Performance · Other credits
Jimmy Yancey
Chicago, United States • 1898-02-20 – 1951-09-17
Jimmy Yancey is credited on 273 releases across 100 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2017 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
273
Pressings credited
100
Albums
7
Decades active
14
In collections
Biography
James Edward Yancey (February 20, c. 1895 – September 17, 1951) was an American boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist. One reviewer described him as "one of the pioneers of this raucous, rapid-fire, eight-to-the-bar piano style".
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
273 releases · 100 albums · active 1952–2017
- Performance · 562
- Other credits · 16
Studios: Chelsea Sound · Paragon Recording Studios · Acme Recording Studios, Chicago, IL · Pizza Express
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- George Jones (2)
- Ray Smith
- Lightnin' Hopkins
- Gene Krupa
- Mr. Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band
- Albert Ammons
- Furry Lewis
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