JOHNNY GRIFFIN Vinyl & CDs

Review: This is a never-heard-before recording of the legendary tenor sax “Little Giant”, Johnny Griffin, playing at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, and backed by members of Ronnie's House Band (Stan Tracey, Malcolm Cecil and Jackie Dougan). A through-composed suite in four parts, we begin with the aroused baritone sax of ‘The Girl Next Door’ and end on the short curtsy known as ’The Theme’. Mastered at Gearbox Records’ in-house studio using an all-analogue signal chain and cut directly from the original tapes, the recordings making up the record were salvaged at the club by Les Tomkins in 1964. The sleeve features photography by the esteemed Val Wilmer and liner notes by Richard Williams.