Giants of Jazz

~ Release by James P. Johnson (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1▼12" Vinyl: Record One
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A1Keep Off the Grass
recording of:
Keep Off the Grass (on 1921-10-18)
composer:
James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson?:??
A2Carolina Shout
recording of:
Carolina Shout (on 1921-10-18)
composer:
James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson?:??
A3Preachin' the Blues
Bessie Smith Accompanied By James P. Johnson?:??
A4Back Water Blues
Bessie Smith Accompanied By James P. Johnson?:??
A5All That I Had Is Gone
Jimmy Johnson?:??
A6Snowy Morning Blues
recording of:
Snowy Morning Blues
composer:
James P. Johnson
Jimmy Johnson?:??
A7Lucy Long
Original Jazz Hounds?:??
B1What's the Use of Being Alone
Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds?:??
B2Chicago Blues
Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra?:??
B3Guess Who's in Town
recording of:
Guess Who's in Town (on 1928-08-21)
writer:
J.C. Johnson and Andy Razaf
Ethel Waters accompanied by James P. Johnson?:??
B4My Handy Man
recording of:
My Handy Man
writer:
Eubie Blake and Andy Razaf
Ethel Waters accompanied by James P. Johnson?:??
B5Riffs
Jimmy Johnson?:??
B6Fare Thee Honey Blues
Jimmy Johnson and His Band?:??
B7What Is This Thing Called Love?
instrumental recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
Jimmy Johnson?:??
2▼12" Vinyl: Record Two
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C1You've Got to Be Modernistic
recording of:
You've Got to Be Modernistic
composer:
James P. Johnson
Jimmy Johnson?:??
C2Jingles
Jimmy Johnson?:??
C3How Could I Be Blue
James P. Johnson With Clarence Williams?:??
C4Go Harlem
Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra?:??
C5Dinah
recording of:
Dinah (on 1938-08-31)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
B & G Akst Publishing Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
The Girl’s Suite
Pee Wee Russell's Rhythmakers?:??
C6Everybody Loves My Baby
recording of:
Everybody Loves My Baby
composer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
Pickwick Music Corp. and Salabert
Pee Wee, Zutty And James P.?:??
C7Rosetta
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-01-13)
alto saxophone:
Pete Brown (Swing altoist active 40s-60s)
clarinet:
Mezz Mezzrow (on 1939-01-13)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-01-13)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1939-01-13)
guitar:
Albert Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-01-13)
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1939-01-13)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1939-01-13)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0A 031460-x) and Swing (by matrix number) (number: OA 031460-x)
instrumental recording of:
Rosetta (on 1939-01-13)
lyricist:
William Henri Woode
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
instrumental recording of:
Rosetta (in 1939)
lyricist:
William Henri Woode
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
recording of:
Rosetta
lyricist:
William Henri Woode
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
Frankie Newton And His Orchestra?:??
D1Who?
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-01-13)
alto saxophone:
Pete Brown (Swing altoist active 40s-60s) (on 1939-01-13)
clarinet:
Mezz Mezzrow (on 1939-01-13)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-01-13)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1939-01-13)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-01-13)
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1939-01-13)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1939-01-13)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0A 031463-x) and Swing (by matrix number) (number: OA 031463-x)
instrumental recording of:
Who? (on 1939-01-13)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
Frankie Newton And His Orchestra?:??
D2Hungry Blues
Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra?:??
D3After Tonight
Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra?:??
D4If Dreams Come True
James P. Johnson?:??
D5A-Flat Dream
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1939-06-14)
recording of:
A-Flat Dream (on 1939-06-14)
composer:
James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson?:??
D6Blueberry Rhyme
recording of:
Blueberry Rhyme
composer:
James P. Johnson
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
James P. Johnson?:??
3▼12" Vinyl: Record Three
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E1Old Fashioned Love
recording of:
Old Fashioned Love
composer:
James P. Johnson and Cecil Mack
James P. Johnson & His Orchestra?:??
E2Carolina Balmoral
James P. Johnson?:??
E3Mule Walk Stomp
James P. Johnson?:??
E4Arkansaw Blues
James P. Johnson?:??
E5After You've Gone
instrumental recording of:
After You’ve Gone (on 1940-03-04)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
James P. Johnson’s Blue Note Jazzmen?:??
E6Hesitation Blues
recording of:
Hesitation Blues
lyricist:
Art Gillham (US songwriter & singer), Scott Middleton and Billy Smythe
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
James P. Johnson's New York Orchestra?:??
F1Hot Harlem
James P. Johnson's New York Orchestra?:??
F2Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
instrumental recording of:
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor (on 1944-09-01)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Bunk Johnson
arrangement of:
Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor
Rod Cless Quartet?:??
F3I Know That You Know
instrumental recording of:
I Know That You Know (Caldwell & Youmans)
lyricist:
Anne Caldwell
composer:
Vincent Youmans
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Rod Cless Quartet?:??
F4If I Could Be With You
James P. Johnson?:??
F5At the Ball
James P. Johnson’s Blue Note Jazzmen?:??
F6Harlem Hotcha
The Carnival Three?:??
F7Liza
instrumental recording of:
Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away) (in 1945-05)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and Gus Khan
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
New World Music Corp. (in 1929)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
James P. Johnson?:??

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part of:Giants of Jazz (Time-Life Music) (order: 6)