Johnny Griffin
1962 & 1968 & 1987
Seattle,  Berlin, Köln

CD 1   total 64:46

The Penthouse
Seattle, Wa

October 10, 1962

1. The Blues Up and Down - 8:03
2. Owl - 8:56
3. Bahia - 9:34
4. Blue Lou - 5:36

October 11, 1962

5. Second Balcony Jump
6. How Am I to Know? - 10:59
7. Tickle Toe - 7:11
8. Sophisticated Lady - 4:28
9. Theme / Announcer (fades out) - 1:23

Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
Horace Parlan - piano
Buddy Catlett - bass
Art Taylor - drums

src : FM - ? - CD


CD 2

Berliner Jazztage
November 4, 1987

1. Lester Leaps In - 10:10 
2. When We Were One - 13:40 
3. Ask Me Now - 10:10

Tanzbrunnen,  Köln
September 6, 1968

4. A Handful of Soul - 8:01 
5. He's Got the Whole World - 4:07 
6. The Jams Are Coming - 15:59

lineup '87: Johnny Griffin Quintet
Joe Henderson - Tenor Sax 
Johnny Griffin - Tenor Sax 
Kenny Drew- Piano 
Jimmy Woode - Bass
Keith Kilgo - Drums

lineup '68: Jon Hendricks - Johnny Griffin Group
Dusco Gojkovic - Trumpet 
Ake Person - Trombone 
Johnny Griffin - Tenor Sax 
Sahib Shihab - Soprano Sax, Baritone Sax,Vocals 
Francy Boland - Piano 
Jimmy Woode - Bass 
Kenny Clarke - Drums  
Kenny Clare - Drums 
Jon Hendricks - Vocals 
Larry Vuckovich - Vocals

src : FM - ? - CD

back photo by Karlheinz Klüter
painting by John Froehlich