1947-1949
Released: Aug 15, 2000
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Released: Aug 15, 2000
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Classics #1110 is the fourth installment chronicling 21 final key recordings of boogie woogie pianist Pete Johnson. 1947-1949 found Johnson leading three different quartets (the second with Al...
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St. Louis Parties of July 20 & August 1, 1954
Released: Oct 12, 1999
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Released: Oct 12, 1999
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The unusual music featured on this CD was recorded at a pair of private parties held in St. Louis in the summer of 1954. The great boogie-woogie pianist Pete Johnson is featured playing blues,...
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Radio Broadcasts Film Soundtracks Alternate Takes (1939-1947)
Released: May 2, 1998
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Released: May 2, 1998
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This Pete Johnson CD collects a number of rare recordings from radio airchecks, film soundtracks, radio transcription discs, and unissued alternate takes, featuring the pianist in a variety of...
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Blues & Boogie Woogie Master 1938/1946
Released: Jan 13, 1998
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Released: Jan 13, 1998
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Pete Johnson's mastery of boogie-woogie piano is captured on these sessions dating from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
1944-1946
Released: Jul 15, 1997
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Released: Jul 15, 1997
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The third "complete" Pete Johnson CD put out by the European Classics label features the great boogie-woogie pianist in three different settings. There are eight formerly rare piano solos from 1944...
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1939-1941
Released: Nov 19, 1996
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Released: Nov 19, 1996
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Born in Kansas City, Pete Johnson began his musical career as a drummer but soon learned how to massage a piano under the tutelage of his uncle Charles "Smash" Johnson. During the early 1930s, Pete...
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Master of Blues and Boogie Woogie, Vol. 3
Released: Dec 19, 1939
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Released: Dec 19, 1939
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This Dutch LP features pianist Pete Johnson in four different settings spanning a decade of time. Six titles are trio and solo numbers taken from his 1939 Blue Note dates (bassist Abe Bolar is...
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1938-1939
Released: Dec 30, 1938
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Released: Dec 30, 1938
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This superlative CD reissue features boogie-woogie pianist Pete Johnson on two classic numbers with singer Big Joe Turner (the original versions of "Goin' Away Blues" and "Roll 'Em Pete"), with...
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