78 JIMMY JOHNSON - GO HARLEM US COL 2448D Ex
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A REALLY EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS GREAT 1931 ORIGINAL MEGA- RARITY BY JIMMY JOHNSON'S ORCHESTRA !!
James P. Johnson was an important transitional figure between ragtime and jazz piano styles. His style became known as Stride. As a boy, Johnson studied Classical music and Ragtime. He started playing professionally in a sporting house, and then progressed to rent parties, bars and vaudeville. He eventually became known as the best piano player on the East Coast and was widely utilized as an accompanist on over 400 recordings and from 1916 on, produced hundreds of piano rolls under his own name. He backed up many of the Classic Blues singers of the 1920s, such as Ida Cox, Ethel Waters and Bessie Smith. Johnson's 1921 recording of Carolina Shout is considered to be the first recorded Jazz piano solo by some critics, although it sounds a lot like Ragtime to this listener's ears. He wrote several musical revues, including "Running Wild" and "Plantation Days" and his 1928 collaboration with his former piano student Fats Waller, "Keep Shufflin'". His song Charleston from "Running Wild" was one of the best known and most widely recorded songs of 1920s.
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DISC DETAILS: COLUMBIA 2448-D condition Rated Ex
A SIDE:- GO HARLEM (Razaf & Johnson) 151457 - 2-c
B SIDE:- JUST A CRAZY SONG (HI-HI-HI) (Smith & Williams) 151460 - 3-c
BAND FEATURES- Andy Razaf - vocals, Teddy Hill - sax, Charlie Holmes - clarinet & James P Johnson- piano plus trumpets and guitar
recorded New York March 25th 1931
FANTASTIC ORIGINAL JAZZ RARITY
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