Johnny Griffin Juste Amis (live Montreal ’87)

FIVE DISC SET (3 CD 37 tracks & 2 DVDs) Like the Boss (Bruce Springsteen), Southside Johnny aka John Lyon is from New Jersey, and of course the paths of the two and the members of the E-Street Band crossed many times. Especially with Steven Van Zandt aka Little Steven there was a long lasting friendship and Van Zandt produced the first three albums I Don't Want to Go Home (1976), This Time It's for Real (1977) and Hearts of Stone (1978) of Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, which were strongly influenced by Rhythm & Blues.The band gave their first German concert in 1977 at Hamburg's club Onkel Pö, and in October 1979 they played together with Mitch Ryder and Nils Lofgren at the 5th Rockpalast Night at Essen's Grugahalle. WDR was there for Rockpalast and recorded the concert. On March 26, 1992, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes gave a second concert for Rockpalast in Cologne's Live Music Hall, where Little Steven joined them on stage for four songs.

Quand Johnny se présente face à la foule du Parc de Sceaux le jour même de son anniversaire, il sait que ce concert ne sera pas comme les autres. Les nombreux artistes présents sur scène ou backstage sont là pour le lui rappeler.
Mais c’est surtout les « joyeux anniversaire » chantés par son public tout au long de la soirée qui donnent à ce live toute sa saveur.Au final du tour de chant sur « Non, je ne regrette rien » la communion entre l’artiste et ses milliers de fans est totale.Quelques minutes plus tôt Johnny les conjurait de mettre en pratique ces mots importants de Michel Berger sur sa chanson Aimer vivre : « Si c’est ton corps qui bouge c’est ton cœur qui fait tout ».
Ce soir-là Johnny et son public se retrouvait une nouvelle fois pour témoigner ensemble de cette amitié qui les accompagne depuis le début des années 60.

FIVE DISC SET (3 CD 37 tracks & 2 DVDs) Like the Boss (Bruce Springsteen), Southside Johnny aka John Lyon is from New Jersey, and of course the paths of the two and the members of the E-Street Band crossed many times. Especially with Steven Van Zandt aka Little Steven there was a long lasting friendship and Van Zandt produced the first three albums I Don't Want to Go Home (1976), This Time It's for Real (1977) and Hearts of Stone (1978) of Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, which were strongly influenced by Rhythm & Blues.The band gave their first German concert in 1977 at Hamburg's club Onkel Pö, and in October 1979 they played together with Mitch Ryder and Nils Lofgren at the 5th Rockpalast Night at Essen's Grugahalle. WDR was there for Rockpalast and recorded the concert. On March 26, 1992, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes gave a second concert for Rockpalast in Cologne's Live Music Hall, where Little Steven joined them on stage for four songs.

ZENITH 85 LA DERNIERE / 2 FEVRIER 1985 LIVE INEDIT EN VINYLE TIRAGE LIMITE NUMEROTE 3000ex - INCLUS UN POSTER 40X60CM INCLUS LES DUOS Be bop a Lula avec Eddy Mitchell + Mon p'tit loup avec SheilaContraint d'annulé plusieurs dates après s'être éclouler sur scène, suite à un malaise, Johnny retrouve le public pour 3 derniers concerts déterminé comme jamais !

ZENITH 85 LA DERNIERE / 2 FEVRIER 1985 LIVE INEDIT EN VINYLE TIRAGE LIMITE NUMEROTE 3000ex - INCLUS UN POSTER 40X60CM INCLUS LES DUOS Be bop a Lula avec Eddy Mitchell + Mon p'tit loup avec SheilaContraint d'annulé plusieurs dates après s'être éclouler sur scène, suite à un malaise, Johnny retrouve le public pour 3 derniers concerts déterminé comme jamais !

After the 'Plus près de vous' tour came to an end, Johnny wanted to keep a memory of his reunion with Bercy, where he had not sung for 15 years. The last two dates of December 20 and 21 are captured but the images remain blocked. Deprived of this recording, fans demonstrate, going so far as to draft a petition gathering several thousand signatures. That went unanswered - until now!

In 1986 Pat Metheny released Song X, an uncompromising free jazz collaboration with Ornette Coleman. Thereafter he signed with Geffen Records and recorded the considerably more accessible Still Life (Talking), which won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance. This superb set was recorded at the close of 1987 for broadcast on WXRT FM, and features several cuts from that LP, as well as a handful of other classics, and is presented here together with background notes and images.

AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Johnny Griffin, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. Hard bop pioneer Johnny Griffin began his prolifically dynamic jazz career by playing the much more sedate instruments, the clarinet and oboe! Before long however he had switched to the alto sax and was playing with no less a musician than T Bone Walker when he was just 15 years old! At 17, in 1945 he had joined Lionel Hampton’s band and it was the great vibes-man who persuaded him to take up the tenor sax.

Among Thelonious Monk's brilliant musical associations, the one with tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin sometimes gets overlooked. This 1958 recording catches the quartet with bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik and drummer Roy Haynes on its home turf, New York's Five Spot Cafe. Griffin's gruffly compressed sound and high-speed, coiling lines are a fine foil for Monk's spare and pointed comping, bringing a distinct and special intensity to Monk's music. Together the group turns in classic renditions of familiar Monk tunes, including a brilliant Griffin performance of "Blue Monk".