The Ultimate Jazz Archive Vol.67 – Pete Johnson [1944-1947] [2005]

01.Kaycee Feeling
02.Lights Out Mood
03.Dive Bomber
04.Answer To The Boogie
05.Mr. Freddy Blues
06.Zero Hours
07.Bottomland Boogie
08.Rock It Boogie
09.Backroom Blues
10.1946 Stomp
11.Pete’s Lonesome Blues
12.Mr. Drums Meets Mr. Piano
13.Mutiny In The Doghouse
14.Pete Kay Boogie
15.Central Avenue Drag
16.66 Stomp
17.Minuet Boogie
18.Yancy Street Boogie
19.Hollywood Boogie
20.Wiley’s Boogie

Pete Johnson was one of the three great boogie-woogie pianists (along with Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis) whose sudden prominence in the late '30s helped make the style very popular. Originally a drummer, Johnson switched to piano in 1922. He was part of the Kansas City scene in the 1920s and '30s, often accompanying singer Big Joe Turner. Producer John Hammond discovered him in 1936 and got him to play at the Famous Door in New York. After taking part in Hammond's 1938 Spirituals to Swing Carnegie Hall concert in 1938, Johnson started recording regularly and appeared on an occasional basis with Ammons and Lewis as the Boogie Woogie Trio. He also backed Turner on some classic records. Johnson recorded often in the 1940s and spent much of 1947-1949 based in Los Angeles. He moved to Buffalo in 1950 and, other than an appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, he was in obscurity for much of the decade. A stroke later in 1958 left him partly paralyzed. Johnson made one final appearance at John Hammond's January 1967 Spirituals to Swing concert, playing the right hand on a version of "Roll 'Em Pete" two months before his death. --- Scott Yanow, Rovi

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