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Pete Johnson

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Wikimp3 information about the music of Pete Johnson. On our website we have 66 albums and 70 collections of artist Pete Johnson. You can find useful information and download songs of this artist. We also know that Pete Johnson represents Jazz genres.

Biography

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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.

Title: Confectioner's

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: A Silver Cup

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Best Hits

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Super Bright Hits

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Super Top Hits

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: All The Best

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Delicately Built

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Freedom Loving

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Sheet Music

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Rooftop Storys

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Pete's Blues

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Mystic Moments

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Wartime Swinger

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Blues

Title: Screwball

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Rock, Punk Rock

Title: 1940-1944

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Blues, Jazz, Acoustic

Title: Magic Winter Sounds

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Stardust

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Blues

Title: Pussy Cat

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: For You

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Pop

Title: Dinner

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Margie

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Boogie

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Blues, Jazz, Pop

Title: Gaudy Colours

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Bouse

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Hit It

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Jazz

Title: Happy Hour

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Blues

Title: Boogie Queen

Artist: Pete Johnson

Genre: Blues

Collections

Title: Boogie Woogie Piano

Genre: Pop

Title: Radio Blues No. 1

Genre: Blues

Title: Blues 'n Boogie

Genre: Blues

Title: Champion Sound Vol 1

Genre: Pop

Title: Vintage Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: Keep Rockin'

Genre: Jazz

Title: New Orleans Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Featuring albums

Title: Boogie Blues

Artist: Lloyd Glenn

Genre: Blues, Rock

Title: On the Blues Side

Artist: Hot Lips Page

Genre: Jazz

Title: Roll 'Em Pete

Artist: Joe Williams

Genre: Blues

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