"Music critics have consistently defined James P. Johnson as a great early jazz pianist, originator of the 1920s Harlem "stride" style, and an important blues and jazz composer. In addition, however, Johnson was an innovator in classical music, composing symphonic music that incorporated American, and especially African American, traditions. Such a blend of musical elements was not entirely new: by 1924 both Milhaud and Gershwin had composed classical works that incorporated elements of jazz Johnson, a serious musician more experienced than most classical composers with jazz, blues, spirituals, and popular music, was particularly suited to expand Milhaud's and Gershwin's experiments. In 1927 he completed his first large-scale work, the blues- and jazz-inspired Yamekraw, which included borrowings from spirituals and Johnson's own popular songs. Yamekraw, premiered successfully in Carnegie Hall, was a major achievement for Johnson, becoming his most frequently performed extended work. It demonstrated vividly the possibility of assimilating contemporary popular music into the symphonic tradition."
Johnson had written and published dozens of work years prior to Gershwin. Gershwin was in awe and inspired by James P.'s innovations and how he pushed ragtime in to a far more harmonically sophisticated music. Rhapsody is a fine piece but it stays in a tamer European tonality whereas this piece boldly uses disonant tones that you would hear in the blues and African singing and later with Thelonious Monk.
@@TheLemon333 Johnson cannot be compared to Gershwin, the great American songwriters or jazzmen. P.S. You need to improve your analysis skills because nothing is superior to European music.
GREAT interpretation of this James P. Johnson's masterpiece.
So enorme Vielfalt im Jazz hörte ich ne zuvor. Fantatisch ❤
from GRE
lol
"Music critics have consistently defined James P. Johnson as a great early jazz pianist, originator of the 1920s Harlem "stride" style, and an important blues and jazz composer. In addition, however, Johnson was an innovator in classical music, composing symphonic music that incorporated American, and especially African American, traditions.
Such a blend of musical elements was not entirely new: by 1924 both Milhaud and Gershwin had composed classical works that incorporated elements of jazz Johnson, a serious musician more experienced than most classical composers with jazz, blues, spirituals, and popular music, was particularly suited to expand Milhaud's and Gershwin's experiments. In 1927 he completed his first large-scale work, the blues- and jazz-inspired Yamekraw, which included borrowings from spirituals and Johnson's own popular songs. Yamekraw, premiered successfully in Carnegie Hall, was a major achievement for Johnson, becoming his most frequently performed extended work. It demonstrated vividly the possibility of assimilating contemporary popular music into the symphonic tradition."
Honestly I'm surprised anyone else cared to look it up! I take mine next week. Hope you all did well.
I just wanted to confirm it real lol
no one knows this song. it's great.
this reminds me a lot of the simcity 3000 soundtrack, specifically Broadway
14:50 I love the ending!
Que le diable m'emporte, mais c'est d'enfer !
Rhapsody in Blue was composed before this poor composition.
this composition superior to rhaposdy in blue it is improved over it
you are a sad troll who cannot play piano
@@bigdick3228 LOL!!!!!
Johnson had written and published dozens of work years prior to Gershwin. Gershwin was in awe and inspired by James P.'s innovations and how he pushed ragtime in to a far more harmonically sophisticated music. Rhapsody is a fine piece but it stays in a tamer European tonality whereas this piece boldly uses disonant tones that you would hear in the blues and African singing and later with Thelonious Monk.
@@TheLemon333 Johnson cannot be compared to Gershwin, the great American songwriters or jazzmen. P.S. You need to improve your analysis skills because nothing is superior to European music.