Johnny Griffin

Johnny Griffin was the fastest swinging tenorplayer in Jazz which you will hear when you listen to this 3 CD 1 DVD box set.

JOHNNY GRIFFIN (ts), on all tracks

CD 1: In Copenhagen: Kenny Drew (p), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) & Art Taylor (d). Montmartre Club, April 1964 Montmartre Club

CD 2: Tough Tenors Again: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (ts) Harry Pickens (p), Curtis Lundy (b) & Kenny Washington (d). Montmartre, July 20, 1984.

CD 3: Catharsis: Kenny Drew (p), Jens Melgaard (b) & Ole Streenberg (d). Jazzhus Slukefter in the Tivoli Garden, July 15, 1989.

The DVD was recorded live at Village Vanguard in New York 1981 with Ronnie Matthews (p), Ray Drummond (b) and Kenny Washington (d).


CD 1: 1. What Is This Thing Called Love, 2. Body And Soul, 3. Wee Dot, 4. Doctor’s Blues, 5. Exactly Like You, 6. A Night In Tunisia.

TOTAL TIME: 69:55

CD 2 : 1. Blues Up And Down, 2.Oh, Gee, 3. Call It What You Wanna, 4. Funky Fluke, 5. Hey Lock, 6. Lester Leaps In, 7. Intermission Riff .
TOTAL TIME: 73:13

CD 3 : 1. Just Friends, 18. If Should Lose You, 19. Hush-A-Bye, 20. Slukefter Blues, 21. Isfahan, 22. Rhythm-A-Ning.

TOTAL TIME: 69:15

DVD : 1. What This Thing Called Love, 2. Opening & Blues For Gonzi, 3. A Monk’s Dream, 4. 56 & Closing, 5. S’Wonderful, 6. Shiny Stockings.

TOTAL TIME: 46.47