Larry Kart Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Fats Sadi? The young Rodney Dangerfield? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Fats Sadi? The young Rodney Dangerfield? I already said the man's first name was Johnny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted August 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Fats Sadi? The young Rodney Dangerfield? I already said the man's first name was Johnny It's obviously Johnny Griffin. Not THE JOhnny Griffin; A Johnny Griffin. Do I get the prize? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Fats Sadi? The young Rodney Dangerfield? I already said the man's first name was Johnny It's obviously Johnny Griffin. Not THE JOhnny Griffin; A Johnny Griffin. Do I get the prize? MG No prize! OK since help is needed, the man shown on the cover has his own Mosaic set! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Richards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 But when did Johnny Richards have hair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Johnny Richards in younger days: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Richards We have a winner I said no prize. But couw will get something for guessing it! Just be patient! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 a bovine toupet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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king ubu Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 good to see our bovine friend is well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 (edited) Johnny Griffin is also a featured player in the Niels Lan Doky film 'Between a Smile and a Tear'. Have not seen the film but the sountrack has just been released here on the Blue Saphir label. This was filmed in July 2004 at Copenhagen's Café Montmartre. Edited November 8, 2006 by brownie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Griff with Wes Montgomery, Ronnie Scott, Hans Koller, Ronnie Ross, Martial Solal, etc... rehearse 'Blue Monk' http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/...-blue-monk-1965 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Not sure this will be to everyone's liking but the bad video shows Johnny Griffin appearing at a concert in Moscow last February. The singer is Irina Tomayeva http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf9fkbtMByQ...ser&search= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 (edited) Not sure this will be to everyone's liking but the bad video shows Johnny Griffin appearing at a concert in Moscow last February. The singer is Irina Tomayeva http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf9fkbtMByQ...ser&search= I was at that concert. It was a complete fiasco, one of the worst that I have ever seen. Believe it or not, that was actually one of the better moments. The big band played their own harmonically complex (and usually rather stiff) arrangements of swing standards, and didn't try to accommodate Griffin at all. There was no rehersal. They gave him a whole thick stack of music to read on stage. But Griffin warned them that his eyesight isn't good enough to read, so he will just have to wing it. Ms. Tomayeva was, as you can hear, rather terrible. The worst moment came at the end. They finally settled into something simple that Griffin could blow on: a slow blues. Every member in the big band took a solo, but then they ended the song before Griffin could even blow a note. They just left him standing on the stage like an idiot. I had never seen anything like it before. Very disrespectful. Edited April 16, 2007 by John L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazaro Vega Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 And ANOTHER happy birthday to Johnny Griffin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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