Pete Johnson
Pete Johnson was one of the three great boogie-woogie pianists (along with Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis) whose sudden prominence in the late '30s helped make the style very popular. Originally a drummer, Johnson switched to piano in 1922. He was part of the Kansas City scene in the 1920s and '30s, often accompanying singer Big Joe Turner. Producer John Hammond discovered him in 1936 and got him to play at the Famous Door in New York. After taking part in Hammond's 1938 Spirituals to Swing Carnegie Hall concert in 1938, Johnson started recording regularly and appeared on an occasional basis with Ammons and Lewis as the Boogie Woogie Trio. He also backed Turner on some classic records. Johnson recorded often in the 1940s and spent much of 1947-1949 based in Los Angeles. He moved to Buffalo in 1950 and, other than an appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, he was in obscurity for much of the decade. A stroke later in 1958 left him partly paralyzed. Johnson made one final appearance at John Hammond's January 1967 Spirituals to Swing concert, playing the right hand on a version of "Roll 'Em Pete" two months before his death.
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Jazz Piano Master: Jimmy Yancey & Pete Johnson
Jazz - Erschienen bei History am 05.01.2000
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Jazz Classics, Vol. 1
Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson
Blues - Erschienen bei Shami Media Group 3 am 01.01.2015
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Pete's Lonesome Blues
Jazz - Erschienen bei Werner Last's Favourites Jazz am 01.01.2008
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Pete Johnson Selected Hits Vol. 4
Jazz - Erschienen bei Charly Records am 12.06.2006
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Roll 'Em Boy, Let 'Em Jump for Joy (Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Avid Entertainment am 28.07.2013
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A Prairie Windstorm
Jazz - Erschienen bei prairie windstorm am 01.02.2023
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All the Best
Jazz - Erschienen bei Vintage Jukebox am 17.05.2019
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Above the Clouds
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Live Through This
Jazz - Erschienen bei LTT brothers music am 15.07.2020
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In a Dressing Room
Jazz - Erschienen bei dressing room am 01.02.2023
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Carousel
Jazz - Erschienen bei Carooousel & mooore am 09.06.2019
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