Johnny Griffin

Person · Open Library

Works

2

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Film & TV

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Known for

• Sashinka — Johnny2017
• Dead Like Me: Life After Death — Ryan2009
• The Greatest Game Ever Played — Jack Lowery (uncredited)2005
• Tales from the Neverending Story: Badge of Courage — Connor2003
• Tales from the Neverending Story: Resurrection — Connor2003
• The Dead Zone — Emmett2002
• Tales from the Neverending Story: The Beginning — Connor2001
• Tales from the Neverending Story: The Gift — Connor2001
• Tales from the Neverending Story — Connor2001

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1928-04-24

Active to

2008-07-25

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

123,163

Total plays

622,371

John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist. Like many other successful musicians from Chicago, he studied music at DuSable High School under Walter Dyett. Griffin, was reputed to be the 'World's Fastest Saxophonist' in the jazz idiom, though as he aged, and as the jazz audience declined, this accolade all but disappeared. In the 1940s and 1950s he worked in Lionel Hampton's and Joe Morris's bands, in the Jazz Messengers, and in th

via Last.fm · Johnny Griffin

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Arnold

Family name

Griffin

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Chicago

Place of death

Availles-Limouzine

Occupation

saxophonist

Genre

post-bop

Instrument

tenor saxophone

Image

Johnny Griffin 1.jpg

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