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James P. Johnson (01 Feb 1894 - 17 Nov 1955)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (27)

Official

Album

  1. Fats Waller Favorites 1946
  2. Yamekraw 1962
  3. New York Jazz 1963
  4. Snowy Morning Blues 08 Oct 1991
  5. Runnin' Wild (1921-1926) 1997

Album - Compilation

  1. 1917-21 1970
  2. Giants of Jazz 1981
  3. Ain'tcha Got Music 1986
  4. James P. Johnson 1928-31 1986
  5. Carolina Shout 1988
  6. The Dean 1991
  7. The Chronological Classics: James P. Johnson 1921-1928 1992
  8. The Chronological Classics: James P. Johnson 1928-1938 1992
  9. The Chronological Classics: James P. Johnson 1938-1942 1993
  10. The Chronological Classics: James P. Johnson 1943-1944 1995
  11. The Chronological Classics: James P. Johnson 1944 1995
  12. The Chronological Classics: James P. Johnson 1944, Volume 2 1995
  13. The Original James P. Johnson 1942 - 1945 Piano Solos 24 Sep 1996
  14. His Best Recordings 1921 - 1944 1996
  15. Harlem Stride Piano: 1921-1929 21 Oct 1997
  16. King of Stride Piano 1997
  17. The Chronological Classics: James P. Johnson 1944–1945 1998
  18. The Chronological Classics: James P. Johnson 1945-1947 1999
  19. Carolina Shout 2000
  20. Parlor Piano Solos 2008

Single

  1. Keep Off the Grass / Carolina Shout 1922
  2. Bleeding Hearted Blues / You Can’t Do What My Last Man Did 15 Sep 1923

Relationships (12)

Students

  1. Fats Waller

Artistic Director For

  1. James P. Johnson's New York Orchestra

Member Of

  1. Johnson's Jazzers
  2. The Gulf Coast Seven piano
  3. James P. Johnson’s Blue Note Jazzmen eponymous
  4. Jimmy Johnson's Jazz Boys
  5. James P. Johnson's Harmony Eight
  6. James P. Johnson & His Orchestra eponymous
  7. Perry Bradford’s Jazz Phools
  8. Jimmy Johnson and His Band
  9. Louisiana Sugar Babes
  10. Bechet-Mezzrow Feetwarmers piano

Recordings by (209)

  1. The Harlem Strut 2:42 (1921)
  2. Keep Off the Grass ?:?? (1922)
  3. Carolina Shout 2:44 (1922)
  4. Bleeding Hearted Blues ?:?? (15 Sep 1923) 1923-07-25, mx. 28197-6
  5. You Can’t Do What My Last Man Did ?:?? (15 Sep 1923) 1923-07-25, mx. 28196-4
  6. Honeysuckle Rose ?:?? (1946)
  7. I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling ?:?? (1946)
  8. Ain't Misbehavin' (I'm Savin' My Love for You) ?:?? (1946)
  9. Keepin' Out of Mischief Now ?:?? (1946)
  10. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter ?:?? (1946)
  11. My Fate Is in Your Hands ?:?? (1946)
  12. Squeeze Me ?:?? (1946)
  13. Blue, Turning Grey Over You ?:?? (1946)
  14. Roumania ?:?? (1950)
  15. Blue Moods 1 ?:?? (1958)
  16. Blue Moods 2 ?:?? (1958)
  17. Blue Moods, Sex ?:?? (1958)
  18. Yamekraw: A Negro Rhapsody ?:?? (1962)
  19. The Documentation: Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches ?:?? (1962)
  20. The Documentation: Georgia’s Always on My Mind ?:?? (1962)
  21. The Documentation: That Thing Called Love ?:?? (1962)
  22. The Documentation: Shim‐Me King’s Blues ?:?? (1962)
  23. Hot Harlem ?:?? (1963)
  24. The Dream ?:?? (1963)
  25. Euphonic Sounds ?:?? (1963)
  26. Four o ` Clock Groove ?:?? (1963)
  27. Hesitation Blues ?:?? (1963)
  28. The Boogie Dream ?:?? (1963)
  29. Carolina Shout- Fox Trot 3:02 (1970)
  30. Eccentricity- Syncopated Waltz 3:54 (1970)
  31. Don't Tell Your Monkey Man (Monkey Man Blues)- Fox Trot 4:21 (1970)
  32. It Takes Love to Cure the Heart's Disease- Fox Trot 3:48 (1970)
  33. Loveless Love (A Blues' Ballad)- Fox Trot 4:17 (1970)
  34. Doctor Jazzes Raz-Ma-Taz- One Step 4:17 (1970)
  35. Roumania- Fox Trot 4:05 (1970)
  36. If You've Never Been Vamped by a Brown Skin, You've Never Been Vamped at All- Fox Trot and One Step 4:41 (1970)
  37. Arkansas Blues (A Down Home Chant)- Fox Trot 4:37 (1970)
  38. Cry Baby Blues- Fox Trot 4:05 (1970)
  39. All That I Had Is Gone 2:47 (1981)
  40. Snowy Morning Blues ?:?? (1981)
  41. Riffs ?:?? (1981)
  42. What Is This Thing Called Love? ?:?? (1981)
  43. You've Got to Be Modernistic 3:11 (1981)
  44. Jingles ?:?? (1981)
  45. If Dreams Come True ?:?? (1981)
  46. Blueberry Rhyme ?:?? (1981)
  47. Carolina Balmoral ?:?? (1981)
  48. Mule Walk Stomp ?:?? (1981)
  49. Arkansaw Blues ?:?? (1981)
  50. If I Could Be With You ?:?? (1981)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Keep Off the Grass ?:?? James P. Johnson (1922) piano
  2. Carolina Shout 2:44 James P. Johnson (1922) piano
  3. Persian Rug 3:34 Louisiana Sugar Babes (28 May 1928) piano
  4. Thou Swell 3:01 Louisiana Sugar Babes (28 May 1928) piano
  5. Willow Tree 3:25 Louisiana Sugar Babes (Jun 1928) piano
  6. ’Sippi 3:13 Louisiana Sugar Babes (Jun 1928) piano
  7. You Don’t Understand 2:56 James P. Johnson & His Orchestra (Dec 1929) piano
  8. You've Got to Be Modernistic 3:04 James P. Johnson & His Orchestra (Dec 1929) piano
  9. 'Sippi 3:09 Louisiana Sugar Babes (15 May 1939) piano
  10. Minor Jive 3:07 Frankie Newton and Orchestra (1939) piano
  11. The Blues My Baby Gave to Me 3:14 Frankie Newton and Orchestra (1939) piano
  12. Who? 3:11 Frankie Newton and Orchestra (1939) piano
  13. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise 3:13 Frankie Newton and Orchestra (1939) piano
  14. Rosetta 3:02 Frankie Newton and Orchestra (1939) piano
  15. Romping (Romping at Victor) 2:35 Frankie Newton and Orchestra (1939) piano
  16. Backwater Blues 3:19 Bessie Smith and James P. Johnson (1956) piano
  17. Preachin' the Blues 2:52 Bessie Smith & Her Band (1972) piano
  18. Skiddle-De-Scow ?:?? Johnson's Jazzers (1976) piano
  19. Mournful Tho'Ts ?:?? Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra (1976) piano
  20. Put Your Mind Right on It ?:?? Jimmy Johnson and His Band (1976) piano
  21. Can I Get It Now? ?:?? Johnson's Jazzers (1976) piano
  22. Chicago Blues ?:?? Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra (1976) piano
  23. Fare Thee Honey Blues ?:?? Jimmy Johnson and His Band (1976) piano
  24. Dear Old Southland ?:?? James P. Johnson's Harmony Eight (1976) piano
  25. Bandana Days ?:?? James P. Johnson's Harmony Eight (1976) piano
  26. What's the Use of Being Alone? ?:?? Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds (1976) piano
  27. A-Flat Dream 3:10 James P. Johnson (1981) piano
  28. Backwater Blues 2:49 Ruby Smith & Jimmy Johnson & His Orchestra (1981) piano
  29. Old Fashioned Love, Carolina Shout, Ain't Misbehavin' ?:?? James P. Johnson (1986) piano
  30. I've Found a New Baby 2:53 James P. Johnson & Clarence Williams (1986) piano
  31. If Dreams Come True Solo ?:?? James P. Johnson (1986) piano
  32. Feelin' Blue 2:52 James P. Johnson (1986) piano
  33. A Porter's Love Song (To a Chambermaid) 3:24 Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra (1986) piano
  34. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby ?:?? James P. Johnson (1986) piano
  35. Over the Waves Solo ?:?? James P. Johnson (1986) piano
  36. He’s Got Me Going 3:15 Bessie Smith (1986) piano
  37. Just a Crazy Song (Hi-Hi-Hi) 3:06 Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra (1986) piano
  38. Ain'tcha Got Music Solo ?:?? James P. Johnson (1986) piano
  39. Oh, Lady Be Good ?:?? James P. Johnson (1986) piano
  40. The Joint Is Jumpin' ?:?? James P. Johnson (1986) piano
  41. Chocolate Bar Solo ?:?? James P. Johnson (1986) piano
  42. You Can't Lose a Broken Heart Solo ?:?? James P. Johnson (1986) piano
  43. Sugar Solo ?:?? James P. Johnson (1986) piano
  44. Blue Spirit Blues 3:00 Bessie Smith (1987) piano
  45. Farewell Blues 4:15 James P. Johnson (1988) piano
  46. Don't Mess With Me 2:50 James P. Johnson (1988) piano
  47. ’Sippi 3:12 Louisiana Sugar Babes (1988) piano
  48. Romping (excerpt) 1:06 Frankie Newton and Orchestra (1988) piano
  49. I Ain't Givin' Nothin' Away 2:55 James P. Johnson (1988) piano

Vocals

  1. I've Found a New Baby 2:53 James P. Johnson & Clarence Williams (1986) spoken vocals

Credited as (62)

  1. James P. Johnson
  2. Ethel Waters & James P. Johnson
  3. Clarence Williams & James P. Johnson
  4. Pee Wee, Zutty & James P. Johnson
  5. Bessie Smith & James P. Johnson
  6. Bessie Smith accompanied by James P. Johnson
  7. Sidney Bechet & James P. Johnson
  8. Langston Hughes & James P. Johnson
  9. Cecil Mack & James P. Johnson
  10. Jimmie Johnson and his Orchestra
  11. Jimmy Johnson & Clarence Williams
  12. Bessie Smith with James P. Johnson & The Bessemer Singers
  13. Jimmy Johnson and Clarence Williams
  14. Ida Cox, James P. Johnson, Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, Lester Young, Jo Jones, Freddie Green & Walter Page
  15. Bessie Smith and James P. Johnson
  16. Johnson
  17. Ida Cox with James P. Johnson, Jo Jones, Walter Page, Freddie Green, Shad Collins, Dicky Wells & Buddy Tate
  18. Count Basie & His Orchestra with Helen Humes & James P. Johnson
  19. James P. Johnson & J. Russel Robinson
  20. Cecil Mack / James P. Johnson
  21. Yung & James P. Johnson
  22. James P. Johnson & Coleman Hawkins
  23. S. Mos feat. Yung Joc & James P. Johnson
  24. James P. Johnson; The Concordia Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Leslie Stifelman
  25. James P. Johnson & Ethel Waters
  26. Bessie Smith feat. Piano: James P. Johnson
  27. James P. Johnson; William Albright
  28. Cecil Mack, James P. Johnson
  29. James P. Johnson And Katherine Handy
  30. Fats Waller, James P. Johnson & Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds
  31. Bessie Smith with James P. Johnson
  32. James P. Johnson / Fletcher Henderson
  33. Earl Hines, Pete Johnson, James P. Johnson
  34. Bessie Smith Accompanied By James P. Johnson
  35. Jimmy Johnson
  36. Ethel Waters Accompanied By James P. Johnson
  37. James P. Johnson With Clarence Williams
  38. Pee Wee, Zutty And James P.
  39. James P. Johnson & Perry Bradford , with Fats Waller
  40. Jimmy Johnson And Clarence Williams
  41. James P. Johnson - Dick Hyman
  42. Scott Joplin, James P. Johnson
  43. Pee Wee, Zutty and James P.
  44. with Bessie Smith, Johnny Lee, James P. Johnson & members of the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra with Hall Johnson Choir
  45. James Price Johnson
  46. James P. Johnson & Clarence Williams
  47. Fats Waller & James P. Johnson
  48. Fats Waller / James P. Johnson
  49. Fats Waller, James Price Johnson
  50. James P. Johnson / Fats Waller
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Works (49)

Wrote

  1. There’s No Two Ways About Love
  2. Bang Bang
  3. ’Sippi
  4. You Can't Do What My Last Man Did
  5. Don’t Cry Baby
  6. Whisper Sweet

Composed

  1. Charleston (1923)
  2. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) (1926)
  3. Harlem Symphony (1932)
  4. Harlem Symphony: I. Subway Journey (1932)
  5. Harlem Symphony: II. April in Harlem (1932)
  6. Harlem Symphony: III. Night Club (1932)
  7. Harlem Symphony: IV. Baptist Mission (1932)
  8. Concerto Jazz A Mine (1934)
  9. American Symphonic Suite: I. Lament (1934)
  10. American Symphonic Suite (1934)
  11. Concerto Jazz A Mine: I. Allegro (1934)
  12. Concerto Jazz A Mine: II. Adagio (1934)
  13. Mister Deep Blue Sea (1936)
  14. I'm an Occidental Woman in an Oriental Mood for Love (1936)
  15. Victory Stride (1944)
  16. Old Fashioned Love
  17. Du und i
  18. Chicago Stomp Down
  19. Jazzamine Concerto
  20. A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid
  21. Snowy Morning Blues
  22. You've Got to Be Modernistic
  23. Drums
  24. Fascination
  25. Keep Off the Grass
  26. A-Flat Dream
  27. Daintiness Rag
  28. The Dreamy Kid
  29. De Organizer
  30. The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts): Just like a sunlit heaven needs a cloud (Irene, Mammy, Ceely Ann)
  31. The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts): Oh good Lawd (Ceely Ann, Irene)
  32. The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts): I knows! I knows! Hit ain't long now (Mammy, Dreamy, Ceely Ann)
  33. The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts): Dreamy? - Close dat door! (Irene, Dreamy, Mammy)
  34. The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts): Dey won't wait down dere much longer (Dreamy, Irene, Mammy)
  35. The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts): Does yo' know I gives you dat name w'en yo's des a baby (Mammy, Dreamy)
  36. Don't Cry Now
  37. Harlem Strut
  38. Yamekraw
  39. My Sweet Hunk o’ Trash
  40. You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart
  41. Eccentricity Waltz
  42. Carolina Shout

Arranged

  1. Backwater Blues (1927) piano

Links (17)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/128650370
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13895678m
  3. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=70381
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81139253
  5. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4891180A
  6. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81139253
  7. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6c54v4m
  8. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1177066
  9. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103380

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/313035

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000142860

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0425295/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/22327647

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q550541

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/19879

Biographies

  1. http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C256

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JPJ_CD2.gif