New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States (1894 – 1955)
James P. Johnson (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 along with Jelly Roll Morton, were arguably the two most important pianists who bridged the ragtime and jazz eras, and 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… read more
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| 6 | Play on youtube | You've Got to Be Modernistic |
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| 7 | Play on youtube | All That I Had Is Gone |
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| 10 | Play on youtube | Jingles |
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