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Jazz Library: Johnny Griffin

21/05/2011

Johnny Griffin

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Johnny Griffin

In an archive interview with Alyn, the late Johnny Griffin selects his favourite records.

An archive interview with Alyn Shipton and Geoffrey Smith in which the late tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin selects his favourite records.

In an archive interview with Alyn Shipton and Geoffrey Smith, the late Johnny Griffin selects his favourite records.
The tenor saxophonist was one of the most technically brilliant and audacious soloists in jazz. He died in 2008, but a year or two earlier, he joined Alyn Shipton and Geoffrey Smith in conversation at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival to discuss his personal favourites from his extensive catalogue of recordings.

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