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Johnny Griffin

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Also known as John Arnold Griffin

American musician (1928–2008)

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Memoir of a Hoodsta
  • Courage & Faith

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1928-04-24
Active to
2008-07-25
hard bopjazz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
123,163
Total plays
622,371

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jazzsaxophoneHard BopbebopTenor Sax

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

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The Satisfaction With Life Scale

    · 1985 · cited 23,455x

  2. Toward a Theory of Organizational Creativity

    · 1993 · cited 7,073x

  3. Foodborne Illness Acquired in the United States—Major Pathogens

    · 2011 · cited 6,279x

  4. THREE NATURAL ZIRCON STANDARDS FOR U‐TH‐PB, LU‐HF, TRACE ELEMENT AND REE ANALYSES

    · 1995 · cited 5,628x

  5. Food-Related Illness and Death in the United States

    · 1999 · cited 5,020x

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