JUMPIN' WITH PETE JOHNSON - 1955 10" NR MINT LONDON LP
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JUMPIN WITH PETE JOHNSON – 1955 10” LP LONDON AL 3549
It is a real joy to be able to offer for sale here such rarity in such stunning condition.
Sleeve Condition: The front bottom corner of the laminate has begun to peel. Otherwise the sleeve is in Near Mint condition.
Record Condition: Wonderful! NO centring marks and I really can’t find any evidence of this being played. As close to Near Mint as can be found. Plays beautifully! An absolutely top grade, copy.
Pete Johnson was one of the three great boogie-woogie pianists (along with Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis) whose sudden prominence in the late '30s helped make the style very popular. Originally a drummer, Johnson switched to piano in 1922. He was part of the Kansas City scene in the 1920s and '30s, often accompanying singer Big Joe Turner.
Producer John Hammond discovered him in 1936 and got him to play at the Famous Door in New York. After taking part in Hammond's 1938 Spirituals to Swing Carnegie Hall concert in 1938, Johnson started recording regularly and appeared on an occasional basis with Ammons and Lewis as the Boogie Woogie Trio. He also backed Turner on some classic records. Johnson recorded often in the 1940s and spent much of 1947-1949 based in Los Angeles.
He moved to Buffalo in 1950 and, other than an appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, he was in obscurity for much of the decade. A stroke later in 1958 left him partly paralyzed. This 1955 recording catches him at the absolute peak of his powers.
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