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The original James P. Johnson : (1942-1945: piano solos)

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Online Access: Online Access (via Alexander Street Press)
Other Authors: Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955 (Performer), Burwell, Cliff, 1898-1976, Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958, Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917, Pickett, Jesse
Other title:Piano music. Selections.
Format: Audio
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Smithsonian Folkways Records, p1996.
Subjects:
Piano music (Jazz)
Description
Item Description:"Twenty rare piano solos, many never before released."--Back cover.
Notes by David Cayer ("... jazz historian Grover Sales, writing in the early 1980s, described [Johnson] as 'the leading contender for the title of our most overlooked musical genius'.")
Previously issued as compact disc.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Program notes include bibliography and discography.
Participant or Performer:James P. Johnson, piano.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recordings by Moses Asch, Asch Studios, New York; recorded 1943-45.

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