Charlie Johnson
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1911-05-08
- Active to
- 1938-08-16
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Charlie "Fess" Johnson (November 21, 1891, Philadelphia – December 13, 1959, New York City) was an American jazz bandleader and pianist. Johnson led an ensemble called the Paradise Ten, who played at Small's Paradise from 1925–1935 and recorded five times between 1925 and 1929. Though Johnson was a capable pianist, he rarely soloed on his recordings. The Paradise Ten ensemble included a number of noted sidemen, including trumpeters Jabbo Smith <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Charlie+Johnson">
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
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- date of birth
- 1891-11-21
- date of death
- 1959-12-13
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