Dick Griffin
James Richard "Dick" Griffin is an American jazz trombonist known for his work on Strata-East Records, and with Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
As a child he studied piano, soon switching to trombone.
After earning his Bachelor's degree in 1963, Griffin began teaching high school while working on his Master's. Griffin is most known for his technique of circular phonics, combining multiphonics with circular breathing. He taught music theory and the history of jazz at Wesleyan University. Later in life, Griffin became an accomplished painter, with showings in New York City and Europe.
A 1995 CD release, The Eight Wonder & More features that album as well as most of the Now is the Time album.Discography
As leader
With Abdullah Ibrahim
- Ekaya
- Water from an Ancient Well
- The Mountain
With Roland Kirk
- The Inflated Tear
- Volunteered Slavery
- Left & Right
- Rahsaan Rahsaan
- Blacknuss
- Prepare Thyself to Deal with a Miracle
With others
- Muhal Richard Abrams, The Hearinga Suite
- Roy Ayers, Fever
- Billy Bang, Da Bang!
- Harry Belafonte, Paradise in Gazankulu
- George Benson, Body Talk
- Brook Benton, This Is Brook Benton
- Solomon Burke, Back to My Roots
- Gloria Coleman, Sings and Swings Organ
- Stanley Cowell, Setup
- Hank Crawford, Midnight Ramble
- Joey DeFrancesco, Where Were You?
- Bill Dixon, 17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur
- Charles Earland, Intensity
- Charles Earland, Charles III
- Frank Foster, The Loud Minority
- Lionel Hampton, 90th Birthday Celebration
- Billy Harper, Capra Black
- Chuck Jackson, Needing You, Wanting You
- Sam Jones, Something New
- Les McCann, Comment
- Jack McDuff, Who Knows What Tomorrow's Gonna Bring?
- William Parker, Spontaneous
- Charlie Persip, Charlie Persip and Gerry Lafurn's 17-Piece Superband
- Charlie Persip, Charlie Persip & Superband
- Esther Phillips, From a Whisper to a Scream
- Sun Ra, What Planet Is This?
- Sun Ra, Strange Worlds in My Mind
- Sam Rivers, Jazzbuhne Berlin '82
- Hilton Ruiz, El Camino
- Hilton Ruiz, Strut
- Archie Shepp, Attica Blues Big Band Live at the Palais Des Glaces
- Johnny "Hammond" Smith, The Prophet
- Leon Thomas, Blues and the Soulful Truth
- Charles Tolliver, Music Inc.
- McCoy Tyner, Song of the New World
- McCoy Tyner, Inner Voices
- Bobby Watson, Estimated Time of Arrival
