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John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 [1] – July 25, 2008) [2] was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the mid-1940s and continued until the month of his death.
John Arnold Griffin III (* 24. April 1928 in Chicago, Illinois; † 25. Juli 2008 in Availles-Limouzine, Frankreich) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Tenorsaxophonist. Griffin hatte den Ruf des „schnellsten Saxophonisten der Welt“ und wurde in Jazzkreisen auch „Volcano“ oder (wegen seiner geringen Körpergröße) „The Little ...
25. Juli 2008 · Originally from the South Side of Chicago, Johnny Griffin was recognized internationally as a major jazz star with a readily identifiable style, an immense improvisational flair and an unfailing capacity to swing. As jazz writer Brian Priestley has observed: 'Griffin is one of the fastest and most accurate ever on his instrument.'
- Steven Cerra
20. Apr. 2024 · Johnny Griffin, American jazz tenor saxophonist who was noted for his fluency in the hard-bop idiom. In his early recordings he was known for his creativity and technical dexterity even while creating complex harmonic structures, and later recordings demonstrated his mastery in long solos.
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30. Mai 2019 · John Arnold Griffin III, now 51, is one of the most time-serving of the corps of American exiles in Europe. He left New York on May 19th 1963 to settle first in Paris. “I was always able to work in the States and I appeared at Birdland pretty regularly, but I couldn’t seem to get myself a more comfortable living standard.
- Jazz Journal
26. Juli 2008 · “Johnny Griffin, a jazz tenor-saxophonist from Chicago whose speed, control, and harmonic acuity made him one of the most talented musicians of his generation, and who abandoned his hopes for an American career when he moved to Europe in 1963, died Friday at his home in Availles-Limouzine, a village in France.
12. Aug. 2008 · One of the most fluent of the bebop tenor saxophonists, Johnny Griffin, who died last Friday at age eighty, in France (where he had lived on and off since 1963), is defined largely by his...
