Johnny Griffin
Tenor Sax Solo on
Blues Five Spot

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Griffin takes the last 2 choruses a cappella starting at 3:10.
Johnny Griffin was 29 to 30 years old at the time.

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Johnny Griffin

Tenor Sax

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Misterioso

Thelonious Monk Quartet

Released 1958

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Blues Five Spot (Live At The Five Spot / August 7, 1958)

Thelonious Monk Quartet

Recorded 1958

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Blues Five Spot

by Thelonious Monk

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B♭ major

Concert Key

C major

Tenor Sax Key

Blues - 12 bars

Form

4/4

Meter

2m 52s

Duration

8

Choruses

138 bpm

Tempo

Swing

Feel


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