John Arnold Griffin III Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Johnny Griffin was born on April 24, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as John Arnold Griffin III. He is known for his work on A Great Day in Harlem (1994), Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997) and Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988). He died on July 25, 2008 in Availles-Limouzine, Vienne, France.
Taught, at Chicago's DuSable High School, by Captain Walter Dyett, whose pupils included Nat "King" Cole and Dinah Washington.
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Great tenor saxophonist nicknamed the "little giant" because of his height and the fact that he could play with the best, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and Art Blakey.