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Biography. One of the great jazz pianists of all time, James P. Johnson was the king of stride pianists in the 1920s. He began working in New York clubs as early as 1913 and was quickly recognized as the pacesetter. In 1917, Johnson began making piano rolls. Duke Ellington learned from these (by slowing them down to half-speed), and a few years ...
Composer and pianist James Price Johnson, the father of stride piano, was born on February 1, 1891 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He attended New York public schools and received private piano study. His professional debut as a pianist came in 1904. In the early 1910’s, Johnson worked as a pianist in summer resorts, theatres, films and ...
These pianists would elaborate highly personal styles of playing and composing, while maintaining strong roots in the stride style. James P. Johnson was a sensitive accompanist; Johnson often recorded with Bessie Smith, and was reportedly her favorite pianist. Beginning in the 1930s, Johnson was intermittently incapacitated by several strokes.
James P. Johnson. Celebrated and influential jazz pianist who was a master of the stride style in the 1920s and '30s. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1910s - 1950s. Born. February 1, 1894 in New Brunswick, NJ. Died.
8. Jan. 2016 · James P. Johnson (front) in the mid- to late 1940s. Many decades after James P. Johnson's death, his influence remains embedded in the playing of most jazz pianists. The early-20th-century ...
1. Aug. 2001 · James P. Johnson was sometimes called the "perfecter" of stride piano, the difficult piano form where the left hand "strides" up and down between bass notes and chords, while the right hand plays ...
James P. Johnson (1894-1955) pioneered the stride style of jazz piano and composed the Charleston, considered the anthem of the 1920s. The New Brunswick Jazz...
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