Giants of Jazz

Compilation by James P. Johnson

Released 1981

Tracklist

  • 12" Vinyl 1: Record One
  • 1
    Keep Off the Grass
  • 2
    Carolina Shout
  • 3
    Preachin' the Blues
    Bessie Smith Accompanied By James P. Johnson
  • 4
    Back Water Blues
    Bessie Smith Accompanied By James P. Johnson
  • 5
    All That I Had Is Gone
    Jimmy Johnson
  • 6
    Snowy Morning Blues
    Jimmy Johnson
  • 7
    Lucy Long
    Original Jazz Hounds
  • 8
    What's the Use of Being Alone
    Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds
  • 9
    Chicago Blues
    Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra
  • 10
    Guess Who's in Town
    Ethel Waters Accompanied By James P. Johnson
  • 11
    My Handy Man
    Ethel Waters Accompanied By James P. Johnson
  • 12
    Riffs
    Jimmy Johnson
  • 13
    Fare Thee Honey Blues
    Jimmy Johnson and His Band
  • 14
    What Is This Thing Called Love?
    Jimmy Johnson
  • 12" Vinyl 2: Record Two
  • 1
    You've Got to Be Modernistic
    Jimmy Johnson
  • 2
    Jingles
    Jimmy Johnson
  • 3
    How Could I Be Blue
    James P. Johnson With Clarence Williams
  • 4
    Go Harlem
    Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra
  • 5
    Dinah
    Pee Wee Russell's Rhythmakers
  • 6
    Everybody Loves My Baby
    Pee Wee, Zutty And James P.
  • 7
    Rosetta
    Frankie Newton And His Orchestra
  • 8
    Who?
    Frankie Newton And His Orchestra
  • 9
    Hungry Blues
    Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra
  • 10
    After Tonight
    Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra
  • 11
    If Dreams Come True
  • 12
    A-Flat Dream
  • 13
    Blueberry Rhyme
  • 12" Vinyl 3: Record Three
  • 1
    Old Fashioned Love
    James P. Johnson & His Orchestra
  • 2
    Carolina Balmoral
  • 3
    Mule Walk Stomp
  • 4
    Arkansaw Blues
  • 5
    After You've Gone
    James P. Johnson’s Blue Note Jazzmen
  • 6
    Hesitation Blues
    James P. Johnson's New York Orchestra
  • 7
    Hot Harlem
    James P. Johnson's New York Orchestra
  • 8
    Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
    Rod Cless Quartet
  • 9
    I Know That You Know
    Rod Cless Quartet
  • 10
    If I Could Be With You
  • 11
    At the Ball
    James P. Johnson’s Blue Note Jazzmen
  • 12
    Harlem Hotcha
    The Carnival Three
  • 13
    Liza

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