James P. Johnson
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American pianist and composer (1894–1955)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Righteous carnage
- POLITICS OF SOFT COAL
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Film & TV
Known for
- St. Louis Blues — Piano Player (uncredited)1929
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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 his more famous pupil, Fats Waller. <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Brunswick
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Eubie Blake
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Blue Note
- Image
- JPJ CD2.gif
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- James P. Johnson
- date of birth
- 1894-02-01
- date of death
- 1955-11-17
- cause of death
- stroke
- name in native language
- James P. Johnson
- start of work period
- 1912-00-00
- pseudonym
- James P. Johnson, Jimmy Johnson
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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