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Johnson, James P(rice)

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Johnson, James P(rice) (1891-1955)

US jazz musician. An important influence on Duke Ellington, he emerged in New York after 1912 as the leading exponent of the stride piano school. He wrote over 200 songs, including ‘Charleston’, scored several musical revues, including Runnin' Wild in 1923, and premiered his extended work Yamecraw at Carnegie Hall in 1928.

He was born in Brunswick, New Jersey. He made numerous piano rolls and small group recordings between 1917 and 1951.



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