Tough Tenor Favorites

Johnny Griffin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 28, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1962
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000Z9Z
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,511 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bahia

2. Blue Lou

3. How Am I to Know?

4. Ow!

5. I Wished on the Moon

6. Tin Tin Deo

7. From This Moment On

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another "Tough Tenor" Favorite, June 8, 2010

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Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tough Tenor Favorites (Audio CD)

Tenor saxophonists Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis made nearly a dozen recordings together for what is now the Fantasy/OJC family of labels, and all of them are excellent. (Though I was a bit of tough on Lookin' at Monk -- see my review.) "Tough Tenor Favorites" is their fifth album for Jazzland and they pick up where the others left off. This February 5, 1962 session features the solid rhythm trio of Horace Parlan on piano, Buddy Catlett on bass and Ben Riley on drums. Their chemistry and now classic formula is well demonstrated on terrific renditions of "Bahia" and "Tin Tin Deo," which I have enjoyed comparing to accounts by 'Trane ("Afro-Blue" and "TTD" are nearly identical) -- a three way tenor battle if you will. With this now OOP CD beginning to creep up in price in the collector's market, make "Tough Tenor" your favorite while you can.