Artists J Jimmy Yancey History Of Jazz - Piano Solos.

Here is a 12 inch 78 rpm vinyl record with some great R&B piano by Jimmy Yancey. I didn't know they made vinyl 78s, but this is a dandy.

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Piano Solos is a swing music album recording by JIMMY JONES released in 1953 on CD, LP/Vinyl and/or cassette. Piano Solos Contents.

Listen free to Jimmy Yancey – The Piano Man (Beezum Blues, Big Bear Trail and more). Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last. Yancey was born in Chicago in (depending on the source) 1894, or 1898. His older brother, Alonzo Yancey (1894 – 1944) was also a pianist, while their father was a guitarist. Yancey started performing as a singer in traveling shows during his childhood. James Edwards "Jimmy" Yancey (February 20, 1894 – September 17, 1951) was an African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist.

Jimmy Yancey ‎– Jimmy Yancey. Label: Vogue Productions ‎– EPVA 1203. Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP. Country: Australia. Piano solos, RC guide has this titled as Jimmy Yancey's Piano but there is no title on release. Other Versions (1 of 1) View All. Cat.

Acoustic Chicago Blues Boogie-Woogie Piano Blues Regional Blues. Confident Earnest Gritty Organic Passionate Swaggering Bravado Bright Freewheeling Greasy Gutsy Knotty Playful Rollicking Sparkling Street-Smart Summery Theatrical Urgent. The Piano Blues of Jimmy Yancey, 1939-1940.

The Best of Jimmy Yancey 1951. Piano Boogie Woogie Vol. 1 2008. 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. 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.

Jimmy Yancey kept his day job his entire life. During the early half of the century, he was a groundskeeper at Chicago's Comiskey Park by day, and master of the boogie-woogie piano by night. His rollicking style was a huge influence on such up-and-coming pianists as Meade "Lux" Lewis and Albert Ammons, who would both go on to much greater success. Jimmy Yancey kept his day job his entire life.

Jimmy Yancey – Mama and Jimmy blues (Mama Yancey, vcl). Jimmy & Mama Yancey - Chicago Piano – Yancey Special. Jimmy & Mama Yancey - Chicago Piano – How Long Blues (A). 2:50. Jimmy Yancey & Mama Yancey – Santa Fe Blues. Jimmy Yancey, Mama Yancey – Monkey Woman Blues. Jimmy & Mama Yancey – Make Me A Pallet On The Floor. Yancey, Jimmy & Mama – Yancey Special (Second Version).