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James P. Johnson

American pianist and composer

James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 – November 17, 1955) was an American pianist and composer. A pioneer of stride piano, he was one of the most important pianists in the early era of recording, and like Jelly Roll Morton, one of the key figures in the evolution of ragtime into what was eventually called jazz. Johnson was a major influence on Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, and Fats Waller, who was his student. According to Hound Dog the 2009 biography of the song-writing partnership between Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber James P. Johnson also gave lessons to Stoller.

Johnson composed many hit songs, including the unofficial anthem of the Roaring Twenties, "The Charleston", and he remained the acknowledged king of New York jazz pianists through most of the 1930s. Johnson's artistry, influence on early popular music, and contributions to musical theatre are often overlooked, and as such, he has been referred to by musicologist David Schiff as "The Invisible Pianist".

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Works

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  • A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid
  • A-Flat Dream
  • American Symphonic Suite
  • American Symphonic Suite: I. Lament
  • Blue Note Boogie
  • Blueberry Rhyme
  • Carolina Shout
  • Charleston
  • Chicago Stomp Down
  • Concerto Jazz A Mine
  • Concerto Jazz A Mine: I. Allegro
  • Concerto Jazz A Mine: II. Adagio
  • Daintiness Rag
  • De Organizer
  • Don't Cry Now
  • Drums
  • Du und i
  • Eccentricity Waltz
  • Fascination
  • Harlem Strut
  • Harlem Symphony
  • Harlem Symphony: I. Subway Journey
  • Harlem Symphony: II. April in Harlem
  • Harlem Symphony: III. Night Club
  • Harlem Symphony: IV. Baptist Mission
  • I'm an Occidental Woman in an Oriental Mood for Love
  • If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
  • Jazzamine Concerto
  • Keep Off the Grass
  • Lonesome Reverie
  • Mister Deep Blue Sea
  • My Sweet Hunk o’ Trash
  • Old Fashioned Love
  • Snowy Morning Blues
  • The Dreamy Kid
  • The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts): Dey won't wait down dere much longer (Dreamy, Irene, Mammy)
  • The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts): Does yo' know I gives you dat name w'en yo's des a baby (Mammy, Dreamy)
  • The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts): Dreamy? - Close dat door! (Irene, Dreamy, Mammy)
  • The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts): I knows! I knows! Hit ain't long now (Mammy, Dreamy, Ceely Ann)
  • The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts): Just like a sunlit heaven needs a cloud (Irene, Mammy, Ceely Ann)
  • The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts): Oh good Lawd (Ceely Ann, Irene)
  • Victory Stride
  • Yamekraw
  • You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart
  • You've Got to Be Modernistic