Johnny Griffin
USA
Born: 24 April 1928
Died: 25 July 2008
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Modal Music
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One of the all-time great tenor saxophonists, Johnny Griffin will go down in the annals of jazz as a performer easily able to negotiate the tricky harmonic changes and swift tempos of modern music. He'll also be remembered as a player who could masterfully interpret tender ballads, rivaling Ben Webster in that regard. Born John Arnold Griffin III in Chicago, IL, on April 24, 1928, he resided on the south side of the Second City with his mother, who was a singer, and father, who played cornet. An adolescent Griffin heard Gene Ammons play in the...
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