Johnny Griffin (album)

Johnny Griffin
Studio album by
Released1958
Recorded1956
Chicago
GenreJazz
Length26:12
LabelArgo
LP 624
ProducerDave Usher
Johnny Griffin chronology
Johnny Griffin Sextet
(1958)
Johnny Griffin
(1958)
Way Out!
(1958)

Johnny Griffin (also referred to as J. G., Tenor and Johnny Griffin Quartet) is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin featuring tracks recorded in 1956 and released on the Argo label in 1958. The album features the first recordings made under Griffin's leadership but was not released until 1958 by which time his first Blue Note album Introducing Johnny Griffin (1956) had been released and he had attracted attention as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.