Music fans in Dayton may know Erik Greiffenhagen as the longtime clarinet and saxophone player with Dave Greer’s Classic Jazz Stompers. But when he’s not performing 1920s New Orleans jazz in that band, he might be heard evoking the 1950s West Coast sound with his own group.

On Friday, Greiffenhagen will lead a jazz quartet at Seasons Bistro in Springfield. “We’ll be playing standards that everybody knows, but done in a West Coast style,” he said. Appearing with him will be James Smith (guitar), Mike Teckenbrock (flugelhorn) and Christian Berg (bass).

Greiffenhagen studied jazz at Central State University, where Smith is a member of the music faculty. “I learned a fair bit from him,” Greiffenhagen said. “He’s a great support player, and he also inspires me to play differently than I would in Greer’s group.”

Although Greiffenhagen is capable of being the lone horn soloist in a jazz combo, he prefers to work alongside a collaborator like Teckenbrock.

“He has a beautiful tone on the flugelhorn, and it’s just what I was looking for in terms of another voice,” said Greiffenhagen. “When you get somebody to bounce off of, that’s when things really start coming together.”

Friday’s show is in preparation for an upcoming recording date with the same musicians, with the addition of drummer James Leslie. Greiffenhagen has released two CDs already, “For All We Know” (2010) and “You Go to My Head” (2011).

There’s nothing rushed or frantic on these discs, only a cool and confident sound reminiscent of West Coast icons like Paul Desmond and Stan Getz. Greiffenhagen’s alto sax sings duets with Smith’s mellow guitar, as Leslie’s chattering drums and Berg’s bouncing bass keep rhythm.

“I’m still selecting tunes (for the new record), but it’s going to run the gamut from late swing up through modern standards,” Greiffenhagen said. He intends for the six-hour recording session to be as spontaneous as a live stage show.

“I’ll take a small pile of things I want to do and see how the guys feel about them, and we’ll hammer it out in the studio,” he said.