| LC control no. | n 81139253 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955 |
| Variant(s) | Johnson, Jimmy, 1894-1955 Johnson, James Price, 1894-1955 Johnson, James, 1894-1955 Johnson, Jimmie, 1894-1955 |
| See also | Jazz Boys (James P. Johnson) Founded corporate body of person: Harmony Seven (Musical group) Harmony Eight (Musical group) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1894-02-01 |
| Death date | 1955-11-17 |
| Place of birth | New Brunswick (N.J.) |
| Place of death | New York, N.Y. New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Music |
| Profession or occupation | Pianists African American composers |
| Found in | His Jimmy Johnson's Boogie woogie ... 1943. Brown, S.E. A case of mistaken identity, 1985: CIP prelims. (James P. Johnson, b. 2/1/1894 in New Brunswick, N.J.) Int. dict. of Black composers, 1999 (Johnson, James (Price) (Jimmie; Jimmy); b. Feb. 1, 1894, New Brunswick, N.J., d. Nov. 17, 1955, New York, N.Y.) Frog spawn [SR] p2010: container (Jimmy Johnson's Jazz Boys) Wikipedia, Dec. 19, 2016 (James Price Johnson (Feb. 1, 1894 - Nov. 17, 1955), African American pianist and composer; a pioneer of the stride style of jazz piano, he was one of the most important pianists who bridged the ragtime and jazz eras, and, with Jelly Roll Morton, one of the two most important catalysts in the evolution of ragtime piano into jazz; he was a model for Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and Fats Waller) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_P._Johnson> Classic James P. Johnson sessions (1921-1943), 2015: booklet, page 22 (Lavinia Turner and Jas. P. Johnson's Harmony Seven; made recordings for PatheĢ in September 1921; aside from Johnson on piano, the other musicians in the ensemble are unknown; James P. Johnson's Harmony Eight; recorded for Okeh in New York City, December 5, 1921) |
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