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| Artist______________ Dick Griffin |
| Title_______________ A Dream For Rahsaan & More |
| Label_______________ Dick Griffin / Ruby Records |
| Genre_______________ Jazz |
| Year________________ 2003 |
| Release Date________ 2021-02-06 |
| Street Date_________ 2003-01-01 |
| Source______________ WEB |
| Encoder_____________ MP3 / LAME |
| Quality_____________ CBR 320kbps 44.1kHz |
| Size________________ 150.3MiB |
| Playtime____________ 1:05:30 |
| URL_________________ https://amazon.com/dp/B06XGV9K9W/ |
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| 01. There Is A Time For Love 06:27 |
| 02. Darkness Of Duke 04:44 |
| 03. Come Dance With Me 06:26 |
| 04. Love Always Blues 05:47 |
| 05. It's About That Time 07:31 |
| 06. A Dream For Rahsaan 05:02 |
| 07. The Queen 07:20 |
| 08. Peaceful Thinking 06:25 |
| 09. Oree Me 07:30 |
| 10. Madrid 08:18 |
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| In a career spanning over 30 years, Dick Griffin has performed with |
| some of the biggest names in Jazz and Soul, and has appeared with |
| several symphony orchestras as well. A short list of the luminaries |
| Mr. Griffin has worked with includes: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, |
| Ella Fitzgerald, Tito Puente, Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Dizzy |
| Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Isaac Hayes, |
| Dionne Warwick, and Lionel Hampton. |
| |
| Griffin has developed a highly personalized playing style which he |
| calls "circularphonics," a technique that combines the playing of |
| chords on trombone with circular breathing. The expanded range of |
| sounds Griffin creates through his multiphonic technique at times |
| evokes the spirit of such experimental artists as John Coltrane, |
| Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Sun Ra. Never a follower, however, Griffin |
| has developed a unique style on and for the trombone that goes beyond |
| the influence of even those great musicians. |
| |
| James Richard Griffin was born and reared in Jackson, Mississippi. |
| His first musical influence was a neighbor known simply as Mr. Jesse. |
| At evening time, all the neighborhood children would stop by to hear |
| Mr. Jesse's impromptu blues guitar compositions with lyrics |
| describing the day's events in rhyme. Griffin began studying piano at |
| age 11 and upon entering high school two years later joined the |
| school's marching band where he learned trombone. His professional |
| career began as a teenager, playing piano and trombone in clubs with |
| drummer classmate Freddie Waits. While in high school he also sang in |
| a doo-wop group which was invited to go on the road and perform with |
| Sam Cooke. In junior college, Griffin won several awards for his |
| arranging skills. In 1963, Griffin graduated from Jackson State |
| University and then pursued graduate studies at Indiana University |
| where he received a Masters Degree in Music Education and Trombone. |
| |
| It was in Chicago, though, where Griffin met avant-garde jazz giant |
| Sun Ra, that his professional career seriously took off. He spent |
| several summers in the mid-1960s playing with Sun Ra's Arkestra. It |
| was during this period that Griffin first met Rahsaan Roland Kirk, |
| who became a close friend. After moving to New York City in 1967, |
| Griffin made his recording debut with Kirk on the album "The Inflated |
| Tear." As a member of the "Vibration Society," Griffin notated and |
| transcribed music for the sightless Kirk. He went on to record |
| several albums with Kirk, including "Prepare Thyself To Deal With A |
| Miracle," "Rahsaan, Rahsaan," "Left & Right," and "Volunteered |
| Slavery." In the early 1970s, Griffin also played in a big band |
| fronted by the great bassist and composer Charles Mingus. During this |
| year-long association, Mingus provided priceless support by |
| encouraging the young trombonist's writing endeavors. Griffin also |
| spent three years in the house band of the legendary Apollo Theater |
| in Harlem, playing for nearly all the Motown greats, including The |
| Temptations, James Brown and Nancy Wilson. |
| |
| In 1974, Griffin released his debut album as a leader, "The Eighth |
| Wonder," for Strata-East Records, one of the most successful |
| independent jazz labels of that period. Later, he released "Now Is |
| The Time: The Multiphonic Tribe" for Trident Records. During this |
| period, he also taught music theory and the history of Jazz at |
| Wesleyan University (1975-77) and later at SUNY-Old Westbury |
| (1981-83). In the 1980s, Griffin's career encompassed performances in |
| a wide variety of settings with his own group and with others. As a |
| sideman, Griffin performed with some of the best big band musicians |
| of the time-Benny Bailey, Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, and Slide |
| Hampton-at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Later |
| in the decade, Griffin toured and recorded with the |
| internationally-renowned ensemble "Ekaya," led by South African |
| pianist Abdullah Ibrahim (f/k/a Dollar Brand). |
| |
| As a composer, Griffin completed the "World Vibration Suite," a work |
| for symphony orchestra premiered by the Brooklyn Philharmonic. In |
| 1986, his third album "A Dream For Rahsaan," was released by Ruby |
| Records to critical acclaim. This inspired him to adapt the album for |
| a symphony orchestra and three saxophones, which was the format he |
| had previously employed for the "World Vibration Suite." During the |
| 1990s, he performed in over a dozen international Jazz festivals, |
| both as a leader and in the bands of such diverse talents as Illinois |
| Jacquet, Sun Ra, Charles Gayle, Hilton Ruiz, and Lionel Hampton. |
| Along with such notable artists as Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins, |
| Griffin appeared in the Heineken Jazz Festival in Rotterdam and, in |
| 1991, he traveled to Canada to headline Ottawa's International Jazz |
| Festival. The German label, Konnex Records, re-released Griffin's |
| first and third albums in 1994 with additional tracks. Griffin then |
| released "All Blues," his fourth album (on Amasaya Records), which |
| features he novel lineup of trombone, organ, guitar, and drums. In |
| addition to the title track by Miles Davis, Griffin performs five |
| originals plus tunes by Ellington, Horace Silver, and Hampton Hawes, |
| paying tribute to the blues environment in which he was nurtured. |
| |
| One of the most versatile and inventive musicians of today, Griffin |
| has played with symphony orchestras such as The Harlem Philharmonic |
| and The Symphony Of The New World, and has performed in several |
| Broadway shows including "The Wiz," "Me & Bessie," "Raisin," and |
| "Lena" (starring Lena Horne), as well as in the Paris production of |
| "Black & Blue" (starring Linda Hopkins). He has made many television |
| appearances in the U.S. on shows such as "The Today Show", "Soul", |
| "Faces", "The Ed Sullivan Show", and "Like It Is". He also has |
| appeared in the UK on the BBC and on TV programs in Germany, France, |
| and Italy. Finally, he also appeared in the film "The Cotton Club" |
| and performed on the soundtrack for the movie "Gordon's War". |
| |
| During the past few years, Griffin has performed more extensively |
| with his own group, the Dick Griffin Organ Ensemble, and he also |
| played at the Uncool Jazz Festival in Switzerland with Charles Gayle |
| in 2001. Griffin has also continued to devote his time to his |
| artwork. His abstract paintings and works on paper have been featured |
| in numerous solo and group exhibitions, private and corporate |
| collections in both the U.S. and Europe. Some of his early pieces |
| grace the covers of each of his four CDs. |
| |
| |
| In a career spanning over 30 years, Dick Griffin has performed with |
| some of the biggest names in Jazz and Soul, and has appeared with |
| several symphony orchestras as well. A short list of the luminaries |
| Mr. Griffin has worked with includes: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, |
| Ella Fitzgerald, Tito Puente, Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Dizzy |
| Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Isaac Hayes, |
| Dionne Warwick, and Lionel Hampton. |
| |
| Griffin has developed a highly personalized playing style which he |
| calls "circularphonics," a technique that combines the playing of |
| chords on trombone with circular breathing. The expanded range of |
| sounds Griffin creates through his multiphonic technique at times |
| evokes the spirit of such experimental artists as John Coltrane, |
| Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Sun Ra. Never a follower, however, Griffin |
| has developed a unique style on and for the trombone that goes beyond |
| the influence of even those great musicians. |
| |
| James Richard Griffin was born and reared in Jackson, Mississippi. |
| His first musical influence was a neighbor known simply as Mr. Jesse. |
| At evening time, all the neighborhood children would stop by to hear |
| Mr. Jesse's impromptu blues guitar compositions with lyrics |
| describing the day's events in rhyme. Griffin began studying piano at |
| age 11 and upon entering high school two years later joined the |
| school's marching band where he learned trombone. His professional |
| career began as a teenager, playing piano and trombone in clubs with |
| drummer classmate Freddie Waits. While in high school he also sang in |
| a doo-wop group which was invited to go on the road and perform with |
| Sam Cooke. In junior college, Griffin won several awards for his |
| arranging skills. In 1963, Griffin graduated from Jackson State |
| University and then pursued graduate studies at Indiana University |
| where he received a Masters Degree in Music Education and Trombone. |
| |
| It was in Chicago, though, where Griffin met avant-garde jazz giant |
| Sun Ra, that his professional career seriously took off. He spent |
| several summers in the mid-1960s playing with Sun Ra's Arkestra. It |
| was during this period that Griffin first met Rahsaan Roland Kirk, |
| who became a close friend. After moving to New York City in 1967, |
| Griffin made his recording debut with Kirk on the album "The Inflated |
| Tear." As a member of the "Vibration Society," Griffin notated and |
| transcribed music for the sightless Kirk. He went on to record |
| several albums with Kirk, including "Prepare Thyself To Deal With A |
| Miracle," "Rahsaan, Rahsaan," "Left & Right," and "Volunteered |
| Slavery." In the early 1970s, Griffin also played in a big band |
| fronted by the great bassist and composer Charles Mingus. During this |
| year-long association, Mingus provided priceless support by |
| encouraging the young trombonist's writing endeavors. Griffin also |
| spent three years in the house band of the legendary Apollo Theater |
| in Harlem, playing for nearly all the Motown greats, including The |
| Temptations, James Brown and Nancy Wilson. |
| |
| In 1974, Griffin released his debut album as a leader, "The Eighth |
| Wonder," for Strata-East Records, one of the most successful |
| independent jazz labels of that period. Later, he released "Now Is |
| The Time: The Multiphonic Tribe" for Trident Records. During this |
| period, he also taught music theory and the history of Jazz at |
| Wesleyan University (1975-77) and later at SUNY-Old Westbury |
| (1981-83). In the 1980s, Griffin's career encompassed performances in |
| a wide variety of settings with his own group and with others. As a |
| sideman, Griffin performed with some of the best big band musicians |
| of the time-Benny Bailey, Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, and Slide |
| Hampton-at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Later |
| in the decade, Griffin toured and recorded with the |
| internationally-renowned ensemble "Ekaya," led by South African |
| pianist Abdullah Ibrahim (f/k/a Dollar Brand). |
| |
| As a composer, Griffin completed the "World Vibration Suite," a work |
| for symphony orchestra premiered by the Brooklyn Philharmonic. In |
| 1986, his third album "A Dream For Rahsaan," was released by Ruby |
| Records to critical acclaim. This inspired him to adapt the album for |
| a symphony orchestra and three saxophones, which was the format he |
| had previously employed for the "World Vibration Suite." During the |
| 1990s, he performed in over a dozen international Jazz festivals, |
| both as a leader and in the bands of such diverse talents as Illinois |
| Jacquet, Sun Ra, Charles Gayle, Hilton Ruiz, and Lionel Hampton. |
| Along with such notable artists as Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins, |
| Griffin appeared in the Heineken Jazz Festival in Rotterdam and, in |
| 1991, he traveled to Canada to headline Ottawa's International Jazz |
| Festival. The German label, Konnex Records, re-released Griffin's |
| first and third albums in 1994 with additional tracks. Griffin then |
| released "All Blues," his fourth album (on Amasaya Records), which |
| features he novel lineup of trombone, organ, guitar, and drums. In |
| addition to the title track by Miles Davis, Griffin performs five |
| originals plus tunes by Ellington, Horace Silver, and Hampton Hawes, |
| paying tribute to the blues environment in which he was nurtured. |
| |
| One of the most versatile and inventive musicians of today, Griffin |
| has played with symphony orchestras such as The Harlem Philharmonic |
| and The Symphony Of The New World, and has performed in several |
| Broadway shows including "The Wiz," "Me & Bessie," "Raisin," and |
| "Lena" (starring Lena Horne), as well as in the Paris production of |
| "Black & Blue" (starring Linda Hopkins). He has made many television |
| appearances in the U.S. on shows such as "The Today Show", "Soul", |
| "Faces", "The Ed Sullivan Show", and "Like It Is". He also has |
| appeared in the UK on the BBC and on TV programs in Germany, France, |
| and Italy. Finally, he also appeared in the film "The Cotton Club" |
| and performed on the soundtrack for the movie "Gordon's War". |
| |
| During the past few years, Griffin has performed more extensively |
| with his own group, the Dick Griffin Organ Ensemble, and he also |
| played at the Uncool Jazz Festival in Switzerland with Charles Gayle |
| in 2001. Griffin has also continued to devote his time to his |
| artwork. His abstract paintings and works on paper have been featured |
| in numerous solo and group exhibitions, private and corporate |
| collections in both the U.S. and Europe. Some of his early pieces |
| grace the covers of each of his four CDs. |
| |
| |
| Arranged and composed by Dick Griffin. |
| Produced by Dick Griffin & Teruo Nakamura. |
| Recorded by Jeff Kowalack in New York, January 1985. |
| |
| Dick Griffin - trombone |
| Gary Bartz - alto saxophone |
| Stanley Cowell - piano |
| Cecil McBee - bass |
| Billy Hart, Idris Muhammad - drums |
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| Bill Saxton, Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone |
| Don Smith - flute, piano |
| Freddie Waits - drums |
| Calvin Hill - bass |
| Lawrence Killian - conga, percussion |
| Hubert Eves - piano |
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