Dan Grissom

Here is a vocalist whose reputation is less than sterling, although it should be stressed that audiences found his work enjoyable at the time it was originally released. Dan Grissom is best-known as a vocalist with the Jimmie Lunceford band, but also sang with Duke Ellington for a half-dozen years and released an occasional single under his own name on labels such as Imperial. Much more impressive from the discographical perspective would be his Lunceford tenure, but a sensitive Grissom might want to hide behind this imposing tower of sides in order to dodge the bad reactions ...