Griffin, Johnny, 1928-2008
Griffin, Johnny, 1928-2008
- [tenor saxophonist]
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Griffin, John Arnold, 1928-2008 Griffin, Little Johnny, 1928-2008 Little Giant, 1928-2008
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Sources
found: Count Basie jam session... [SR] p1975.
found: Okeh jazz [SR] c1982: label (Little Johnny Griffin)
found: New Grove dict. of jazz (Griffin, Johnny (John Arnold, III; Little Giant); b. Apr. 24, 1928, Chicago; tenor saxophonist)
found: Le Figaro WWW site, July 25, 2008 (Johnny Griffin; d. today in Vienne; had celebrated his 80th birthday on Apr. 24; American jazz saxophonist)
found: New York times WWW site, July 28, 2008 (in obituary published July 26: Johnny Griffin; b. Apr. 24, 1928, Chicago; d. Friday [July 25, 2008], Availles-Limouzine, France, aged 80; tenor saxophonist whose speed, control, and harmonic acuity made him one of the most talented American jazz musicians of his generation, yet who spent most of his career in Europe)
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1982-11-10: new
2011-11-02: revised
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