Johnny Griffin : From Johnny Griffin With Love

2009 four disc (three CDs + DVD) collection from the Jazz great. Disc One was recorded in April 1964 when he played the Montmartre Club with Art Taylore, Kenny Drew and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen. Disc Two was also from the Montmartre recorded July 10, 1984 with Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (The Tough Tenors) Harry Pickens, Curtis Lundy and Kenny Washington. Disc Three was recorded at Jazzhus Slukefter in the Tivoli Garden July 15th, 1989 with Kenny Drew, Jens Melgaard and Ole Streenberg. The DVD was recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York 1981 with Ronnie Matthews, Ray Drummond and Kenny Washington. It also contains two numbers from Slukefter 1985 with Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis Qurtet. If you like heavy, swinging Jazz, this is the box set for you. Johnny Griffin is taking care of business, as they say, from the first note to the last...