{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = NYC Underground | type = Live album | artist = [[Johnny Griffin]] | cover = NYC Underground.jpg | alt = | released = 1981 | recorded = July 6–7, 1979 | venue = [[Village Vanguard]], NYC | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = | label = [[Galaxy Records|Galaxy]]<br />{{small|GXY-5132}} | producer = Johnny Griffin, [[Orrin Keepnews]] | chronology = [[Johnny Griffin]] | prev_title = [[Bush Dance (album)|Bush Dance]] | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = [[To the Ladies (album)|To the Ladies]] | next_year = 1978 }}
'''''NYC Underground''''' is a live album by saxophonist [[Johnny Griffin]] which was recorded at the [[Village Vanguard]] in 1979 and released on the [[Galaxy Records|Galaxy]] label in 1981.<ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Galaxy.htm Jazzlists: Galaxy 5100 series discography] accessed October 13, 2017</ref><ref>[https://www.jazzdisco.org/fantasy-records/galaxy-records-catalog-5100-series/#gxy-5132 Galaxy Records catalog], accessed October 13, 2017</ref><ref>[https://www.jazzdisco.org/johnny-griffin/catalog/#galaxy-gxy-5132 Johnny Griffin catalog], accessed October 13, 2017</ref><ref>[http://www.bsnpubs.com/fantasy/galaxy/galaxy.html Both Sides Now: Galaxy Album Discography], accessed October 13, 2017</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic" /> }} The [[AllMusic]] review by [[Scott Yanow]] stated: "This Johnny Griffin quartet session, recorded live at the Village Vanguard, finds the distinctive tenor in generally exciting form".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000877173 |title= Johnny Griffin: ''NYC Underground'' – Review |accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
==Track listing== ''All compositions by Johnny Griffin, except where indicated.'' # "[[Yours Is My Heart Alone]]" ([[Franz Lehár]]) – 7:33 # ''A Few Words from Johnny Griffin...'' – 0:35 # "Alone Again" – 11:32 # "Let Me Touch It" – 9:08 # "[[Sophisticated Lady]]" ([[Duke Ellington]], [[Mitchell Parish]], [[Irving Mills]]) – 6:20 # "[[Rhythm-a-Ning]]" ([[Thelonious Monk]]) – 4:11
==Personnel== *[[Johnny Griffin]] – [[tenor saxophone]] *[[Ronnie Mathews]] – [[piano]] *[[Ray Drummond]] – [[double bass|bass]] *[[Idris Muhammad]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Johnny Griffin}}
[[Category:Galaxy Records live albums]] [[Category:Johnny Griffin live albums]] [[Category:1981 live albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews]] [[Category:Albums recorded at the Village Vanguard]]