Johnny Griffin solo

I saw Johnny Griffin in 1998 down at the Village Vanguard NYC, He was wailing! During the break, he showed me his mouthpiece, Quote, " I got this Metal Link from Lockjaw, it's a 10* " As a sax player, It was so cool talking to the "Little Giant". I was so blown away! That mouthpiece of his has a tip opening of .135". It takes Massive chops!! His sound was huge! He was the fastest tenor who ever lived. What a nice guy too, I learned so much from him...

Kenny Washington people!!

Wow, so overlooked and so so heavy.

Thanks for posting.

I still have this whole gig on VCR from when it was on TV here in the UK in 1987.

ha.....

I noticed he used one of the same licks that he uses in rhythm-a-ning at around 2:40 with the quarter notes. It is very interesting to see how pro musicians have an "Old Bag of Tricks" with signature phrases that they use in a lot of their solos. 5 stars easy by the way.

At around 1:00 Griffin moves his shoulders like an athlete running the 100 meters.

his eyes nearly pop out at 3:23 when he hits that high A!

Johnny Griffin and Kenny Washington towards the end of this clip are stunning.
Art in real time. No weeks or months to write a book, paint a picture, jot down a poem these guys produce the finest artistic moments in a few split seconds.

You said it, instant art!!!

MajorSnodgrass, as Jean Cocteau once said: 'Jazz is like banana, you eat it on the spot.'

This is amazing.