Dick Griffin Catalog

1974 (age 34)

Dick Griffin - The Eighth Wonder   Strata-East SES-19747   1974

Dick Griffin, trombone; Sam Rivers, tenor, soprano sax, flute; Warren Smith, vibes, percussion; Ron Burton, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Freddie Waits, drums; Leopolodo F. Fleming, congas, bells, percussion.

released 1974

Eighth Wonder
It Could Be
Girl, I Really Love You So
Jakubu's Dance
Flying Back Home
Come Be With Me

** also released on Sugar Hill Records SH-261 in 1980. and on The Eighth Wonder & More, Konnex Records (G) KCD 5059 in 1994.

Dick Griffin - The Eighth Wonder & More   Konnex Records (G) KCD 5059   1994

Dick Griffin, trombone; Don Smith, flute, piano; Clifford Jordan, tenor sax; Bill Saxton, tenor, soprano sax; Hubert Eves, piano; Calvin Hill, bass; Billy Hart, Freddie Waits, drums; Lawrence Killian, congas, percussion; on Don Smith, lead vocal; Dick Griffin, Geraldine Griffin, Bill Saxton, background vocal.

released 1979

Oree Me II

** originally released on The Eighth Wonder, Strata-East SES-19747 in 1974 + 4 bonus tracks.

1979

Dick Griffin - Now Is The Time   Trident TRS-504   1979

Dick Griffin, trombone; Don Smith, flute, piano; Clifford Jordan, tenor sax; Bill Saxton, tenor, soprano sax; Hubert Eves, piano; Calvin Hill, bass; Billy Hart, Freddie Waits, drums; Lawrence Killian, congas, percussion; on Don Smith, lead vocal; Dick Griffin, Geraldine Griffin, Bill Saxton, background vocal.

released 1979

Now Is The Time
Madrid
Multiphonic Blues (as Multiphone Blues)
Waltz My Son
The Queen
Peaceful Thinking

** also released on Multiphonic Tribe - Now Is The Time, Sugar Hill Records SH-260 in 1980. and on Boplicity Records (E) CDBOP 021 in 1997.

1985 (age 45)

Dick Griffin - A Dream For Rahsaan   Ruby Records RRS-771   1985

Dick Griffin, trombone; Gary Bartz, alto sax; Stanley Cowell, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Idris Muhammad, drums #1,3-5; Billy Hart, drums #2,6.

NYC, January, 1985

1.There Is A Time For Love
2.Darkness Of Duke
3.Come In And See (as Come Dance With Me)
4.The Love Always Blues
5.It's About That Time
6.A Dream For Rahsaan

** also released on A Dream For Rahsaan & More, Konnex Records (G) KCD 5062 in 1995.

Dick Griffin - A Dream For Rahsaan & More   Konnex Records (G) KCD 5062   1995

Dick Griffin, trombone; Don Smith, flute, piano; Clifford Jordan, tenor sax; Bill Saxton, tenor, soprano sax; Hubert Eves, piano; Calvin Hill, bass; Billy Hart, Freddie Waits, drums; Lawrence Killian, congas, percussion; on Don Smith, lead vocal; Dick Griffin, Geraldine Griffin, Bill Saxton, background vocal.

released 1979

Oree Me (take 1)

** originally released on A Dream For Rahsaan, Ruby Records RRS-771 in 1985 + 4 bonus tracks.

1993 (age 53)

Dick Griffin - All Blues   Amosaya Music AM-2540-CD   1999

Dick Griffin, trombone; Larry Goldings, organ; Ron Jackson, guitar; Cecil Brooks III, drums.

Sear Sound, NYC, May 14, 1993

Sneakers For Jimmy
Senor Blues
C Jam Blues
All Blues
Mood Indigo
Blues For JB
Creole Love Call
Hamp's New Blues
March For The Messengers
Macedonia
Walking With Shirley

2011 (age 71)

Dick Griffin - Time Will Tell   Ruby Records 0884501515689   2011

Dick Griffin, trombone; James Spaulding, alto sax, flute; George Cables, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Victor Lewis, drums.

released 2011

Could It Be The Blues
Home Song
For The Love In My Heart
Let's Take A Chance
Time Goes By
Mind Over
My Fantasy
Time Will Tell

2014

Dick Griffin - Homage To Sun Ra   Ruby Records 0888295076425   2014

Dick Griffin, trombone; Marshall Allen, alto sax; Bennie Maupin, tenor sax; Danny Ray Thompson, baritone sax; Donald Smith, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums.

released 2014

Blues For Sun Ra
Fate In A Pleasant Mood
Interplanetary
Soft And Warm And Hot
North Africa
Blow My Mind
Reflections Of Sun Ra
Images Of Sun Ra
Homage To Sun Ra