Saxophone player Johnny Griffin (part 5). He wasn’t just on fire when he played a daredevil tempo but also in a medium piece or a ballad. Attention for 2 Riverside albums with a mild and lyrical streak: The Kerry Dancers and Pisces on which he was accompanied by piano players Barry Harris and Horace Parlan.
1. Hot Sausage (Jody Christian)
CD: Johnny Griffin Quartet: Way Out
OJCCD 1855-2
2. The Kerry Dancers (traditional/arr. Griffin
)
LP: Johnny Griffin Quartet: The Kerry Dancers and other swinging folk
Riverside LP RLP 9420
3. Oh, Now I See (Johnny Griffin)
LP: see 2.
4. Hush-a-Bye (Fain-Seelen-Thomas)
LP: see 2.
5. Pisces (Johnny Griffin)
CD: Johnny Griffin & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis: Pisces
CD: Riverside
OJCCD-1104-2
6. Little John (John Hines)
CD: see 1
