Johnny Griffin Discography - session index

1945 (age 17)

• Lionel Hampton Orch.   LA, Dec. 1, 1945

1946

• Bing Crosby with Lionel Hampton Orch.   NYC, Jan. 21, 1946
• Lionel Hampton Orch.   NYC, Jan. 29, 1946
• Lionel Hampton Orch.   NYC, Jan. 31, 1946
• Lionel Hampton Orch.   LA, Sep. 9, 1946
• Lionel Hampton Orch.   LA, Sep. 17, 1946
• Lionel Hampton Orch.   LA, Sep. 23, 1946

1947

• Joe Morris Orch.   WOR Studios, NYC, Sep. 15, 1947
• Joe Morris Orch.   NYC, late 1947
• Tony Mayo Boys From New Orleans   NYC, Dec. 11, 1947
• Joe Morris Orch.   NYC, Dec. 12, 1947
• Joe Morris Orch.   NYC, Dec. 23, 1947
• Tony Mayo Boys From New Orleans   same location, date
• Joe Morris Orch.   NYC, Dec. 29, 1947
• Phyllis Branch with Joe Morris Orch.   same location, date

1948 (age 20)

• Joe Morris Orch.   Apex Studios, NYC, Sep. 19, 1948
• Lucille Little   Apex Studios, NYC, Dec. 22, 1948
• Joe Morris Orch.   same location, date

1949

• Wynonie Harris All Stars   Linden, NJ, Apr. 13, 1949
• Joe Morris Orch.   Apex Studios, NYC, May 11, 1949
• Joe Morris Orch.   NYC, Oct. 28, 1949
• Joe Morris Orch.   NYC, Nov. 18, 1949

1950

• Sticks McGhee   NYC, c. Feb., 1950

1951

• Arnett Cobb Orch.   NYC, Aug. 7, 1951

1953

• Babs Gonzales   Chicago or NYC or Paris, France, Apr. 29, 1953

1954

• Little Johnny Griffin Orch.   Chicago, May 13, 1954

1956

• Johnny Griffin 4   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 17, 1956
• Johnny Griffin 4   Chicago, 1956

1957

• Art Blakey and JM   Webster Hall, NYC, Mar. 13, 1957
• Art Blakey and JM Plus Four   RCA Victor Studio No. 3, NYC, Apr. 2, 1957
• A.K. Salim   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 5, 1957
• Johnny Griffin 7   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 6, 1957
• Art Blakey and JM   RCA Victor Studio No. 3, NYC, Apr. 8, 1957
• Clark Terry 5   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Apr., 1957
• Art Blakey and JM with Sabu   NYC, May 13, 1957
• Art Blakey and JM with Thelonious Monk   NYC, May 14, 1957
• Art Blakey and JM with Thelonious Monk   NYC, May 15, 1957
• Art Blakey and JM / Tommy Gumina   KABC-TV, Stars Of Jazz #56. 1957-#30, July 29, 1957
• A.K. Salim   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Sep. 17, 1957
• Art Blakey and JM   NYC, Oct. 9, 1957
• Art Blakey and JM   NYC, Oct. 11, 1957
• Wilbur Ware 5 feat. Johnny Griffin   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Oct. 16, & Nov. 18, 1957
• Johnny Griffin 4   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Oct. 23, 1957

1958 (age 30)

• Guitar Slim with Lloyd Lambert Orch.   NYC, Jan. 22, 1958
• Johnny Griffin 6   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Feb. 25, 1958
• Thelonious Monk 6   same location, date
• Johnny Griffin 4   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Feb., 1958
• Blue Mitchell Big Six   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, July 2 & 3, 1958
• Thelonious Monk 4 with Johnny Griffin   Five Spot Cafe, NYC, July 9, 1958
• Babs Gonzales   NYC, July 16, 1958
• Thelonious Monk 4 with Johnny Griffin   Five Spot Cafe, NYC, Aug. 7, 1958
• Philly Joe Jones 6   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Sep. 17, 1958
• Chet Baker 5/4   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Sep., 1958
• Nat Adderley 5   same location, date
• Randy Weston 6   RCA Studios, NYC, Oct., 1958
• Ahmed Abdul-Malik's Middle-Eastern Music with Johnny Griffin   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Oct., 1958
• Machito Band   NYC, 1958

1959

• Ahmed Abdul-Malik Orch.   NYC, Mar. 16, 1959
• Ahmed Abdul-Malik Orch.   NYC, Mar. 31, 1959
• The Ira Sullivan 5   Cunliffe, Chicago, July 26, 1959
• Johnny Griffin 6   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Aug., 1959

1960

• Johnny Griffin - Bud Powell 2   Paris, France, Feb. 14, 1960
• Mel Rhyne 6 with Blue Mitchell, Johnny Griffin   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Mar. 31, 1960
• Johnny Griffin Orch.   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, May 24, 31, & June 3, 1960
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Johnny Griffin 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Sep. 2, 1960
• Johnny Griffin's Studio Jazz Party   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Sep. 27, 1960
• The Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 5   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Nov. 4 & 10, 1960
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin 5   same location, date

1961

• The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Johnny Griffin 5   Minton's Playhouse, NYC, 1st set, Jan. 6, 1961
• The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Johnny Griffin 5   Minton's Playhouse, NYC, breakfast set, Jan. 6, 1961
• The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Johnny Griffin 5   Minton's Playhouse, NYC, late set, Jan. 6, 1961
• The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Johnny Griffin 5   Minton's Playhouse, NYC, midnight set, Jan. 6, 1961
• Johnny Griffin and Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis 5   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Feb. 7, 1961
• Johnny Griffin   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Feb. 7 & 16, 1961
• Benny Green 5   Bell Sound Studios, NYC, Mar. 9 & 22, 1961
• The Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis and Johnny Griffin 5   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, June 5, & Aug. 17, 1961
• Johnny Griffin with Strings and Brass   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, July 13, 14 & 17, 1961
• Johnny Griffin 4   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 21, 1961, & Jan. 5, 1962
• Eddie Jefferson   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Dec., 1961, & Jan.-Feb., 1962

1962

• Johnny Lytle 5   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Jan. 29, 1962
• The Johnny Griffin and "Lockjaw" Davis 5   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Feb. 5, 1962
• Tadd Dameron Orch.   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Feb., Mar. & Apr., 1962
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Johnny Griffin 5   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, May 3, 1962
• Wes Montgomery 5   Tsubo, Berkeley, CA, June 25, 1962
• Johnny Griffin 5 feat. Paul Bryant   Pacific Jazz Studios, LA, June 28, 1962
• Babs Gonzales   Smalls Paradise, Harlem, NY, 1962

1963

• Johnny Griffin - Matthew Gee 6   NYC, May 14, 1963
• Johnny Griffin - Matthew Gee 6   NYC, May 16, 1963
• Johnny Griffin with Buddy Montgomery   Tsubo, Berkeley, CA, June, 1963
• Johnny Griffin 4   Jazz Jamboree 63, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 26, 1963
• Johnny Griffin 4   Jazz Jamboree 63, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 27, 1963

1964

• Johnny Griffin 4   Cologne, W. Germany, Feb. 13, 1964
• NDR Jazz Workshop   NDR Studio 10, Hamburg, W. Germany, Apr. 26, 1964
• International Jazz Workshop   Ruhr Fest. Of Art And Music, Recklinghausen, W. Germany, June 26, 1964
• Bud Powell 3 with Johnny Griffin   Hotel-Restaurant La Belle Escale, Edenville, France, Aug. 8-14, 1964

1965

• Wes Montgomery 4 with Johnny Griffin   Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France, Mar. 27, 1965
• Wes Montgomery 8/5/4   broadcast, NDR Studio 10, Hamburg, W. Germany, Apr. 30, 1965
• Wes Montgomery 8   TVB, Hamburg, W. Germany, Apr., 1965
• Pierre Michelot Orch.   Paris, France, July 9-15, 1965

1967

• Johnny Griffin 4   Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 30 & 31, 1967
• The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band   Rhenus Studios, Cologne, W. Germany, June 18, 1967
• Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band   Cologne, W. Germany, July 31, 1967
• Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Aug., 1967
• Thelonious Monk 4 with Guests   live in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 11, 1967
• Thelonious Monk 4 with Guests   De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland, Oct. 28, 1967
• Thelonious Monk 4 with Guests   live in Rotterdam, Holland or Berlin, W. Germany, Oct. 28 or Nov. 4, 1967
• Thelonious Monk 4 with Guests   Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, Nov. 3, 1967
• Thelonious Monk 4 with Guests   live in Berlin, W. Germany, Nov. 4, 1967
• Thelonious Monk 4 with Guests   live in Mainz, W. Germany, Nov., 1967
• Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band   Cologne, W. Germany, Nov.-Dec., 1967
• Johnny Griffin 4   Paris, France, 1967

1968 (age 40)

• Johnny Griffin 4 with Dexter Gordon   live in Rome, Italy, Jan. 25, 1968
• The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band   Lindstrom Studios, Cologne, W. Germany, May 13-14, 1968
• Johnny Griffin - Art Taylor 4   9th International Jazz Fest., Tivoli Concert Hall, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, June 8, 1968
• Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band   Cologne, W. Germany, June 28 & 29, 1968
• Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band   Rome, Italy, July 17, 1968
• Johnny Griffin 8   Cologne, W. Germany, Aug. 27, 1968
• The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band   Lindstrom Studios, Cologne, W. Germany, Aug. 28 & 29, 1968
• Gitte Haenning with Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band   Cologne, W. Germany, Sep. 4 & 5, 1968
• Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band   Cologne, W. Germany, Dec. 2 & 3, 1968

1969

• Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band   London, England, Feb. 11, 1969
• Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band   Cologne, W. Germany, May 27, 1969
• Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band   Cologne, W. Germany, May 28, 1969
• Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band   Cologne, W. Germany, Sep. 5, 1969
• Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band   Warsaw, Poland, fall 1969
• Clarke Boland Big Band   Theatre National Populaire, Paris, France, Oct. 29, 1969

1970

• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Johnny Griffin 5   Munich, W. Germany, Apr. 24, 1970

1971

• Dizzy Gillespie - Johnny Griffin 5   ORTF, live in Chateauvallon, France, Aug. 29, 1971

1972

• Charles Mingus Orch.   Village Vanguard, NYC, Apr. 17, 1972
• Vaclav Zahradnik Big Band   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Oct. 18-20, 1972

1973

• Dizzy Gillespie 6   Paris, France, Apr. 13, 1973
• RTV Zagreb Big Band   Yugoslavia, May 26, 1973
• Johnny Griffin 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 4, 1973
• Johnny Griffin 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 5, 1973
• Klaus Doldinger 9   Doldinger Jubilee Concert, Dusseldorf, W. Germany, Oct. 16, 1973

1974

• Johnny Griffin 4   Music Inn, Rome, Italy, Apr. 7, 1974

1975

• The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7   Montreux Jazz Fest., Montreux, Switzerland, July 16, 1975
• Count Basie Jam   Montreux Jazz Fest., Montreux, Switzerland, July 19, 1975
• Roy Eldridge 7   live in Antibes, France, July 20, 1975
• Klaus Doldinger 9   Onkel Po's Carnegie Hall, Hamburg, W. Germany, Aug. 28 & 29, 1975
• Johnny Griffin - Art Taylor 4   Blue Note Im Pumpwerk, Wilhelmshaven, W. Germany, Dec., 1975
• Boy Edgar Big Band   Hilversum, Holland, 1975

1976

• Peter Herbolzheimer Big Band   Jazz Gala Concert, Hannover & Wiesbaden, W. Germany, Jan. 18 & 23, 1976
• Johnny Griffin 4   Tokyo, Japan, Apr. 23, 1976

1977

• Peter Herbolzheimer Big Band   Jazz Gala Concert, Dusseldorf, W. Germany, Jan. 28, 1977
• Johnny Griffin - Art Taylor 4   Blue Note Im Pumpwerk, Wilhelmshaven, W. Germany, Oct., 1977

1978 (age 50)

• Rolf Ericson - Johnny Griffin 5   Berlin, W. Germany, May 27 & 28, 1978
• Johnny Griffin - Art Taylor 4   Ljubljana Jazz Fest., Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, June 16, 1978
• Nat Adderley 5   Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Sep. 18 & 19, 1978
• Dexter Gordon 5   Carnegie Hall, NYC, Sep. 23, 1978
• Johnny Griffin 4   Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Oct. 17, 1978
• Johnny Griffin 6   Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Oct. 18-19, 1978
• Johnny Griffin 4   Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Dec. 1, 2, 4 & 5, 1978

1979

• Johnny Griffin 4   NYC, July 6 & 7, 1979
• Johnny Griffin 4   Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Nov. 27 & 28, 1979
• Rita Reys   NYC, 1979

1980

• Ray Brown 4   Ludwigsburg, W. Germany, Apr., 1980

1981

• Johnny Griffin 4   Ludwigsburg, W. Germany, 1981

1983

• Philly Joe Jones Dameronia feat. Johnny Griffin   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 11, 1983
• Johnny Griffin 4   Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, July 25-26, 1983
• Daniel Humair 4   RocheJagu, Aug. 19, 1983
• Jimmy Smith 4   Atlanta Free Jazz Fest., Atlanta, GA, Sep. 3, 1983

1984

• Johnny Griffin 4   Jazzbuhne Berlin, Friedrichstadtpalast, East Berlin, East Germany, June 17, 1984
• Johnny Griffin Orch.   1984

1985

• Three Generations Of Tenorsaxophone   Allotria, Munich, W. Germany, Jan. 11, 1985
• The All Star Jazz Messengers At One Night with Blue Note   Town Hall, NYC, Feb. 22, 1985
• Paris Reunion Band   Sonet Studios, Stockholm, Sweden, July 3, 1985
• The Paris Reunion Band   live in The Hague, Holland, July 14, 1985

1986

• Deborah Brown   Continental, Sep., 1986

1987

• Johnny Griffin 4   Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 28 & 29, 1987
• Clementine   Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 29 & 30, 1987
• Clementine   Paris, France, Dec. 13 & 14, 1987

1988 (age 60)

• Johnny Griffin 4   RTV Studios, Davie, FL, May 4, 1988
• Johnny Griffin 4   RTV Studios, Davie, FL, May 5, 1988

1989

• Don Sickler - Jackie McLean 7   Theatre De Boulogne-Billancourt, Boulogne, France, June 7, 1989
• Big Band De Lausanne   Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 4-6, 1989
• Viktor Lazlo   Paris, France, 1989

1990

• Johnny Griffin 6   BMG Studios, NYC, Oct. 26, 1990
• Johnny Griffin 4   BMG Studios, NYC, Oct. 28 & 30, 1990

1992

• Johnny Griffin 4 + 3   BMG Studios, NYC, Apr. 29 & 30, 1992

1993

• The Roy Hargrove 5   Clinton Recording Studios, NYC, Jan. 16 & 17, 1993; Teatro Mancinelli, Orvieto, Italy, Dec. 28, 1993

1994

• Johnny Griffin 4   RPM Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 4, 1994
• Johnny Griffin 5   RPM Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 4 & 5, 1994

1996

• Johnny Griffin and The Great Danes   Copenhagen, Denmark?, July 17, 1996
• Euro American All Stars   Easy Sound Recording, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 16 & 17, 1996

1998 (age 70)

• Phil Woods 6/5 feat. Johnny Griffin   Red Rock Studios, Saylorsburg, PA, Jan. 10 & 11, 1998

2000

• Johnny Griffin Meets Horace Parlan   Gag Studios, Hamburg, Germany, Feb., 2000
• Johnny Griffin - Steve Grossman 5   Studio Ferber, Paris, France, May 28, 29 & 30, 2000
• Jan Lundgren 3 with Special Guests   Sun Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 17, 2000-Jan. 29, 2001

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