James P. Johnson

James P. Johnson

James P. JohnsonJames P. Johnson (born James Price Johnson, also known as Jimmy Johnson; February 1, 1894 – November 17, 1955) was an American pianist and composer. A pioneer of the stride style of jazz piano, he was one of the most important pianists who bridged the ragtime and jazz eras, and, with Jelly Roll Morton, one of the two most important catalysts in the evolution of ragtime piano into jazz. As such, he was a model for Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and Fats Waller.

Johnson composed many hit tunes including the theme song of the Roaring Twenties, "Charleston" and "If I Could be With You One Hour Tonight" and remained the acknowledged king of New York jazz pianists through most of the 1930s. Johnson's artistry, his significance in the subsequent development of jazz piano, and his large contribution to American musical theatre, are often overlooked, and as such, he has been referred to by Reed College musicologist David Schiff, as "The Invisible Pianist".

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Piano solos cchucho39 (429)
3739d ago
44 Piano Original
The Down Home blues cchucho39 (429)
3759d ago
7 Piano Transcription
You Can't Lose A Broken Heart harry323 (4)
3763d ago
24 Piano Transcription
Fascination harry323 (4)
3763d ago
7 Piano Transcription
YOU'VE GOT TO BE MODERNISTIC cchucho39 (429)
3809d ago
11 Piano Transcription
Snowy Mornin' blues cchucho39 (429)
3809d ago
5 Piano Transcription
RIFFS cchucho39 (429)
3809d ago
9 Piano Transcription
MULE WALK STOMP cchucho39 (429)
3809d ago
7 Piano Transcription
harlem strut cchucho39 (429)
3809d ago
6 Piano Transcription
Carolina Shout cchucho39 (429)
3814d ago
16 Piano Transcription
Bleeding Hearted Blues keytoddler (6)
3993d ago
15 Piano Transcription
Carolina Shout mconklin23 (1)
4901d ago
6 Piano Original
harlem strut sharkie (19)
4913d ago
4 Piano Transcription
Caprice Rag udjtru (2)
4959d ago
5 Piano Original
down Home Blues romanx (35)
4975d ago
7 Piano Transcription
Caprice Rag drevt (8)
4995d ago
5 Piano Transcription
The Dream bmike (5)
5000d ago
6 Piano Original
Steeplechase Rad RsHRsH (1)
5043d ago
10 Piano Transcription
Harlem Strut drogadicto (1)
5079d ago
6 Piano Original
The Charleston (swing) JirkaNOV45 (27)
5080d ago
10 Piano Original