The American trumpeter played with many of the greatest jazz legends.Legendary trumpet player Chris Griffin has died at the age of 89. He was born in Binghamton, NY in 1915 and soon took to the trumpet, going on to play with some of the biggest names in jazz.
At the age of seventeen, Griffin recorded with Charlie Barnett, Billie Holliday, Mildred Bailey, Eddie Sauter, and Toots Camarata. In 1937 he joined The Benny Goodman Band and played the Carnegie Hall in New York in 1938.
Griffin met a young singer, Helen O'Brian, from the Tommy Dorsey Band and in 1938 left The Benny Goodman band to start a family. He went on to join the staff orchestra of CBS where he became the lead trumpeter. He performed on many radio shows such as The Lucky Strike Hit Parade, The Phillip Morris Show and The Camel Caravan.
