Personnel: Don Griffin, guitar; James Cloyd, bass and vocals; Pat Doody, drums. Background: The Griff Band, in some shape or form, has been a Chicago fixture since 1968. Originally conceived as a s… ...

Johnny Griffin, 80, who was among the finest jazz tenor saxophonists to develop after World War II and whose robust style -- along with his modest height -- earned him the title the "Little Giant ...

Griffin mentions to Gayford the importance in his early New York days of being around three pianists, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk and Elmo Hope. When I interviewed him for JazzTimes in 1995, he ...

In the latest tribute concert to hit the Kimball Theatre stage, three bands will deliver a dose of ’80s nostalgia. For John Spence, guitarist and lead singer of DOG Street Boys, the decade wa… ...

PARIS -- Jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, who played with America's greats from Thelonious Monk to Lionel Hampton, died hours before a concert, his agent said yesterday. He was 80.