Johnny Griffin
Tenor Saxophone
| Label | Issue | Format | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aamco | LP302 | |||
| Ace | CDCHD459 | CD | Roy Brown | Mighty Mighty Man! |
| - | CDTOP21124 | - | Wynonie Harris | Don't You Want To Rock |
| Bethlehem | 11029 | single | The Jazz Messengers | Right down front / Late Spring / Right down front / Late Spring |
| - | BCP6023 | LP | Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers | Hard Drive |
| Gusto | GD5036-X | |||
| - | GD5040-X | - | - | - |
| JSF | 641 | - | - | - |
| King | 4292 | single | Wynonie Harris | She just won't sell no more / Drinkin' wine spoo-dee-o-dee |
| - | 4304 | - | - | I want my Fanny Brown / All she wants to do is rock |
| - | 4342 | - | - | I can't take it no more / I like my baby's pudding |
| - | 5218 | - | Roy Brown | Hard luck blues / Good looking and foxy too |
| - | 5247 | - | - | Ain't no rocking no more / School bell rock |
| - | 5333 | - | - | Adorable one / Ain't got no blues today |
| - | EP260 | EP | Wynonie Harris | |
| - | LP607 | LP | Various Artists | Battle of the blues - Roy Brown vs. Wynonie Harris |
| - | LP956 | - | Roy Brown | Roy Brown's Here |
| - | LP1086 | - | Wynonie Harris | Good Rockin' Blues |
| - | LP1130 | - | Roy Brown | Hard Luck Blues |
| Polydor | 2343048 | - | Wynonie Harris | Jump Blues: Wynonie Harris / Eddie Vinson |
| Rhino | R2-71544 | CD | - | Bloodshot Eyes: The Best of Wynonie Harris |
| Route 66 | KIX-2 | LP | Roy Brown | Laughing but Crying |
| Versailles | 90M271 | |||
| Vogue | V2006 | single | Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris | Drinkin' wine spoo-dee-o-dee / All she wants to do is rock |
| - | V3176 | - | - | - |
| Leader | Site | Date | Session | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers | New York, NY | October 9, 1957 | [session] | tenor saxophone |
| - | - | October 11, 1957 | [session] | - |
| Roy Brown | Cincinnati, OH | May 7, 1959 | [session] | - |
| Wynonie Harris | Linden, NJ | April 13, 1949 | [session] | - |
John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the early 1940s and continued until the month of his death. A pioneering figure in hard bop, Griffin recorded prolifically as a bandleader in addition to stints with pianist Thelonious Monk, drummer Art Blakey, in partnership with fellow tenor Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and as a member of the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band after he moved to Europe in the 1960s. In 1995, Griffin was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music. Wikipedia