White Gardenia is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin with brass and strings which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Riverside label.
Richard Cook and Brian Morton wrote in their Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD: "A delightful, smoothly orchestrated tribute to Lady Day that manages to be more than just pastiche" with the strings serving "mainly for depth of focus and harmony, rather than as emotional treacle.
"[3] The AllMusic site review by Scott Yanow stated the arrangements were "tasteful, and the lyrical music is well-performed, if not overly memorable.
[4] A review of White Gardenia in DownBeat from March 1962 indicates that the album was in fact released not until about that time.
[6] White Gardenia was later reissued on CD as part of the Original Jazz Classics series on OJCCD 1877-2.