The Little Giant - The Story of Johnny GriffinIncludes photos with a special selection by David Redfern. Foreword by Orrin Keepnews. Johnny Griffin, the Little Giant from the South Side of Chicago, remained a top jazz saxophonist throughout his 63 year playing career. He spent 45 years in Europe and was recognized internationally as a major jazz star with a readily identifiable style, an immense improvisational flair and an unfailing capacity to swing. Jazz writer Brian Priestley observed:

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rooted in wide-ranging study and

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responsibility and atonement – a full and fascinating panorama of human life and society

Commentary Magazine 1945-1959 (Vallentine Mitchell)

her two previous collections

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