JAMES P. JOHNSON (Top dog) Jazz History #6
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- Опубліковано 27 лис 2021
- The ragtime piano style of Scott Joplin was evolved by New York pianists into a much more complicated and virtuosic style called ‘Harlem Stride’. As much competitive sport as musical undertaking, James P. Johnson was considered top dog among the stride pianists. His composition ‘The Charleston’ was the anthem of the Roaring 20s, and forms the rhythmic underpinning of a modern-day piano comping pattern.
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The man was awesome and changed American music forever.
Indeed.
my grandma was born the early 20s and she played stride style. i put a stevie wonder lead sheet in front of her and she still played it in stride style, lol.
Stevie Wonder tends to ignore lead sheets too. :)
@@chasesanborn word!
I would LOVE to hear that🤗
It's 02.06am and I somehow came across post. What a blessing🥳
The lesson to be learned is never go to sleep. You never know what you'll miss. :)
True😊
A little shout out to Bruce "Victrola man" Young, whose video of the Okeh recording of "Carolina Shout" is featured here. Another fun fact: Johnson was Mike Stoller's piano teacher. So, the man who wrote the anthem of the 1920s, taught the man who wrote much of the soundtrack of the 1950s. Johnson even told him once, "You're going to make a lot of money playing the piano." (Source: "Houndog: the biography of Lieber and Stoller")
Thanks for that!
I’m watching a documentary on Thelonious Monk & it mentions James P Johnson as an influence.
Monk clearly had roots in stride.
@@chasesanborn There are several recordings from the Columbia years ( Dinah / Nice Work if You Can Get It / Lulu's Back in Town ), which are unadulterated stride solos. There is also quite a bit of stride in the documentary: Straight No Chaser .
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser 1988 American documentary film ua-cam.com/video/FT9VeJBcEBM/v-deo.html
I first heard Johnson's recordings on Biograph recordings of piano rolls. His two most noteworthy and exceptional performances were 'Carolina Shout' and 'Eccentricity,' a waltz. I don't know where you could find these Biograph records today even if you wanted to.
Evidently a company called Collectibles Records has reissued some of the Biograph recordings. They appear to still be active.
Good and clear explanation video 👌🏾
Glad to see someone digging into earlier videos in this series!
@@chasesanborn Classic Jazz / Ragtime / Stride Piano is a small community regarding UA-cam content and I really enjoy finding quality channels 😁 keep it up!
I was about to post a "What about Jelly Roll?!?!" comment and then checked channel and saw you had Jelly Roll in #5 video. Excellent. Dick Hyman mentioned the evolution without saying (in this clip) that Jelly was touring the country and composing in this style in the early 1900's and supposedly "everybody" saw him, including our good man James P. Johnson. Particularly that melodic inner voicing thing and the bouncing melodic bass, Jelly was that guy. Great channel, appreciate your work!
As the Jazz History series emanated as a one-year university course, there are many important musicians who I did not have time to cover and difficult choices had to be made. Fortunately, Jelly Roll made the cut! Thanks for your kind words.
@@chasesanborn Yes, and yet, whether we like to acknowledge his ego and him or not, Jelly Roll Morton is as central to the evolution of Jazz Piano and Jazz ensemble music as anyone else really. James P is certainly a reigning force and influence of Jazz (as well as my personal favorite) but Morton is indispensable in the history and music.
@@Hyperclefonical598 Johnson and Morton were different branches of the evolutionary tree of jazz piano which originated from ragtime as a common ancestor.
@@stridedude Yes, that is quite evident.
Great video thanks
You are welcome, and thanks for saying so.
fantastic. Thank you!
Thanks for saying so!
Good evening ^^
'umpa base' is a style that engraves the rhythm of Sousaphone with the little finger of the left hand, isn't it?
I haven't studied comping until now, but it's a very good rhythm study, isn't it?
I learned a lot today too. Thank you very much!
Superb!!! 😂
He was!
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The first song that Dick Hyman plays is Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag. The first clip of James P. Johnson is his tune The Charleston.
@@chasesanborn thanks! 🙏🏽😊
@@chasesanborn Dick is a longtime friend, who's work I have admired for even longer. He is equally at home with the music of Joplin, Morton and Johnson, and has recorded and played them brilliantly during a multifaceted career which has lasted about 75 years. He tells me that his his most recent public performance, from about 2 months ago, will be his last.
@@stridedude Dick encompasses practically the entire history of jazz.
Piano roll sounds a little slow compared to Fats Waller and others--including the Johnson recording that follows.
As far as I know, the operator controls the speed on a player piano.
@@chasesanborn I'm sure that's true. The operator played it slower than most live pianists.
It sounds good to me. Rags are commonly played too fast by people who want to show off.