Saturday 26 July 2008

May spirits build nests in his beard



'I like to play fast. I get excited, and I have to sort of control myself, restrain myself. But when the rhythm section gets cooking, I want to 'explode'. --- Johnny Griffin - April 24 1948 - July 24 2008

"Unquestionably Johnny Griffin can play the tenor saxophone faster, literally, than anyone else alive. At least he can claim this until it's demonstrated otherwise. And in the course of playing with this incredible speed, he also manages to blow longer without refueling than you would ordinarily consider possible. With this equipment he is able to play almost all there could possibly be played in any given chorus." - Ralph Gleason

Tuesday 1 July 2008

Snowdonia



Saturday morning
Climbing through Snowdon in a gust of fine rain
down from devil's kitchen
picking up crytstals
on the shores of Llyn Idwal