Chris Griffin (musician)

Gordon Claude "Chris" Griffin[1] (October 31, 1915 – June 18, 2005) was an American jazz trumpeter.

[2] He appeared in several movies as a member of Goodman's ensemble, such as The Big Broadcast of 1937 and Hollywood Hotel, and was the last surviving member of Goodman's band to perform in the first major jazz event at Carnegie Hall which was recorded and later released as The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert.

In 1940 he played with Jimmy Dorsey and occasionally returned to Goodman's band in the 1940s and 1950s, but primarily worked on staff at CBS from the late 1930s onward.

[3][4] Griffin and Pee Wee Erwin co-founded a trumpet education school which operated from 1966 to 1970,[2] and toured with Warren Covington in Europe in 1974.

In the 1980s he led an ensemble of his own which included sidemen such as Marty Napoleon, Sonny Igoe, Jane Jarvis, and Major Holley.