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Extractions: Send us e-mail = tracks you can listen to by clicking on the song title. You will need a Real Audio player to listen, click here to get one free: Jimmy Yancey - Jimmy Yancey was a pioneering Chicago boogie-woogie pianist whose distinctive keyboard style was based on repeating bass figures-a staple of the boogie-woogie piano form-and often included stuttering, Latin-inspired bass riffs and restrained tempos that were frequently a notch or two below the quick pace of popular late-1930's players like Meade "Lux" Lewis, Albert Ammons, and Pete Johnson. Despite limited club work and no recordings during the 1920s and nearly all of the 1930s, Yancey was nonetheless a highly influential figure in Chicago blues and jazz circles, regularly performing on the city's house-rent party circuit. He remained a popular draw at such gatherings until his death in 1951. To join E-Mailing list:
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Boogie-Woogie Artists constant repeating rhythmic figure played by the pianist's left hand freeing the right hand for included among its prime practitioners jimmy yancey, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons http://www.history-of-rock.com/boogiewoogie_artists.htm
Extractions: Albert Ammons was one of the big three of late - '30s boogie - woogie along with Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis. Arguably the most powerful of the three, Ammons was also flexible enough to play swing music. Ammons played in Chicago clubs from the 1920s on although he also worked as a cab driver for a time. Starting in 1934 he led his own band in Chicago and he made his first records in 1936. In 1938 Ammons appeared at Carnegie Hall with Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis, an event that really helped launch the boogie - woogie craze. Ammons recorded with the other pianists in duets and trios, fit right in with the Port of Harlem Jazzmen on their Blue Note session, appeared regularly at Cafe Society, recorded as a sideman with Sippie Wallace in the 1940s and he even cut a session with his son, the great tenorman Gene Ammons. Albert Ammons worked steadily throughout the 1940s, playing at President Harry Truman's inauguration in 1949; he died later that year. - - Scott Yanow, All-Music Guide Peter Johnson
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Extractions: Yancey, 1935 byname of JAMES EDWARD YANCEY (b. Feb. 20, 1898, Chicagod. Sept. 17, 1951, Chicago), American blues pianist who established the boogie-woogie style with slow, steady, simple left-hand bass patterns. These became more rapid in the work of his students Albert Ammons and Meade "Lux" Lewis , who popularized the "Yancey Special." Yancey was largely a self-taught pianist, with some instruction from his brother Alonzo. He had a childhood career as a singer and dancer, touring American vaudeville circuits and European music halls, giving a command performance for King George V of England in 1913. Returning to Chicago, Yancey performed at small taverns and informal gatherings. He played baseball in the Negro leagues until 1919, the year he married Estella Harris (Mama Yancey), who sang with him at house parties throughout the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. They had three recording sessions together and performed on network radio in 1939 and at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1948. From 1925 until his death, Yancey worked as a groundskeeper at the Chicago White Sox baseball stadium. Yancey's influence on other musicians was profound, but his music was known to only a small coterie during his lifetime. Mama Yancey continued to perform and record, working with pianists
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Extractions: Yancey, 1935 byname of JAMES EDWARD YANCEY (b. Feb. 20, 1898, Chicagod. Sept. 17, 1951, Chicago), American blues pianist who established the boogie-woogie style with slow, steady, simple left-hand bass patterns. These became more rapid in the work of his students Albert Ammons and Meade "Lux" Lewis , who popularized the "Yancey Special." Yancey was largely a self-taught pianist, with some instruction from his brother Alonzo. He had a childhood career as a singer and dancer, touring American vaudeville circuits and European music halls, giving a command performance for King George V of England in 1913. Returning to Chicago, Yancey performed at small taverns and informal gatherings. He played baseball in the Negro leagues until 1919, the year he married Estella Harris (Mama Yancey), who sang with him at house parties throughout the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. They had three recording sessions together and performed on network radio in 1939 and at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1948. From 1925 until his death, Yancey worked as a groundskeeper at the Chicago White Sox baseball stadium. Yancey's influence on other musicians was profound, but his music was known to only a small coterie during his lifetime. Mama Yancey continued to perform and record, working with pianists
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Jimmy Yancey -- Encyclopædia Britannica , yancey, jimmy American blues pianist who established the boogiewoogiestyle with slow, steady, simple left-hand bass patterns. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=79882&tocid=0&query=carnegie hall
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Extractions: Jimmy Yancey [Listen to his music] Jimmy Yancey, byname of JAMES EDWARD YANCEY (b. Feb. 20, 1898, Chicagod. Sept. 17, 1951, Chicago), American blues pianist who established the boogie-woogie style with slow, steady, simple left-hand bass patterns. These became more rapid in the work of his students Albert Ammons and Meade "Lux" Lewis who popularized the "Yancey Special." Yancey was largely a self-taught pianist, with some instruction from his brother Alonzo. He had a childhood career as a singer and dancer, touring American vaudeville circuits and European music halls, giving a command performance for King George V of England in 1913. Returning to Chicago, Yancey performed at small taverns and informal gatherings. He played baseball in the Negro Leagues until 1919, the year he married Estella Harris (Mama Yancey), who sang with him at house parties throughout the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. They had three recording sessions together and performed on network radio in 1939 and at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1948. From 1925 until his death [1951 - diabetic stroke], Yancey worked as a groundskeeper at the Chicago White Sox baseball stadium. Yancey's influence on other musicians was profound, but his music was known to only a small coterie during his lifetime. Mama Yancey continued to perform and record, working with pianists Little Brother Montgomery and Erwin Helfer. She sang at Carnegie Hall again in 1981.
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History Of Piano Jazz 5741231.40 : Jazz CD Reviews- 2004 MusicWeb(UK) Ahmad Jamal was always said to be Miles Daviss favourite pianist and he Blues (P.Johnson) Pete Johnson 3 05 1939 21 The Fives (J. yancey) jimmy yancey 3 03 http://www.musicweb.uk.net/jazz/2004/Jan04/History_piano.htm
Extractions: Crotchet PIANO JAZZ The History Le Chant du Monde 574 1231.40 10CDs Full track listing at the foot of the review By the time we reach the period 1937 to 1939, the music has gone in many directions, the Boogie Woogie Men are still moving their music forward as are the Stride players, but everything is much more sophisticated than previously. Th fabulous Nat Cole Trio introduce their lovely light swinging style. Pianists like Cow Cow Davenport are now playing a mixture of Boogie and stride. Rufus Perryman sounds like an early version of Little Richard! This disc opens with an absolute gem from Art Tatum, Over the Rainbow was an ideal vehicle to show off his amazing virtuosity. (Did it speed up at the end so they could get it all on the record!). Art Hodes, who for many years ran a Dixieland band, demonstrates boogie this time. Mary Lou delivers Margie in the stride style, something unusual for her. When Lionel Hampton was around everything started to swing and Ive Found a New Baby is no exception, he played the piano with two fingers as though it was a vibraphone!
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Encyclopedia4U - Jimmy Yancey - Encyclopedia Article jimmy yancey was a noted pianist by 1915 and influenced younger musicianslike Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons, but didn t record until 1939. http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/j/jimmy-yancey.html
Extractions: ENCYCLOPEDIA U com Lists of articles by category ... SEARCH : James Edwards "Jimmy" Yancey (c. ) was an United States pianist , composer, and lyricist, most noted for his work in the boogie woogie style. Jimmy Yancy was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 20 of (depending on the source) 1894, 1895, or 1898. His older brother Alonzo Yancey was a pianist as well; their father was a guitarist. Jimmy Yancey started performing as a singer in traveling shows during his childhood. Jimmy Yancey was a noted pianist by and influenced younger musicians like Meade "Lux" Lewis and Albert Ammons , but didn't record until While he played in a boogie woogie style, with a strong repeated figure in the left hand and melodic decoration in the right hand, his playing was delicate and subtle, rather than hard driving. Part of Yancey's distinctive style was that he played in a variety of keys but always ended every song in E flat. These endings added a strangely satisfying dissonance to every performance. Most of his recordings were of solo piano, but late in his career he also recorded with vocals by his wife, Estelle Yancey, under the billing
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Extractions: Latest revision: April 22, 2004 From Down Beat, December 1, 1943, p. 13. Session was a small label that catered to specialist record buyers. During the label's active period, its co-owners were said in publicity releases to be W. P. "Phil" Featheringill and David W. Bell. Some questions remain outstanding as to who controlled what, but Featheringill was definitely the more visible of the two during the label's lifetime. Down Beat. In his column "The Hot Box" (December 1, 1943, p. 13), George Hoefer, Jr. noted that the shop "will deal exclusively with hot jazz recordings with equal emphasis on the current crop from such sources as the Commodore, Jazz Man, etc. and the rare out of print classics." As Hoefer noted, Phil Featheringill previously worked at The Groove Record Shop on the South Side, where he had been running regular auctions of out-of-print jazz records. Inspecting a King Oliver OKeh at The Groove Record Shop. From left: Art Hodes, Phil Featheringill, and an unidentified friend. From Jazz Quarterly, Volume 1, No. 3, p. 30 (Spring 1943); courtesy of Konrad Nowakowski. Phil Featheringill (standing at center and also reflected in the mirror to his right) in a group photo at the Capitol Lounge. From Down Beat, January 14, 1946, page 5; courtesy of Konrad Nowakowski.
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Extractions: Turner, whose powerful physique certainly matched his vocal might, was a product of the swinging, wide-open Kansas City scene. Even in his teens, the big-boned Turner looked entirely mature enough to gain entry to various K.C. nighteries. He ended up simultaneously tending bar and singing the blues before hooking up with boogie piano master Pete Johnson during the early '30s. Theirs was a partnership that would endure for 13 years. The pair initially traveled to New York at John Hammond's behest in 1936.On December 23, 1938, they appeared on the fabled Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall on a bill with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, the Golden Gate Quartet, and Count Basie. Big Joe and Johnson performed "Low Down Dog" and "It's All Right, Baby" on the historic show, kicking off a boogie-woogie craze that landed them a long-running slot at the Cafe Society (along with piano giants Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons). Few West Coast indie labels of the late '40s didn't boast at least one or two Turner titles in their catalogs. The shouter bounced from RPM to Down Beat/Swing Time to MGM (all those dates were anchored by Johnson's piano) to Texas-based Freedom (which moved some of their masters to Specialty) to Imperial in 1950 (his New Orleans backing crew there included a young Fats Domino on piano). But apart from the 1950 Freedom 78, "Still in the Dark," none of Big Joe's records were selling particularly well. When Atlantic Records bosses Abramson and Ahmet Ertegun fortuitously dropped by the Apollo Theater to check out Count Basie's band one day, they discovered that Turner had temporarily replaced Jimmy Rushing as the Basie band's front man, and he was having a tough go of it. Atlantic picked up his spirits by picking up his recording contract, and Big Joe Turner's heyday was about to commence.
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1940-1943) By Jimmy Yancey On the second of three CDs that trace virtually his entire recording career,pianist jimmy yancey is showcased on a variety of solo tracks. http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=862722
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1939-1940) By Jimmy Yancey The first of three Document CDs that reissue all of pianist jimmy yancey s recordings(other than his final Atlantic session) is filled with classic http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=862721
