CAROLINA SHOUT - James P. Johnson

Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use“ for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. The intent of this video is for non profit Historic Preservation, Education and social comment. Carolina Shout played by the composer James P. Johnson (originally issued on QRS 100999 / ca. February 1921) James Price Johnson [. “Jimmy Johnson“] (February 1, 1894November 17, 1955) was an African-American pianist and composer. He’s one of the greatest of all piano roll artists. For more information on James P. Johnson, I recommend the writeup in Rags & Ragtime (Jasen & Tichenor) and the book James P. Johnson (Brown & Hilbert); also see Tom Davin’s 1955 interview with JPJ in Jazz Panorama (Martin Williams, ed.) (see BluesTone Recommended Reading list) Stride, also known as New York ragtime, is a piano style where the pianist’s left hand may play a four-beat pulse with a bass note or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats, or an interrupted bass with three single notes and then a chord while the right hand plays melodies, riffs and often contrapuntal lines. The name “stride“ comes from the left-hand movement “striding“ up and down the keyboard. Pedal technique further varies the left hand sound.[citation needed] The technique was originated in Harlem during World War I by Luckey Roberts and James P. Johnson. It was partially influenced by ragtime but as an early jazz piano idiom, features improvisation, blue notes, and swing rhythms which its predecessor did not. The practitioners of this style practised a piano style that made use of classical devices. They sometimes engaged in cutting contests to show off their skill.