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… ...

Among my favorite live jazz experiences ever were the shows the brilliant tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin played at the Jazz Showcase.Though he’d called the French village of Mauprevoir home ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, who played with America's greats from Thelonious Monk to Lionel Hampton but chose to live in France, died hours before a concert, his agent said. He was 80.

Johnny Griffin, Jazzman Who Played With Coltrane, Monk, Dies By Mark Schoifet July 25 (Bloomberg) -- Johnny Griffin, the jazz musician who was once billed as the “world's fastest saxophonist" and ...