James Price Johnson (1894-1955)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, James Price Johnson was an American composer and pianist. Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he was taught by his mother studying classics and ragtime and was apprenticed to one Bruto Giannini, local piano teacher, at the age of nine. At just thirteen he began playing professionally in sporting houses progressing to rent parties, bars, and vaudeville. When World War I started he had a small band with which went touring and eventually toured England and Europe with two shows, "Dudley's Smart Set" and "Plantation Days".
An important transitional figure between ragtime and jazz piano styles along with such musicians as Ferdinand Morton, Art Tatum and Thomas Waller. His style evolving from rags, stomps, and set dances became known as Harlem Stride or Shout Piano earning him the sobriquet as being the father of both.The composer of the jazz classic Charleston, he had a huge influence amongst his contemporaries such as Fats Waller, Count Basie, Art Tatum George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. All of them called him simply James considering him to be the best of them all.

Websites:
	James P. Johnson	Biography by wikipedia.org.

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Blueberry Rhyme (?)		Unknown
	Caprice Rag (1914)		Unknown
	Carolina Shout (1914)		Unknown
	Daintiness Rag (1916)		Unknown
	Eccentricity (1918)		Unknown
	Jungle Drums (?)		Unknown
	Keep Off the Grass (1926)		Unknown
	Mule Walk (1913)		Unknown
	Steeplechase Rag (1917)		Unknown

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	as Performer
	Bleeding Hearted Blues (1923)	L. Austin	J.P. Johnson	Victor: B-28197

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	James P. Johnson	Scott E. Brown

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Brass Music CDs:
Canadian Brass	Ain't Misbehavin' and Other Fats Waller Hits
Canadian Brass	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Jazz Music CDs:
Kenny Ball	The Very Best of Kenny Ball
Black Swan Classic Jazz Band	Ragtime Revelry	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Sidney Bechet	The Creole Prodigy
Thomas Waller	At the Piano	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Career Perspective 1922-1943	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Centennial Collection	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Classic Jazz from Rare Piano Rolls	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Fats & His Buddies
⇑Thomas Waller	Fats at the Organ	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Fats Waller - Greatest Hits	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Fats Waller at the Organ, Vol. 3: 1926-1929 [Brown Cover]
Thomas Waller	Fats Waller: 1922-26
Thomas Waller	Fats Waller: 1926-27	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Fats Waller: 1927-29	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Fats Waller: 1941	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Fats Waller: Portrait Vol.2
Thomas Waller	Handful of Fats	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	The Indispensable Fats Waller Vol. 9-10	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Joint Is Jumpin'	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑Thomas Waller	New York to Camden to Los Angeles: 1929-1943 [LIVE]
Thomas Waller	The Very Best of Fats Waller	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	You Rascal You	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Ragtime Music CDs:
James Price Johnson	The Best of Scott Joplin and Other Rag Classics	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Price Johnson	Carolina Shout	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Price Johnson	Carolina Shout	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Price Johnson	Father of the Stride Piano
James Price Johnson	Harlem Stride Piano
James Price Johnson	Harlem Stride Piano 1921-1929
James Price Johnson	Hot Piano
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson & Coleman Hawkins
⇑James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1921-28
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1921-44
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1928-38
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1938-42
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1943-44
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1944
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1944 Vol. 2
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1944-45	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1945-47	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Price Johnson	King of Stride Piano 1918-1944	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Price Johnson	The Original James P. Johnson 1942-1945	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑James Price Johnson	Parlor Piano Solos from Rare Piano Rolls	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Price Johnson	Ragtime	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Price Johnson	Runnin' Wild (1921-1926)
James Price Johnson	Snowy Morning Blues	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	Boogie Woogie Blues	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	Down Peacock Alley
Various Artists	From Ragtime to Jazz Vol. 3: 1902-1923	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	The Gods Are in the House	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	Early Ragtime Piano: 1910-1930
Various Artists	The Greatest Jazz, Blues and Ragtime of the Century	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	The Greatest Ragtime of the Century	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑Various Artists	Ragtime
Various Artists	Spirit of Ragtime
Various Artists	That Devilin' Tune	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Claude Bolling	Original Ragtime	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Claude Bolling	Original Ragtime/Original Boogie Woogie/Original Piano Blues	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Claude Bolling	Ragtime Bolling & Boogie	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Paul Asaro	Parlor Piano Solos
Charles Thompson	The Neglected Professor
Dave Tucker	Meadow Lark	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Marcus Roberts	If I Could Be With You
Mimi Blais	Once Upon a Rag Time
⇑John Roache	Syncopated Odyssey
Brent Watkins	The Heroes of Parlor Town - Volume 1	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Palm Court Theatre Orchestra	Down Peacock Alley	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Terry Waldo	Ragtime Classics Vol. 2
Sue Keller	I Got What It Takes	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Sue Keller	Kellerized
Sue Keller	Live in Kalamazoo	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Sue Keller	Those Irresistible Blues	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
William Albright	Ragtime Back to Back	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Peter Muir	Spontaneous Ragtime
Scott Kirby	Some Assembly Required	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑Butch Thompson	Bethlehem After Dark	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Butch Thompson	Butch & Doc
Butch Thompson	The Butch Thompson Trio Plays Favorites
Butch Thompson	Good Old New York 88's
Frederick Hodges	Kitten on the Keys: Ragtime, Novelty & Stride Classics
Max Morath	Real American Folk Songs
Bill Edwards	A Ragtime Sampler

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 66 works by James Price Johnson (1894-1955). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

1912-1923

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Over the Bars	1912	also: Steeplechase Rag
Twilight Rag	1912
Mule Walk	1913
Caprice Rag	1914
Carolina Shout	1914		Pub.
Daintiness Rag	1916		Pub.
Mama and Papa Blues	1916
Harlem Strut	1917		Pub.
Mama's Blues	1917	W. Farrell (co-author)	Pub.
Steeplechase Rag	1917
Stop It Joe	1917	William Farrell (words) Sophie Tucker (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Innovation	1917c
Eccentricity	1918		Pub.
It Takes Love to Cure the Heart's Disease	1921	only exists as a piano roll
Ivy, Cling to Me	1922	Isham Jones (co-author) Alex Rogers (words)
After Hours	1923		Pub.
Charleston: South Carolina	1923	Cecil Mack (words)
Old Fashioned Love	1923	Cecil Mack (words)	Pub.
Open Your Heart	1923	Cecil Mack (co-author)
Scouting Around	1923

1923-1932

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Weeping Blues	1923
Worried and Lonesome Blues	1923
You Can't Do What My Last Man Did	1923	Allie Moore (words)
Jungle Nymphs	1924
I Need Lovin'	1926	Henry Creamer (words)
If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight	1926
Jingles	1926
Keep Off the Grass	1926		Pub.
Scalin the Blues	1926		Pub.
Snowy Morning Blues	1927
Toddlin'	1927		Pub.
⇑ Ebony Dreams	1928
Sppi	1928
Yamekraw	1928	A Negro Rhapsody
Feeling Blue	1929
Modernistic	1929
Riffs	1929
Slippery Hips	1930	Andy Razaf (words)
You've Got to be Modernistic	1930	or Modernistic	Pub.
Aintcha Got Music	1932	Andy Razaf (words)

1932-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Harlem Symphony	1932	I Subway Journey, II Song of Harlem, III Night Club, IV Baptist Mission
High Brown	1934
Jasmine	1935	Jazz-O-Mine
De Organizer	1940	an opera lyrics by Langston Hughes1 (co-author)
Just Before Daybreak	1942		Pub.
12th Avenue	1943
Boogie Dreams	1943
Carolina Balmoral	1943c
Gut Stomp	1943c	Willie "The Lion" Smith (words)
Jersey Sweet	1945c
Keep Movin'	1945c
⇑ Impressions	1947
Blues For Fats	1948
I Don't Want Any Labor in My Job	1949	Flournoy E Miller (words)
Blueberry Rhyme	?
Doctor Jazzes Raz-Ma-Taz	?
Harlem Hotcha	?	Andy Razaf (words)
Jungle Drums	?
Keep Shufflin	?	Thomas Waller (co-author)
Lock and Key	?	Henry Creamer (words)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid, A	?	Andy Razaf (words)
Stop That Dog	?	Andy Razafl (words)
Suite in Sonata Form on the St. Louis Blues	?	W.C. Handy (co-author)
Symphony in Brown	?
When It's Cherry Time in Tokio	?
You Can't Lose a Broken Heart	?	Flournoy Miller (words)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


J.P. Johnson	12th Avenue (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
J.P. Johnson	Boogie Dreams (2:24)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
J.P. Johnson	Carolina Shout (3:08)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
J.P. Johnson	Impressions (3:07)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
J.P. Johnson	Modernistic (2:38)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
J.P. Johnson	Just Before Daybreak (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry