FROM JOHNNY GRIFFIN WITH LOVE
The Unique Storyville Collection
Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin was one of the many fabulous tenorplayers like Illinois Jacquet, Earl Bostic, Jack McVea, Arnett Cobb and Dexter Gordon that came from the Lionel Hampton Band. He also played with Thelonious Monk before he settled down in Holland and later in France where he played with the other expatriates Bud Powell, Kenny Drew, Art Taylor and Kenny Clarke.
CD 1 was recorded in April 1964 when he played the Montmartre Club with Art Taylor, Kenny Drew and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen.
CD 2 was also from the Montmartre recorded July 10, 1984 with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (The Tough Tenors), Harry Pickens, Curtis Lundy and Kenny Washington.
CD 3 was recorded at Jazzhus Slukefter in the Tivoli Garden July 15th, 1989 with Kenny Drew, Jens Melgaard and Ole Streenberg.
The DVD was recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York 1981 with Ronnie Matthews, Ray Drummond and Kenny Washington. It also contains two numbers from Slukefter 1985 with the Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quartet.
If you like heavy, swinging jazz, this is the box set for you. Johnny Griffin is taking care of business, as they say, from the first note to the last.
Contents
Disc 1
- What Is This Thing Called Love - 17:38
- Body and Soul - 9:29
- Wee Dot - 4:51
- Doctor's Blues - 19:23
- Exactly Like You - 9:59
- A Night in Tunisia - 8:30
Disc 2
- Blues Up and Down - 10:50
- Oh, Gee - 9:58
- Call It What You Wanna - 10:43
- Funky Fluke - 12:13
- Hey Lock - 14:43
- Lester Leaps In - 11:19
- Intermission Riff - 3:21
Disc 3
- Just Friends - 8:43
- If I Should Lose You - 14:09
- Hush-A-Bye - 13:27
- Slukefter Blues - 14:48
- Isfahan - 12:18
- Rhythm-A-Ning - 5:46
Disc 4 -DVD
- What Is This Thing Called Love [DVD]
- Opening & Blues for Gonzi [DVD]
- A Monk's Dream [DVD]
- 56 & Closing [DVD]
- S'wonderful [DVD]
- Shiny Stockings [DVD]
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Publisher/Record Label Info:: STORYVILLE 1088605
Product Details: 3 CD & DVD Package
Product Code: 717101860524
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