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James P. Johnson — Blue Note Boogie
Album: Blue Boogie
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8.1

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Released: 1942
Length: 3:53
Plays (last 30 days): 0
(Instrumental)
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Piano Lessons that paid off.
This is song is some sort of superlative.  It's the best of something.  I just can't decide what it is the best of.
mmmmmmmmmm tasty........{#Bananapiano}
 Grammarcop wrote:
Hey, Bill, how about adding Fats Waller to the playlist? 
 
2 now - Thanks Bill - more like this purlease! 

Fats WallerAin't Misbehavin'Handful of Keys
Fats WallerI Got RhythmMusic, New York & Hopper

Gets a 9 from me.
Classic - perfect in its category - makes me so happy to be alive... 
Right in stride
Sweeeeeeeet! Make some room, Duke and Count. 
 Toke wrote:

You got it Stingray ''R.P'' is ''Rock'n Piano''

 
ssshhhh! You'll only encourage him.
{#Bananasplit}{#Bananasplit}{#Bananasplit}
Holy S*#t is this good. Thanks Bill!
 Grammarcop wrote:
Hey, Bill, how about adding Fats Waller to the playlist? 
 
Have A Little Dream On Me was rejected out of hand.
Roots Rock 'n' Roll!  I loves it!!  {#Dancingbanana_2}

https://www.yazoorecords.com/2043.htm

Check out some of these records.

 Grammarcop wrote:
Hey, Bill, how about adding Fats Waller to the playlist? 
 
Blind John Davis maybe?

 Grammarcop wrote:
Hey, Bill, how about adding Fats Waller to the playlist? 
 
Some Meade Lux Lewis would`nt hurt either .

Hey, Bill, how about adding Fats Waller to the playlist? 
Ba-da-da-dap

https://vimeo.com/21362582

I'm SO glad I grew up in the era of rock and roll.
 Stingray wrote:
STOP THIS SHIT, BILL....!

This is RP!
 
You got it Stingray ''R.P'' is ''Rock'n Piano''

Wailin' good fun.  Made me wonder if there was some other old-timey great tunes, either in original form or covered by others. Sadly, a search for "Scott Joplin", "Maple Leaf Rag", "Root Beer Rag" and variations on all of them didn't get any hits.

Toes tapping, head bouncing, first time in weeks I had to get up from my work bench and see who it was.
Thank you, Bill! 
Fine!
{#Bananapiano}
 cc_rider wrote:
Can't believe I've never heard of him before. This is where it all begins. You can hear the genesis of all the greats, right here. Out-freakin-standing.
 
yep...

Can't believe I've never heard of him before. This is where it all begins. You can hear the genesis of all the greats, right here. Out-freakin-standing.
I could listen to this more often...

hard to believe is close to 70 years young 
STOP THIS SHIT, BILL....!

This is RP!
 GeneP59 wrote:
Sssssssombody stop me!{#Fire}{#Bananapiano}
 

Nooooo! I've been sucked in, too. Can't stop my foot from tappin' and my head from nodding... and now I'm being pulled out of my chair...
Ohhh Yeah!!!!
I....can't....stop...my...toes..from...a' tapping... {#Bananasplit}

Love it! 10!!
My sister and I had to play this as a duet for a piano recital. Our mom stood over us with a flyflap when we practiced to keep us from fighting.  We are long grown now and we played it for our mom during a family get together (we didnt kick each other on the piano bench this time.) Mom just cried and cried, hopefully she was just wistful for our childhood again and not because we hurt her ears so bad! So any song that makes mom cry gets a 10 in my book!
Oh man, this is good stuff!!{#Bananapiano}
 crushedvelvet wrote:
So...jazz can be good?? Wow, who knew? This is jazz, right?

 
man if you don't know what jazz is, how can you act like it's usually bad??

Outstanding!
great stuff!  now - how about some from the chairman of the board?  ol' blue eyes?  from the 40's and 50's?  bill - you listening?
Sssssssombody stop me!{#Fire}{#Bananapiano}
SssMOKin'....
sounds like somethin my Daddy woulda liked
Oh yeah!  Rock those 88's!
Thanks for all your suggestions on where to find this tune.  Believe it, or not, is has finally shown up on ITunes.
MORE!!!{#Bananapiano}
My grandpa had this one on his player piano.
 Rotterdam wrote:

Radio Paradise, THANK YOU for taking us back to the roots of the music we love. This is marvelous!


 
Indeed, and how about some Mary Ford?

Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Earl Hines, Art Tatum, Willie "The Lion" Smith and, of course, Fats Waller knew about James P.Johnson. Regarding him not only as their musical father but also as the greatest pianist in jazz. Later, even modernists like Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell would admit to his influence.
{#Roflol}
 Clif wrote:


I am tapping my left foot. Does this mean I am Dead?
 

It means your right foot is dead.
Lay that boogie-woogie on the king of rock 'n' roll!
Now that w're on the boogie motif,
how about something by
Dr. Winston O'Boogie?
(AKA John Lennon)

 

James P. Johnson! any loving of music is disconcerted, without words;

nice too:   James P. Johnson - Blue Note Boogie     ==>    Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop w/ Eric Clapton

** 9 **


rcurrier wrote:
Oh please, surely we hear this enough on Clear Channel that we don't need to hear it on Radio Paradise. This is just another example of how RP follows the pack and just plays "classic rock".

You got that right. {#Clap}Yet another song we've all heard thousands of times.This James P. Johnson fella has clearly always been another Yanni wannabe. {#Lol}    {#High-five}

Nicely done. Hook, line and sinker. Multiple times.

And oh yeah, my feet were tappin' for sure. {#Dancingbanana}


Radio Paradise, THANK YOU for taking us back to the roots of the music we love. This is marvelous!


So...jazz can be good?? Wow, who knew? This is jazz, right?
Misterfixit wrote:
As Long John Baldry's Magistrate, in such a feckless Upper Class Accent, put it: "... and just what IS this 'booo-gee wooo-gee' music ... "
Oh yeah - keep it comin'!
thanks randomprime and timc, I'll be checking them out!
DoctorK wrote:
Someone, please let me know where I can find this song. I don't care what format.
While it doesn't look like they have this song, eMusic has 4 of his albums for purchase, including the one pictured above.
DoctorK wrote:
Someone, please let me know where I can find this song. I don't care what format.
Amazon has a page for the album. They don't have it themselves at this time, but you can purchase it used from other sellers.
This is great but I'm at work and it makes me feel like I should have a cold beer in my hand! :) Thanks, this is awesome stuff.
DoctorK wrote:
Someone, please let me know where I can find this song. I don't care what format.
Pretty sure I have this in a collection of ole Blues songs somewhere in the ole pianee bench. I'll have a boo and see if I can find it...assuming you're looking for the piano music and not the horns.
Follow it with Oscar Petersen's "Mumbles" por favor.
slartibart_0 you've taken your comments away. I was enjoying them.
Fun!
My 8-year-old daughter is dancing in the kitchen right now.
Someone, please let me know where I can find this song. I don't care what format.
Kaiser wrote:
If you're not tapping your foot right now, you're clinically dead.
I am tapping my left foot. Does this mean I am Dead?
cutterjudd wrote:
RP Junkies out there. Recently I tried finding this gem on I-tunes. The album was different and the song was not listed. Maybe I am doing something wrong. Help needed to find this gem so I can buy it. Any suggestions out there. E-mail me
Still like to find this gem when I get off my desk from Juke Joint Jumpin!
If you're not tapping your foot right now, you're clinically dead.
If this is "Classic Rock"...then Pavarotti was one hell of a metal frontman!!!
peyotecoyote wrote:
Hey slartibart_0, clearly you just didn't get it..or your just trying to stir the pot...Maryte did not reply to me, he replied to rcurrier...same as I did. You should be more careful in your keyboard regurgitation of comments. Really, it aint rocket science.
Thank you. He does injustice to the great name of Slartibart (sic).
slartibart_O wrote:
maryte wrote: to peyotecoyote: Please tell me you're being sarcastic. And, if not, WTF are you talking about??
Hey slartibart_0, clearly you just didn't get it..or you're just trying to stir the pot...Maryte did not reply to me, he replied to rcurrier...same as I did. You should be more careful in your keyboard regurgitation of comments. Really, it aint rocket science.
rcurrier wrote:
Oh please, surely we hear this enough on Clear Channel that we don't need to hear it on Radio Paradise. This is just another example of how RP follows the pack and just plays "classic rock".
As Long John Baldry's Magistrate, in such a feckless Upper Class Accent, put it: "... and just what IS this 'booo-gee wooo-gee' music ... "
rcurrier wrote:
Oh please, surely we hear this enough on Clear Channel that we don't need to hear it on Radio Paradise. This is just another example of how RP follows the pack and just plays "classic rock".
ROFLMAO!
rcurrier wrote:
Oh please, surely we hear this enough on Clear Channel that we don't need to hear it on Radio Paradise. This is just another example of how RP follows the pack and just plays "classic rock".
Clearly, you are an idiot sir. "Classic Rock" ?? Go away now and crawl up under the rock from which you came. Bubbye *edit* Oh, and never, EVER speak for the masses..."that we don't need to hear it on Radio Paradise."
rcurrier wrote:
Oh please, surely we hear this enough on Clear Channel that we don't need to hear it on Radio Paradise. This is just another example of how RP follows the pack and just plays "classic rock".
Please tell me you're being sarcastic. And, if not, WTF are you talking about??
Ah. Lovely! Soothing and invigorating all at the same time!
Great
Oh please, surely we hear this enough on Clear Channel that we don't need to hear it on Radio Paradise. This is just another example of how RP follows the pack and just plays "classic rock".
This is a great song form an artist I never heard of before this. Thank you RP for playing it.
"Hey, what's all this boogie woogie music? I like it!!"
fabulous segue from LJB
Guess I just don't "get" this. No, just kidding! Reminds me of sitting next to my dad at jazz concerts with his fingers snapping louder than I thought possible. Thanks!
Man ... is this good or what!!!!!
Pure happiness
RP Junkies out there. Recently I tried finding this gem on I-tunes. The album was different and the song was not listed. Maybe I am doing something wrong. Help needed to find this gem so I can buy it. Any suggestions out there. E-mail me
I feel like jumping on my desk and dancing. ohhh boy
I CAN'T STOP MY FEET !! c.
Hittin' the note, man!
Music from my 87 year old father's day, as he would say, hot and sweet...
Excellent choice Bill
Now this is boogie woogie!
Great tune from an artist I've never heard of. Thanks RP
Reet petite and ain't that sweet!
Cornelia wrote:
Love it!! Thanks Bill :) I can barely contain my chair boogie at work
Love it!! Thanks Bill :) I can barely contain my chair boogie at work
This is just so good!
Too short!!! But very, very sweet!
Who doesn't love some swinging jazz? This is great, just the reason to listen to RP.
Jim Cox did a variation of this on the soundtrack to the movie "The Majestic." The soundtrack has some really nice songs on it, including Nat King Cole and the Mills Brothers, as well as some nice foot-stomping instrumentals. Check it out - it's worth a listen
Good Mix! keep em' coming.
sweeeeeeeet time to dance
dionysius wrote:
SO fine!
I said, I said, "SO fine!"
dwhayslett wrote:
It's jazz. It has horns. Just a little reading of various comment pages will lead you to a likely answer.
I haven't read the comments yet, but I can bet it's our favorite kvetch...CM!
Hear that trumpet blow......full steam ahead!
Nice.... I used to know a couple of people way back when that played like piano like that. It was the most amazing experience to stand around listening and watching them as they played. So much energy...
SO fine!
Ahhhh, that was FINE ... and then: Little Feat. I've died and gone to music paradise!
doo wop till ya drop
Nice to hear something upbeat and bouncy Thanks RP
Thanks! This is waking me up from my Martha Wainwright induced stupor.
I'm, uh, likin' this!
Reminds me of the music I heard growning up. My Dad was a huge big band fan. This is real nice!
fncll wrote:
Who on earth could give James P Freakin' Johnson a 1?
It's jazz. It has horns. Just a little reading of various comment pages will lead you to a likely answer.
Folks are always writing notes to Bill congratulating him on the wonderful transitions and how well the songs fit together. Well, in this case going from Martha Wainwright to James Johnson had to be one of the most jarring transitions I've heard on this station. But I love them both - so who cares! I'll take the RP eclecticism any day.
How do I get it to play? I can't hear it...
Volume up, dogs start barking, all boogie! Good brain break, thanks!
Yeah. More stride. More Boogie