Paul Griffin (musician)




Paul Griffin (August 6, 1937 – June 14, 2000) was an American pianist and session musician who recorded with hundreds of musicians from the 1950s to the 1990s.


Born in Harlem, New York, he began as the touring pianist in the backing band for King Curtis and eventually worked with Bob Dylan, Steely Dan, Don McLean, the Isley Brothers, Van Morrison, the Shirelles, and Dionne Warwick. He may be best known for playing on the albums Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, and Aja. He is extensively featured playing a virtuoso performance of gospel piano on Don McLean's single, "American Pie" [1]


He was an arranger for The Warriors (1979) and Four Friends (1981) and performed in On Location: Robert Klein at Yale (1982) and on the soundtrack for Blue Sunshine (1976). Griffin died at age 62 at his home in New York.[2]



Recordings





  • B. J. Thomas
    • Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head



  • Bob Dylan


    • Like a Rolling Stone (Gospel Piano)


    • Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Tack Piano)


    • Queen Jane Approximately (Piano)


    • Positively Fourth Street (Piano)


    • Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence (Piano)


    • Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Piano)


    • One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Piano)


    • It Takes a Lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to Cry (Piano)




  • The Isley Brothers
    • Twist And Shout



  • Chuck Jackson
    • Any Day Now



  • Dionne Warwick
    • Walk On By



  • George Benson

    • Goodies (Verve, 1968)



  • Hank Crawford

    • Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Atlantic, 1969)



  • John Denver

    • Rhymes & Reasons

    • The Eagle And The Hawk




  • Richard Davis

    • Dealin' (Muse, 1973)



  • Dizzy Gillespie


    • It's My Way (Solid State, 1969)


    • Cornucopia (Solid State, 1969)




  • Bobbi Humphrey

    • Dig This! (Blue Note, 1972)



  • Herbie Mann


    • Latin Fever (Atlantic, 1964)


    • Glory of Love (CTI, 1967)




  • Brother Jack McDuff

    • Who Knows What Tomorrow's Gonna Bring? (Blue Note, 1970)



  • Jimmy McGriff

    • Tailgunner (LRC, 1977)



  • Don McLean

    • American Pie (1971)



  • David Newman

    • The Many Facets of David Newman (Atlantic, 1969)



  • Laura Nyro

    • Eli's Comin' (1968)



  • Houston Person

    • Houston Express (Prestige, 1970)



  • Bernard Purdie

    • Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Flying Dutchman, 1972)



  • Marlena Shaw

    • Marlena (Blue Note, 1972)



  • Paul Simon

    • Tenderness, from the There Goes Rhymin' Simon album and the B side of the "Kodachrome" single



  • Peter, Paul and Mary

    • Weep for Jamie (Pump organ)



  • The Shirelles
    • "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"



  • Steely Dan

    • "The Fez" (co-author, electric piano, The Royal Scam, 1976)

    • Sign in Stranger" (The Royal Scam, 1976)


    • Peg (electric piano, Aja, 1977)




  • Sonny Stitt


    • Little Green Apples (Solid State, 1969)


    • Come Hither (Solid State, 1969)




  • Stanley Turrentine


    • The Man with the Sad Face (Fantasy, 1976)


    • Nightwings (Fantasy, 1977)




  • Cal Tjader

    • Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof (Verve, 1965)



  • Charles Williams

    • Stickball (Mainstream, 1972)



  • Kai Winding


    • Soul Surfin' (Verve, 1963)


    • The In Instrumentals (Verve, 1965)


    • More Brass (Verve, 1966)




  • Jimmy Witherspoon

    • Blues Around the Clock (Prestige, 1963)





References




  1. ^ Hasted, Nick. "The Making Of… Don McLean's "American Pie". uncut.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Singer, Jonathan. "Paul Griffin". steelydan.com. Retrieved 14 December 2017.



External links




  • Paul Griffin discography at Discogs


  • Paul Griffin on IMDb


  • Paul Griffin obituary in the New York Times


  • Paul Griffin letter regarding his achievements











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