JAM, XVIII: Johnny Griffin on "Let's Cool One"
Every weekday this month I'll be posting new content in observance of Jazz Appreciation Month (J.A.M.) , so-designated by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History beginning in 2001. International Jazz Day , so-designated by UNESCO in partnership with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, is on the last day of April, the 30th; it was first celebrated in 2012. Debating the relative merits of designating specific days or months for celebrating heritages, traditions, and the like aside, Jazz Appreciation Month is at the very least an excuse to dig into some material that I've been interested in for a while on the blog. Yesterday's installment featured Bird playing in "Passport." Monday's will feature part one of a two-part series on Teddy Edwards and the mysterious, early West Coast bop tenor lineage. †If you enjoy the content on this blog, please consider supporting my band's homegrown effort to get our record through the final sta...