Freddy Johnson 1933 1939

Freddy Johnson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Classics
• ASIN: B000001NQZ
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,064,054 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sing About the Swanee

2. My Baby's Gone

3. Sweet Georgia Brown

4. Foxy and Grapesy

5. Wo Ist Der Mann?

6. Sweet Madness

7. Harlem Bound

8. I've Got Rhythm

9. I've Got Rhythm

10. Tiger Rag

11. I Want to Dance

12. Harlem Hot Club Stomp

13. You Took Advantage of Me

14. Jungle Fever

15. Ain't Misbehavin'

16. Big Wig in the Wigwam

17. The Blue Room

18. Jam With Bacon

19. Frenchie's Blues

20. Hi-Diddle-Diddle

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars My Uncle Freddy, January 21, 2001

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Louis A. Johnson (Nevada.USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freddy Johnson 1933 1939 (Audio CD)

Freddy Johnson though poor, never worked at odd jobs, he loved the piano and worked playing under aged in speakeasys until 1922 when he became an accompanist for Florence Mills. Formed his own band in N.Y. 1924. He was born in N.Y. 3/12/04 and Died in N.Y. 3/24/61.Settled in Europe in 1929 and recorded and arrainged on European Labels with musicians such as Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, et. el.before being interned by The German War Machine In Dec. 1940 in Holland.Returned to USA in a prisoner exchange in 1944 shortly after which he opened his studio on B'way As a vocal coach and arrainger. Where he remained until his death from cancer in March of 1961.He was a prolific writer of music.