Jimmy Yancey
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Biography
[Edit]One of the seminal boogie-woogie pianists, Yancey was active in and around Chicago playing house parties and clubs from 1915, yet he remained unrecorded until May 1939, when he recorded "The Fives" and "Jimmy's Stuff" for a small label. Soon after, he became the first boogie-woogie pianist to record an album of solos, for Victor. By then, Yancey's work around Chicago had already influenced such younger and better-known pianists as Meade "Lux" Lewis, Pinetop Smith, and Albert Ammons.
Yancey played vaudeville as a tap dancer and singer from the age of six. He settled in Chicago in 1915, where he began composing songs and playing music at informal gatherings. In 1925, he became groundskeeper at Comiskey Park, home of the Chicago White Sox baseball team. Yancey was a musician's musician, remaining mostly unknown and unheard outside of Chicago until 1936, when Lewis recorded one of his tunes, "Yancey Special." Three years later, producer Dan Qualey became the first to record Yancey for his new Solo Art label. After the Victor recordings, Yancey went on to record for OKeh and Bluebird. In later years, Yancey performed with his wife, blues singer Estelle "Mama" Yancey; they appeared together at Carnegie Hall in 1948.
Yancey was not as technically flashy as some of his disciples, but he was an expressive, earthy player with a flexible left hand that introduced an air of unpredictability into his bass lines. His playing had a notable peculiarity: Although he wrote and performed compositions in a variety of keys, he ended every tune in E flat. He was also an undistinguished blues singer, accompanying himself on piano. Although Yancey attained a measure of fame for his music late in life, he never quit his day job, remaining with the White Sox until just before his death.
Title: Hey! Piano Man: Selected Boogie Woogie Sides Remastered - CD A
Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Genre: Blues
Title: Piano Legend
Artist: Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Jimmy Yancey, Meade " Lux " Lewis
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental
Title: The Boogie Woogie Piano Giants
Artist: Meade " Lux " Lewis, Jimmy Yancey, Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons
Title: The Complete Recorded Works - Dec 1943 - Dec 1950
Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Collections
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1951, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Boogie Woogie Piano
Genre: Pop
Title: Juke Joint Jump - A Boogie Woogie Celebration
Genre: Blues
Title: The Great Blues Pioneers
Genre: Blues
Title: Behind the Legend of Boogie Woogie Classics, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Ultimate Blues Collection Vol 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: New York - City of Jazz Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Boogie Woogie Stomp!
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: State Street Jive
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1951, Vol. 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Definitive Collection of Piano Blues and Boogie
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Ultimate Best of the Blues Collection
Genre: Blues
Title: The Story of Boogie Woogie
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Story Of Boogie Woogie
Genre: Jazz
Title: Black Music of Two Worlds
Genre: World Music
Title: Boogie Woogie Greats
Genre: Blues
Title: Piano Discoveries (1928-1943)
Genre: Blues
Title: Tell Me How About It
Genre: Blues
Title: Jazz & Blues Piano Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1951, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Boogie Woogie New York - Chicago (Doxy Collection)
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1951, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Piano Boogie Woogie Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Radio Days, Vol. 6
Genre:
Title: Laughing in Rhythm
Genre: Jazz
Title: Piano Boogie Woogie Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Behind the Legend of Boogie Woogie Classics, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Boogie Woogie Piano Vol 1
Genre: Blues
Title: The Piano Blues Vol 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Try Some of That
Genre: Blues
Title: Chicago Urban Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Piano Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues History
Genre: Blues
Title: Boogie Woogie Piano Vol 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Stompin Boogie Woogie Part 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blues for You, Volume Eight
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for You, Volume Fourteen
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for You, Volume Twelve
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for You, Vol. 9
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for You, Vol. 11
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for You, Volume Seven
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for You, Volume Fifteen
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for You, Volume Thirteen
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for You, Volume Ten
Genre: Blues
Title: The Heart of Blues, Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Piano Blues, Boogie Woogie and Rags 1927 - 1941
Genre: Blues
Title: The Definitive Collection of Piano Blues and Boogie
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Greats of Boogie Woogie
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blues for You, Vol. Six
Genre: Blues
Title: Timeless Boogie, Vol. 2
Title: Boogie Woogie Beat
Title: Blues Power, Vol. 16
Genre: Blues
Title: Dictionary of Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: America By Blues
Title: Jazz Cafe CD 6 - The Blues
Genre: Jazz
Title: ABC Of The Blues CD 52
Genre: Jazz
Title: Atlantic Blues: Piano
Title: Shake Your Wicked Knees
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Selection, Volume 3
Featuring albums
Title: Can't Stop Playing That Boogie Woogie - Rare Classics From The Vaults
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Solo Art Story, Vol. 2: Piano Blues & Boogie 1938-39
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues