Johnny Griffin Catalog - album index
1945 (age 17)
- Lionel Hampton 2 - Slide Hamp Slide 1945.1946 MCA (F) 510.063
- Lionel Hampton - Hamp's Golden Favorites Decca DL 4296
1946
- Lionel Hampton Vol. 4 - 1945-1946 Coral (G) COPS 7186
- Lionel Hampton Vol. 5 - 1946 MCA Coral (G) 6.22116 1975?
- Lionel Hampton 4 - Seeds Of Swing 1945.1949 MCA (F) 510.112 1974?
- Lionel Hampton 5 - Swinging Sessions! 1945.1950 MCA (F) 510.117
- Lionel Hampton Vol. 6 - 1946-1947 MCA Coral (G) 6.22180 1975?
1947
- Johnny Griffin With Joe Morris Orchestra - Fly, Mister, Fly Saxophonograph (Swd) BP 504
- Joe Morris - Bam-A-Lam-A-Bam / Boogie Woogie Joe Manor 1128
- Tony Mayo - Deep Water Blues / Juke Box Blues Plaza 5501
- V.A. - Atlantic Rhythm And Blues Vol. 1 - 1947-74 Atlantic 7 81293-1-F
- Joe Morris - Easy Riff / The Applejack Atlantic 866 1948
1948 (age 20)
- V.A. - Dance The Rock & Roll Atlantic LP 8013 1958
- The Chronological Joe Morris 1946-1949 Classics (F) 5057 2003
1949
- Wynonie Harris - She Just Won't Tell Me No More / Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee King 4292 1949
- Wynonie Harris - Battle Of The Blues King LP 607 1958
- Wynonie Harris - I Can't Take It No More / I Like My Baby's Pudding King 4342 1950
- Joe Morris - Lowdown Baby Juke Box Lil (Swd) JB 610
1951
- Jumpin' The Blues With Arnett Cobb His Tenorsax And His Orchestra 1950-1951 Jazz Circle Basel (Swi) JCB-A1/JCB-B1 1971?
- V.A. - OKeh Jazz Epic EG 37315
1956
- Introducing Johnny Griffin Blue Note BLP 1533 1956
- V.A. - The Other Side Of Blue Note 1500 Series Blue Note (J) BNJ-61008/10 1984
- Johnny Griffin - J.G., Tenor Argo LP-624 1958?
1957
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - Selections From Lerner And Loewe's... Vik LX-1103 1957
- Art Blakey & His Jazz Messengers 1957 - Second Edition Bluebird 07863-66661-2 1995
- V.A. - Stable Mates Savoy MG-12115 1957
- Johnny Griffin Vol. 2 - A Blowing Session Blue Note BLP 1559 1957
- Johnny Griffin Vol. 2 - A Blowing Session Blue Note 7243 4 99009 2 9 1999
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night In Tunisia Vik LX-1115 1958
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Theory Of Art RCA Bluebird 6286-1-RB 1987
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Theory Of Art RCA Bluebird 6286-2-RB 1987
- Clark Terry Quintet - Serenade To A Bus Seat Riverside RLP 12-237 1957
- Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers With Sabu And A Bongo - Cu-Bop Jubilee JLP-1049 1958
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk Atlantic LP 1278 1958
- Count Basie, Joe Williams And Art Blakey - Sessions, Live Calliope CAL 3008 1976
- A.K. Salim - Pretty For The People Savoy MG-12118 1957
- A.K. Salim - Pretty For The People Savoy 93006-2 2001
- Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers - Hard Drive - Out Of This World...And The Next World Too Bethlehem BCP-6023 1957
- Wilbur Ware Quintet Featuring Johnny Griffin - The Chicago Sound Riverside RLP 12-252 1958
- Johnny Griffin - The Congregation Blue Note BLP 1580 1958
1958 (age 30)
- Guitar Slim - If I Had My Life To Live Over / When There's No Way Out Atco 6120
- V.A. - Rockin' Together Atco LP 33-103 1959
- V.A. - Texas Guitar - From Dallas To L.A. Atlantic SD 7226 1972
- Johnny Griffin Sextet Riverside RLP 12-264 1958
- Thelonious Monk - Blues Five Spot Milestone M-9124 1984
- Johnny Griffin Quartet - Way Out Riverside RLP 12-274 1958
- Blue Mitchell - Big 6 Riverside RLP 12-273 1958
- Babs Gonzales - Voila Hope LP-0001 1958
- Thelonious Monk Quartet With Johnny Griffin - Thelonious In Action Riverside RLP 12-262 1958
- Thelonious Monk Quartet - Misterioso Riverside RLP 12-279 1958
- Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings Riverside R-022 1986
- Philly Joe Jones Sextet - Blues For Dracula Riverside RLP 12-282 1958
- Chet Baker In New York Riverside RLP 12-281 1958
- Nat Adderley - Branching Out Riverside RLP 12-285 1958
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik's Middle-Eastern Music With Johnny Griffin - Jazz Sahara Riverside RLP 12-287 1959
- Randy Weston's Music - Little Niles United Artists UAL 4011 1959
- Machito With Flute To Boot Roulette R-52026 1959
1959
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik - East Meets West RCA Victor LPM-2015
- The Ira Sullivan Quintet Delmar DL-402 1960
- Ira Sullivan With Johnny Griffin - Blue Stroll Delmark DE-402 1999
- Johnny Griffin - The Little Giant Riverside RLP 12-304 1959
1960
- Bud Powell - Bud In Paris Xanadu 102 1975
- Mel Rhyne - Organ-izing Jazzland JLP 16 1960
- Johnny Griffin Orchestra - The Big Soul-Band Riverside RLP 331 1960
- Johnny Griffin Orchestra - The Big Soul-Band Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-485-2 1990
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin - Battle Stations Prestige PRLP 7282 1963
- Johnny Griffin's Studio Jazz Party Riverside RLP 338 1961
- The Johnny Griffin And Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet - Tough Tenors Jazzland JLP 31 1961
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin Quintet - Griff & Lock Jazzland JLP 42 1961
1961
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin - The First Set/Recorded Live At Mintons Prestige PR 7309 1964
- The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis-Johnny Griffin Quintet - The Tenor Scene Prestige PRLP 7191 1961
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Recorded Live! At Minton's Playhouse With Johnny Griffin And Junior Mance - The Late Show Prestige PR 7357 1965
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin, Junior Mance - The Midnight Show: Live! At Minton's Playhouse Prestige PR 7330 1964
- Johnny Griffin - Change Of Pace Riverside RLP 368 1961
- Johnny Griffin - The Guns Of Navarone / Soft And Furry Riverside R-4506 1961
- Johnny Griffin And Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis Quintet - Lookin' At Monk! Jazzland JLP 39 1961
- Benny Green Quintet - Glidin' Along Jazzland JLP 43 1961
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Johnny Griffin Quintet - Blues Up & Down Jazzland JLP 60 1962
- Johnny Griffin With Strings And Brass - White Gardenia: A Tribute To Billie Holiday Riverside RLP 387 1961
- Johnny Griffin Quartet - The Kerry Dancers Riverside RLP 420 1962
- The Voice Of Eddie Jefferson - Letter From Home Riverside RLP 411 1962
- The Voice Of Eddie Jefferson - Letter From Home Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-307-2 1987
1962
- The Soulful Vibes Of Johnny Lytle - Nice And Easy Jazzland JLP 67 1962
- The Johnny Griffin And "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet - Tough Tenor Favorites Jazzland JLP 76 1963
- Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra - The Magic Touch Riverside RLP 419 1962
- Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra - The Magic Touch Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-143-2 1992
- Johnny Griffin, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Pisces Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1104-2 2004
- Wes Montgomery - Full House Riverside RLP 434 1962
- Wes Montgomery - Full House Riverside RCD-30129-2 2007
- The Alternative Wes Montgomery Milestone M-47065 1982
- Johnny Griffin - Grab This! Riverside RM 437 1962
- Sunday Afternoon With Babs Gonzales At Small's Paradise Dauntless DM 4311 1963
1963
- Johnny Griffin & Matthew Gee - Soul Groove Atlantic LP 1431 1964
- Johnny Griffin - Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me Riverside RM 462 1963
- V.A. - Jazz Jamboree 63 Vol. 2 Polskie Nagrania Muza (Polish) XL 0193
- V.A. - Jazz Jamboree 63 Vol. 1 Polskie Nagrania Muza (Polish) XL 0192 1963
1964
- Johnny Griffin - Night Lady Philips (G) 840 447 PY
- V.A. - NDR Jazz Workshop Atlantic (Eu) ATL 60073
- V.A. - International Jazz Workshop - Ruhr Festival 1964 Philips 48095
- Bud Powell - Hot House Fontana (Du) 883 903 JCY 1964?
- Bud Powell - In Europe Duke (It) D-1012 1970s
- Earl Bud Powell Vol. 8 - Holidays In Edenville, 64 Mythic Sound MS 6008-1
1965
- Wes Montgomery - Solitude BYG (J) YX-4016/17 1973
- Wes Montgomery - Live In Paris 1965 France's Concert (F) FC 108 1988
- Wes Montgomery - In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording Resonance Records HCD-2032 2018
- Wes Montgomery - Live In Europe Philology (It) W 97.2 1992
- V.A. - Americans In Europe Vol. 2 Green Line (It) VIDJAZZ 39 1990s
- Pierre Michelot - Four Seasons In Jazz - Round About A Bass Philips (F) P 70306 L
1967
- Johnny Griffin - The Man I Love Polydor (E) 583 734
- Johnny Griffin - You Leave Me Breathless Black Lion (E) BLP 30134
- Johnny Griffin - A Night In Tunisia Trio (J) PA-9737
- Clarke-Boland Big Band - Sax No End SABA (G) SB 15 138 ST 1967
- Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland - Out Of The Folk Bag Columbia (G) SMC 74323
- Francy Boland/Kenny Clarke Big Band - Open Door Muse MR 5056 1975
- Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (Soundtrack) Columbia C 45358 1989
- Thelonious Monk - On Tour In Europe Affinity (E) AFFD 192 1988
- Thelonius Monk Quartet & Octet In Europe Unique Jazz (Israeli) UJ 12 late 1970s
- Thelonious Monk - Live At Rotterdam 1967: The Lost Recordings Fondamenta (F) FON-1704029 (CD) 2017
- Thelonious Monk Nonet - Live In Paris, 1967 France's Concert (F) FC 113 1988
- Thelonious Monk - In Europe Heart Note (Swd) HN-003 1987
- Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland - 17 Men And Their Music Campi (It) SJG 12004
- Johnny Griffin - Body And Soul Moon (It) MLP 004-1 1989
1968 (age 40)
- Johnny Griffin Meets Dexter Gordon - Jazz Undulation Joker (J) UPS-2058-KR 1977
- The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band - All Smiles MPS (G) MPS 15 214 ST 1969
- V.A. - 9. Mednarodni International Jazz Festival, Ljubljana '68 Helidon (Yugoslav) 08-001
- The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band - Faces MPS (G) MPS 15 218 ST
- Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland - More Campi (It) SJG 12006
- Johnny Griffin - Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz Vogue (G) LDVS 17164
- The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band - Latin Kaleidoscope MPS (G) MPS 15 213 ST 1968
- Gitte Haenning, Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland - Out Of The World veraBra Records (G) veraBra No. 20 1988
- The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band - Fellini 712 MPS (G) MPS 15 220 ST
1969
- Kenny Clarke Francy Boland And The Band - Volcano SABA (G) SB 15 076 ST
- Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland - Rue Chaptal Polydor (G) 583 055
- The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band - All Blues MPS (G) MPS 15 288 ST
- The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band - More Smiles MPS (G) MPS 15 287 ST
- Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland - At Her Majesty's Pleasure... Polydor (Eu) 2460 131
- Francy Boland And Kenny Clarke Famous Orchestra Supraphon (Czech) SUA 15988
- Clarke Boland Big Band En Concert Avec Europe 1 - TNP 29 Octobre-1969 Trema (F) 710413/414 1992
1970
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin - Tough Tenors Again 'N' Again MPS (G) MPS 15 283 ST
1971
- Dizzy Gillespie Johnny Griffin Quintet - Summertime Jazz Birdie's Of Paradise (G) J-Bop 046 1994
1972
- Vaclav Zahradnik - Euro Jazz Supraphon (Czech) CZ 1151370
1973
- Dizzy Gillespie - The Giant America (F) 30 AM 6133 1973
- Dizzy Gillespie - The Source America (F) 30 AM 6135 1973
- V.A. - Big Band RTV Zagreb With American Soloists - Golden Hours Jugoton (Yugoslav) LSY 68095
- Johnny Griffin - Blues For Harvey SteepleChase (D) SCS 1004 1973
- Johnny Griffin - Blues For Harvey SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31004 1990
- Klaus Doldinger - Doldinger Jubilee Concert Atlantic (Eu) ATL 50070
1974
- Johnny Griffin - Jazz A Confronto 10 Horo (It) HLL 101-10 1974
- V.A. - Jazz A Confronto 17 - Jac's Anthology Horo (It) HLL 101-17 1975
1975
- Dizzy Pablo 2310-749 1975
- V.A. - The Montreux Collection Pablo 2625-707 1975
- Basie Jam Pablo 2310-750 1975
- Roy Eldridge - Decidedly Pablo PACD-5314-2 2002
- Passport - Doldinger Jubilee '75 Atlantic SD 18162 1976
- Johnny Griffin/Art Taylor Quartet - The Jamfs Are Coming! Timeless (Du) SJP 121 1978
- Boy Edgar - Music Was His Mistress Hvhaast 022
1976
- Peter Herbolzheimer - Jazz Gala Concert Atlantic SD 1693 1976
- Johnny Griffin - Live In Tolyo Philips (J) RJ-7160
- Johnny Griffin - The Little Giant Revisited Philips (J) RJ-7405
1977
- V.A. - Jazz Gala 77 Telefunken (Norwegian) 6 28438 DT
1978 (age 50)
- Rolf Ericson, Johnny Griffin - Sincerely Ours Four Leaf Clover (Swd) FLC 5027
- V.A. - Jazz Na Koncertnom Podiju Vol. 3 Jugoton (Yugoslav) LSY 61464
- Nat Adderley - A Little New York Midtown Music Galaxy GXY-5120 1979
- Dexter Gordon - Great Encounters Columbia JC 35978
- Johnny Griffin - Return Of The Griffin Galaxy GXY-5117 1979
- Johnny Griffin - Bush Dance Galaxy GXY-5126 1979
- V.A. - Birds And Ballads Galaxy (J) SMJ-9532-3 1980
- V.A. - Birds And Monks Galaxy GCD-95002-2 1995
- V.A. - Ballads By Five Galaxy GCD-95003-2 1997
1979
- Johnny Griffin - NYC Underground Galaxy GXY-5132 1981
- Johnny Griffin - To The Ladies Galaxy GXY-5139 1982
- Rita Reys - That Old Feeling Columbia 83981
1980
- Ray Brown - Summerwind Jeton (G) 1003312
1981
- Johnny Griffin - Meeting Jeton (G) 6006603
1983
- Philly Joe Jones Dameronia Featuring Johnny Griffin - Look Stop Listen Uptown UP 27.15 1983
- Philly Joe Jones Dameronia Featuring Johnny Griffin - Look, Stop And Listen Uptown UPCD 27.59 2009
- Johnny Griffin - Call It Whachawana Galaxy GXY-5146 1983
- Daniel Humair - Surrounded 1964-1987 Mediartis P970 MU229
- Jimmy Smith - Keep On Comin' Elektra Musician 60301-1 1983
1984
- Johnny Griffin Quartet - Live - Jazzbuhne Berlin '84 Amiga (G) 8 56 089 1984
- V.A. - That's The Way, I Feel Now - Tribute To Thelonious Monk A&M SP-6600
1985
- Johnny Griffin, Sal Nistico, Roman Schwaller - Three Generations Of Tenorsaxophone JHM Records (Swi) JHM 3611 1997?
- V.A. - One Night With Blue Note Volume 3 Blue Note BT 85115 1985
- Paris Reunion Band - French Cooking Gazell (Swd) GJ 1002
- Woody Shaw - Tokyo '81 Elemental Music (Eu) 5990429 2018
1986
- Deborah Brown - Euroboppin' Alfa Jazz (J) 32R2-25
1987
- Johnny Griffin - Have You Met...Barcelona Orange Blue (F) OB 002 CD
- Clementine - Continent Blue Orange Blue (F) OB 004 CD
1988 (age 60)
- Johnny Griffin - Take My Hand Who's Who In Jazz CD-21036
1989
- V.A. - Birdology: Live At The TBB Jazz Festival Vol. 1 Verve (F) 841 132-2 1989
- V.A. - Birdology: Live At The TBB Jazz Festival Vol. 2 Verve (F) 841 133-2 1990
- Big Band De Lausanne - A Monk's Dream Plainisphare (Swi) PL 1267-49
- Viktor Lazlo - Hot And Cool Polydor 837 921-1
- Viktor Lazlo - Club Desert Polydor (J) POOP 20226
1990
- Johnny Griffin - The Cat Antilles 422-848 421-2
1992
- Johnny Griffin - Dance Of Passion Antilles 314 512 604-2
1993
- Roy Hargrove Quintet - With The Tenors Of Our Time Verve 314 523 019-2 1994
1994
- Johnny Griffin - Chicago, New York, Paris Verve 314 527 367-2 1994
1996
- Johnny Griffin And The Great Danes Stunt (D) STUCD 02012
- Euro American All Stars - Swing Journal - The Reader's Produce - Old Montmartre - Dream Session '97 Meldac Jazz (J) MECJ-30021 1996
1998 (age 70)
- Phil Woods - The Rev & I Blue Note 7243 4 94100 2 2 1998
2000
- Johnny Griffin Meets Horace Parlan - Close Your Eyes Minor Music (G) MM 801085 2000
- Johnny Griffin And Steve Grossman Quintet Dreyfus Jazz (F) FDM 36615-2
- Jan Lundgren Trio - Plays The Music Of Victor Young Sittel (Swd) SITCD 9269 2000