Johnny Griffith
piano (Motown)
Detroit pianist at Motown; Barry names him among the Motown musicians who learned from him in Detroit.
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What Barry says
Listing the people who learned from him in Detroit, among them Joe Henderson, Yusef Lateef and Kirk Lightsey, Barry turns to Motown: its bassist, James Jamerson, was his student in Detroit, and its pianist, Johnny Griffith, picked up some things from him.
Right after naming Griffith, he says he should have brought a yearbook page which, he recalls, said most Detroit musicians came through him and that he taught them more than music; asked what else, he says life.
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In his own words
The people at Motown – the bass player at Motown, James Jamerson studied with me in Detroit, you know. The pianist learned some things with me, Griffith, Johnny Griffith.
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In the interviews and notes
Naming the Detroit musicians who learned from him, Barry says that of the Motown players the bassist James Jamerson studied with him and the pianist Johnny Griffith learned some things from him.