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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Wie man 13 wird und die Nerven behält (Wie man 13 wird 5)
Wie man 13 wird, Pete Johnson, Tim Kreuer
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Silberfisch em 21/03/2022
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Milestones of Legends - Boogie Woogie & Blues Piano, Vol. 8
Blues - Lançado por Documents 2 em 13/01/2017
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Wie man 13 wird und überlebt (Wie man 13 wird 1)
Wie man 13 wird, Pete Johnson, Tim Kreuer
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Silberfisch em 02/07/2020
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Barrelhouse Boogie
Meade Lux Lewis, Jimmy Yancey, Pete Johnson
Jazz - Lançado por CoolNote em 01/01/2000
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Wie man seinen Eltern das Internet erklärt (Eltern 4)
Eltern, Pete Johnson, Henning Nöhren
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Silberfisch em 25/02/2021
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Wie man 13 wird, ohne zum Tier zu werden (Wie man 13 wird 2)
Wie man 13 wird, Pete Johnson, Tim Kreuer
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Silberfisch em 30/07/2020
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Wie man seinen Papa aktualisiert
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Silberfisch em 27/03/2023
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Pete Johnson Plays Pete Johnson
Jazz - Lançado por EG Jazz em 10/04/2020
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Wie man seine Eltern sinnvoll beschäftigt (Eltern 5)
Eltern, Henning Nöhren, Pete Johnson
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Silberfisch em 29/07/2021
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Milestones of Legends - Boogie Woogie & Blues Piano, Vol. 4
Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson
Blues - Lançado por Documents 2 em 13/01/2017
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The Best of Pete Johnson
Jazz - Lançado por Vintage Jukebox em 19/03/2020
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Wie man 13 wird und zum Superhelden mutiert (Wie man 13 wird 4)
Pete Johnson, Wie man 13 wird, Tim Kreuer
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Silberfisch em 28/01/2021
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Wie man seine Eltern richtig groß rausbringt (Eltern 6)
Pete Johnson, Eltern, Henning Nöhren
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Silberfisch em 29/07/2021
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The Ultimate Blues Anthology: Pete Johnson
Blues - Lançado por MN Records em 02/12/2019
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Wie man mit seinen verrückten Eltern fertig wird (Eltern 3)
Eltern, Pete Johnson, Henning Nöhren
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Silberfisch em 25/02/2021
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Take A Stroll
Jazz - Lançado por Sandmann & Walther em 20/03/2016
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Jazz Classics, Vol. 2
Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson
Blues - Lançado por Shami Media Group 3 em 01/01/2015
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8 to the Bar (Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por Avid Entertainment em 07/02/2022
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