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| Artist: James P. Johnson |
| Format: | CD |
Product Summary
Format: CD
Manufacturer: Koch International Distributio
Buy.com Sku: 60514736
UPC: 743625535525
UPC 14: 00743625535525
Release Date: 8/8/2000
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. Carolina Shout - (with Eddie Dougherty) ~ James P. Johnson
2. Harlem Strut, The - (solo) ~ James P. Johnson
3. Back Water Blues - (with Bessie Smith) ~ James P. Johnson
4. Snowy Morning Blues - (solo) ~ James P. Johnson
5. Chicago Blues ~ James P. Johnson
6. My Handy Man - (with Ethel Waters) ~ James P. Johnson
7. Riffs - (solo) ~ James P. Johnson
8. You've Got To Be Modernistic - (solo) ~ James P. Johnson
9. How Could I Be Blue? - (with Clarence Williams) ~ James P. Johnson
10. Dinah - (with Pee Wee Russell & His Rhythm Makers) ~ James P. Johnson
11. Mule Walk, The - (solo) ~ James P. Johnson
12. Old-Fashioned Love - (with James P. Johnson & His Orchestra) ~ James P. Johnson
13. Boogie Woogie Stride - (solo) ~ James P. Johnson
14. Blues At Blue Note ~ James P. Johnson
15. Caprice Rag - (solo) ~ James P. Johnson
16. After You've Gone - (with James P. Johnson & His Blue Note Jazzmen) ~ James P. Johnson
17. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter - (solo) ~ James P. Johnson
18. Dream, The (Slow Drag) - (with James P. Johnson & His Orchestra) ~ James P. Johnson
19. Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid, A - (with Eddie Dougherty) ~ James P. Johnson
20. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight - (with Eddie Dougherty) ~ James P. Johnson
21. Lorenzo's Blues - (with Omer Simeon & His Trio) ~ James P. Johnson
22. Harlem Hotcha - (with Omer Simeon & His Trio) ~ James P. Johnson
23. Liza - (solo) ~ James P. Johnson
24. Charleston - (with The "This Is Jazz" All-Stars) ~ James P. Johnson
25. September Song - (with Sidney Bechet & His Seven) ~ James P. Johnson
Album Notes and Credits
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Personnel includes: James P. Johnson (piano); Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters (vocals); Sidney Bechet (soprano saxophone, clarinet); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Cootie Williams, Red Allen, Sidney De Paris, Frankie Newton (trumpet); Mugsy Spanier (cornet); Dicky Wells, J.C. Higginbotham, Vic Dickenson, George Brunies, Wilbur De Paris (trombone); Pee Wee Russell, Edmond Hall, Omer Simeon, Albert Nicholas, Buster Bailey (clarinet); Fats Waller, Clarence Williams (piano); Freddie Green, Al Casey, Danny Barker (guitar); Wellman Braud, Pops Foster, Israel Crosby, John Simmons, Walter Page (bass); Eddie Dougherty, Zutty Singleton, Sid Catlett, Baby Dodds, George Wettling (drums). |
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Recorded in New York, New York between 1921 and 1949. Includes liner notes by Vic Bellerby. |
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Digitally remastered by Martin Haskell and Tim Debney. |
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Personnel: James P. Johnson (piano); Ethel Waters, Perry Bradford, Bessie Smith (vocals); Danny Barker , Freddie Green, Eugene Fields, Jimmy Shirley (guitar); Charlie Holmes (clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Sidney Bechet (clarinet, soprano saxophone); Albert Nicholas, Omer Simeon, Pee Wee Russell, Buster Bailey (clarinet); Gene Sedric, Al Gold, Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Cootie Williams, Frankie Newton, Albert Snaer, Max Kaminsky, Sidney DeParis (trumpet); Muggsy Spanier (cornet); Dicky Wells, George Brunies, J.C. Higginbotham, Vic Dickenson (trombone); Clarence Williams, Fats Waller (piano); Eddie Dougherty, George Wettling, Big Sid Catlett, Baby Dodds, Zutty Singleton (drums). |
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Audio Remasterer: Martin Haskell. |
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Liner Note Author: Vic Bellerby. |
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Recording information: New York, NY (08/??/1921-01/31/1949). |
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Sometimes the Living Era label sews together a compilation that serves as the perfect tribute to a great artist. This is certainly the case with Carolina Shout, a portrait of composer, bandleader, and primal jazz pianist James P. Johnson. In addition to nine of his finest solo piano recordings, there are duets with Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Clarence Williams, and drummer Eddie Dougherty; a trio date with clarinetist Omer Simeon and bassist Pops Foster; and a pair of ensemble sessions led by clarinetists Edmond Hall and Pee Wee Russell. Four different bands led by Johnson are featured here: a funky little group from 1928 starring Cootie Williams and Fats Waller; a marvelous septet assembled in 1939 with a front line of Henry "Red" Allen, J.C. Higginbotham, and Eugene Sedric; one of Johnson's Blue Note Jazzmen bands with Sidney DeParis, Vic Dickenson, Ben Webster, and Big Sid Catlett; and Johnson's 1944 "New York Orchestra" with Frankie Newton and Al Casey, gently navigating the strains of a slow drag entitled "The Dream." This album closes with an uncommon all-star ramble through Johnson's famous "Charleston" and a lovely interpretation of Kurt Weill's "September Song" rendered by Sidney Bechet & His Seven. Recorded in 1949, this comes from one of the very last recording sessions that James P. Johnson ever participated in. ~ arwulf arwulf |
Producer: Vic Bellerby; Ray Crick |
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Musical Guests | |
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Bessie Smith |
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Ben Webster |
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Sidney Bechet |
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Cootie Williams |
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Fats Waller |
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Wilbur DeParis |
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Ethel Waters |
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Baby Dodds |
Artist Overview
Active throughout the 1920s and '30s, the sophisticated and influential musician James P. Johnson synthesized many strands of black music--ragtime, blues, popular and sacred song--with his own original stride piano style. Though his young protege Fats Waller went on to popularize stride, Johnson was the masterly father of the style. The majority of his more ambitious works for symphony orchestra have been lost to history, due to the complete lack of respect shown black composers by the classical music world at the time.
Artist Contemporaries
Albert Ammons | Barbara Sutton-Curtis | Bessie Smith | Bunk Johnson | Clarence Profit | Clarence Williams' Blue Five | Cootie Williams | Dick Hyman | Dick Wellstood | Donald Lambert | Duke Ellington | Ethel Waters | Fats Waller | Herman Chittison | Jack Teagarden | James Scott (Composer) | Jelly Roll Morton | Joe Robichaux | Joe Sullivan | Little Brother Montgomery | Meade "Lux" Lewis | Pete Johnson (Piano) | Ralph Sutton (Piano) | Sidney Bechet | Willie "The Lion" Smith
Albert Ammons | Barbara Sutton-Curtis | Bessie Smith | Bunk Johnson | Clarence Profit | Clarence Williams' Blue Five | Cootie Williams | Dick Hyman | Dick Wellstood | Donald Lambert | Duke Ellington | Ethel Waters | Fats Waller | Herman Chittison | Jack Teagarden | James Scott (Composer) | Jelly Roll Morton | Joe Robichaux | Joe Sullivan | Little Brother Montgomery | Meade "Lux" Lewis | Pete Johnson (Piano) | Ralph Sutton (Piano) | Sidney Bechet | Willie "The Lion" Smith
Artist Followers
Art Tatum | Count Basie | Cyrus Chestnut | Dick Hyman | Duke Ellington | Earl Hines | Erroll Garner | Fats Waller | Jaki Byard | Marcus Roberts | Muhal Richard Abrams | Thelonious Monk | Willie "The Lion" Smith
Art Tatum | Count Basie | Cyrus Chestnut | Dick Hyman | Duke Ellington | Earl Hines | Erroll Garner | Fats Waller | Jaki Byard | Marcus Roberts | Muhal Richard Abrams | Thelonious Monk | Willie "The Lion" Smith
Compilation Appearances
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Ken Burns Jazz-Story Of America |
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Complete Recorded Works Vol 1 |
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Jazz:smithsonian Anthology |
Associated Artists and Works
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Hines, Earl |
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Werner, Kenny |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 08/22/2000 |
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Original Release Date : 2000 |
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Catalog ID : 5355 |
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Label : ASV/Living Era |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Mono |
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SPAR Code : ADD |
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UPC : 00743625535525 |
