1947-1949

by Pete Johnson

Overview

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 Mckibbon on bass and J.C. Heard on drums) for the Apollo, Modern, and French Jazz Selection labels, while the final session features a sextet on six tracks, blistering through the excellent "Rocket 88 Boogie, Parts 1 and 2" for the Down Beat/Swingtime label. These sessions have a common thread in the predominate use of guitar from Charles Norris, Carl Lynch, Johnny Rogers, and Herman Mitchell thoroughly featured alongside Johnson's piano throughout. Soon after these sessions Johnson left his West Coast home for Buffalo where he essentially retired, showing up occasionally at the odd live appearance or on other musicians' sessions. ~ Al Campbell

Product Details

Release Date:	03/22/2024
Label:	Classics
UPC:	0097037054762
Rank:	152616

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Pete Johnson   Primary Artist,Piano
Bill Cooper   Bass
Ralph Hamilton   Bass
Jesse Sailes   Drums
Maxwell Davis   Sax (Tenor)
Roy Milton   Drums
Carl Lynch   Guitar
Al McKibbon   Bass
Jewell L. Grant   Sax (Alto)
Herman Mitchell   Guitar
J.C. Heard   Drums
Johnnie Parket   Bass
Charles Norris   Guitar
Johnny Rogers   Guitar
Al Wichard   Drums
Bill Davis   Bass
Jesse Price   Drums

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Andy Razaf   Composer
J. Russel Robinson   Composer
Stephen Foster   Composer
Benny Davis   Composer
W.C. Handy   Composer
Pete Johnson   Composer
Meade "Lux" Lewis   Composer
Dave Dexter, Jr.   Composer
Con Conrad   Composer
Jimmy Yancey   Composer
Anatol Schenker   Liner Notes