URI(s)
Variants
- Yancey, James, 1894?-1951
- Yancey, Jim, 1898-1951
- Yancey, James Edwards, 1898-1951
- Yancey, "Papa" Jimmy, 1898-1951
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1898-02-20
Death Date
- 1951-09-17
Birth Place
- Chicago, Ill.
Occupation
Pianist
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Yancey, James, 1894?-1951
Sources
- found: His 5 boogie woogie and blues piano solos, c1943.
- found: New Grove dict. of American music(Yancey, Jimmy (James Edwards); b. Chicago, IL, ca. 1894; d. Chicago, 17 Sept. 1951)
- found: Chilton, J. Ww of jazz, 1985(Yancey, "Jimmy" James Edwards; b. Chicago, Ill., c. 1894; d. Chicago, Ill., 17th Sept. 1951)
- found: Southern, E. Biog. dict. of Afro-American and African musicians, 1982(Yancey, James Edward "Jimmy"; b. 20 Feb. 1898; d. 17 Sept. 1951)
- found: Claghorn, C.E. Biog. dict. of jazz, c1982(Yancey, James Edward (Jimmy); b. 1894, Chicago, Ill.; d. there 1951)
- found: His "The immortal" Jimmy Yancey [SR] p1981-1982:v. 1-2, labels (Jimmy Yancey, 1898-1951)
- found: Grove music online, Apr. 6, 2007:Jazz (Yancey, Jimmy (James Edwards); b. Feb. 20, 1898, Chicago, d. Sept. 17, 1951, Chicago; American pianist)
- found: Enc. of the blues, 2006(Yancey, James Edward(s) "Jimmy"; b. Feb. 20, 1898, Chicago, IL, d. Sept. 17, 1951, Chicago, IL; pianist)
- found: Santelli, R. Big book of blues, 2001(Yancey, Jimmy; aka "Papa" Jimmy Yancey; b. Feb. 20, 1898, Chicago, Ill., d. Sept. 17, 1951, Chicago, Ill.; boogie-woogie pianist)
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Change Notes
- 1982-07-08: new
- 2013-02-05: revised
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