 1983 Unverified
i 2000 Mary Healy
1975 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
i 2000 Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid
i   1961 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i 1961 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
i 1958 Henry Burr and John Meyer
i 1964 Thelonious Monk
i 1961 Thelonious Monk
i   1979 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
  1979 Nat Finston and his Paramount Studio Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sam Coslow REL, Maurice Chevalier, Rolfe Sedan, Bert Roach, Jeanette MacDonald BRD
i   January 1957 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
1958 Doris Day
i   1962 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday REC,REL, Bing Crosby BRD
i 1960 Art Farmer Quintet
i 1979 Bobby Hutcherson
1989 Michael Franks
i 1964 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
i   1979 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i 1964 (unknown)
i January 1957 Billie Holiday
  1989 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra REL, Benny Goodman REC
i Medley - Sophisticated Lady, Rocks In My Bed Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin, Martin Drew (Ray Brown [US], Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin [US]) 1981 Unverified
i 1984 The Thelonious Monk Quartet
1979 Sarah Vaughan with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra
  1979 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 2000 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1997 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 2000 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
1989 Billy Joel
1989 Gerry Mulligan
Covered by Bei Xu
i 1960 Tuskegee Institute Singers
i 1961 Billie Holiday with Orchestra directed by Camarata
i 1972 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i 1989 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i 1964 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i   1988 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
1989 Dick Farney
1979 Judy Garland
i 1962 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i 2000 Thelonious Monk
i 1989 Charlie Parker All Stars
i December 1959 Sousa's Band, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by "The Smoothies"
i Please Send Me Someone to Love Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin, Martin Drew (Ray Brown [US], Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin [US]) 1981 Unverified
i 1968 Percy Mayfield
i 1964 Elizabeth Spencer
1979 Elizabeth Spencer
1989 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i Put Your Little Foot Right Out Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin, Martin Drew (Ray Brown [US], Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin [US]) 1981 Unverified
i 1998 Gene Ammons and His Sextet
  1979 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Franklyn Baur REC
i 1972 Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan
i 1964 Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan
i 1961 Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan
i Rhythm-a-ning Thelonious Monk Quartet with Johnny Griffin (Johnny Griffin [US], Thelonious Monk) 1958 Unverified
i 1964 Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars
1974 Curtis Jones, Li'l Son Jackson, B.B. King
i 1961 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1961 The Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1997 Kenny Clarke and His 52nd Street Boys
i 1961 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra
i 1979 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
i 1961 Benny Goodman Sextet
i   2000 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i 1964 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1960 Sam Jones
i S'posin' Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin, Martin Drew (Ray Brown [US], Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin [US]) 1981 Unverified
i 1961 Coleman Hawkins and Orch.
i 1961 The Thelonious Monk Quintet
i   1964 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i Swamp Fire Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin, Martin Drew (Ray Brown [US], Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin [US]) 1981 Unverified
1979 Virginia Verrill
i 1963 Nat "King" Cole
i   1956 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra REC,REL, Judy Garland BRD
i   1964 Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF
i 1978 Johnny Griffin, Leo Parker's All Stars
i 1963 Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones
i 1996 Philip Catherine & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
i 1960 John Payne & Joan Merrill
i   January 1957 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
1979 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
i October 1957 Fred Astaire
i 1961 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1962 James Moody and His Bop Men featuring Chano Pozo
  1979 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ross Alexander [dubbed by James Newill] & Wini Shaw BRD
i 1961 Cliff Richard and The Shadows
i 1960 The Sunset Four Jubilee Singers
i 1998 Wayne King & His Orchestra
i 1978 Coleman Hawkins' 52nd Street All Stars
i 1998 Leo Parker's All Stars
i 1958 The Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1964 The Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1961 The Thelonious Monk Trio
i 2000 The Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1998 Elsie Carlisle
i 1958 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield
i 2001 Victor Young
i 1979 Eddie Davis - Johnny Griffin Quintet
i 1963 Jane Powell and Vic Damone
i 1961 Coleman Hawkins and Orchestra
i 1958 Coleman Hawkins and Orchestra
i   1957 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1996 Enric Madriguera & His Hotel Weylin Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tony Sacco REC,REL, Georges Metaxa & Libby Holman PRF
i   1972 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra REC, Fred MacMurray BRD
i   2000 Jeanne Aubert & Lawrence Gray PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC,REL
i   2000 Tony Martin [US1] BRD, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires REC,REL
i 1960 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Blowing Session Johnny Griffin October 1957 Blue Note
Blues for Harvey Johnny Griffin [US] 1973 SteepleChase
Branching Out Nat Adderley, Johnny Griffin, The Three Sounds 1958 Riverside [US]
Bush Dance Johnny Griffin [US] 1979 Galaxy [US]
Close Your Eyes Johnny Griffin meets Horace Parlan 2000 Minor Music
Continent Bleu Johnny Griffin - Clémentine 1989 Orange Blue
Doldinger Jubilee '75 Passport and Les McCann, Philip Catherine, Johnny Griffin, Buddy Guy, Pete York 1975 Atlantic
Doldinger Jubilee Concert Passport and Brian Auger, Johnny Griffin, Alexis Korner, Volker Kriegel, Pete York 1974 Atlantic
Do Nothing 'Til You Hear from Me Johnny Griffin 1963 Riverside [US]
Griff & Lock Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin Quintet 1961 Jazzland
Have You Met....Barcelona? Ben Sidran · Johnny Griffin · Jimmy Woode · Ben Riley 1989 Orange Blue
In & Out Solal - Griffin 2000 Dreyfus Jazz
Introducing Johnny Griffin Johnny Griffin 1987 Blue Note
Introducing Johnny Griffin Johnny Griffin January 1957 Blue Note
Jan Lundgren Trio Plays the Music of Victor Young Jan Lundgren Trio with Special Guests Deborah Brown, Johnny Griffin & Stacey Kent 2001 Sittel
J.G. Johnny Griffin 1957 Argo [US]
Johnny Griffin / Art Taylor ‎in Copenhagen Johnny Griffin / Art Taylor ‎ 1998 Storyville [DK]
Johnny Griffin Sextet Johnny Griffin Sextet 1958 Riverside [US]
Johnny Griffin's Studio Jazz Party Johnny Griffin 1960 Riverside [US]
Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz Johnny Griffin 1968 Vogue Schallplatten
Lookin' at Monk Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet 1961 Jazzland
Night Lady The Johnny Griffin Quartet 1964 Philips
Passion, No Future, but Love Brigitte Bader meets Johnny Griffin 1989 (self-released)
Return of the Griffin Johnny Griffin [US] 1979 Galaxy [US]
Soul Groove Johnny Griffin & Matthew Gee 1964 Atlantic
Take My Hand Johnny Griffin 1988 Who's Who in Jazz
That Old Feeling Rita Reys with The Pim Jacobs Trio featuring J. Griffin 1979 CBS
The Big Soul-Band Johnny Griffin Orchestra, Arrangements by Norman Simmons 1960 Riverside [US]
The Congregation Johnny Griffin 1958 Blue Note
The First Set - Recorded Live at Mintons Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin 1964 Stateside
The Jamfs Are Coming! Johnny Griffin / Art Taylor Quartet 1978 Timeless Records [NL]
The Little Giant Johnny Griffin Sextet December 1959 Riverside [US]
The Midnight Show Live! At Minton's Playhouse Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin, Junior Mance 1964 Prestige [US]
The Rev and I Phil Woods featuring Johnny Griffin 1998 Blue Note
The Tenor Scene The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Johnny Griffin Quintet 1961 Prestige [US]
Three Generations of Tenorsaxophone Johnny Griffin - Sal Nistico - Roman Schwaller 1997 JHM Records
Tough Tenor Favorites The Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet 1962 Jazzland
Tough Tenors The Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet 1961 Jazzland
Tough Tenors Eddie Davis - Johnny Griffin Quintet 1970 MPS
White Gardenia Johnny Griffin with Strings and Brass 1961 Riverside [US]
You Leave Me Breathless Johnny Griffin 1972 Black Lion

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