Saturday, May 23, 2015

Billboard.com: James P. Johnson one of three newest members of Jazz at Lincoln Center's Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame [Johnson helped pioneer the Harlem stride style]

[Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson; The Concordia Orchestra; Marin Alsop, Conductor; Music Masters 67140 (1994)]

The African American composer and pianist James Price Johnson, profiled at AfriClassical.com, was born on Feb. 1, 1894 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.


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Saxophonist Dexter Gordon and pianists James P. Johnson and Lennie Tristano are the newest inductees into Jazz at Lincoln Center's Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame.

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Johnson helped pioneer the Harlem stride style of jazz piano in the 1920s...


JALC announced the 2015 inductees Friday, May 22.

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