Jimmy Yancey
About Jimmy Yancey
James Edwards "Jimmy" Yancey (February 20, 1894 – September 17, 1951) was an African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist. One reviewer noted him as "one of the pioneers of this raucous, rapid-fire, eight-to-the-bar piano style". Yancey was born in Chicago in (depending on the source) 1894, or 1898. His older brother, Alonzo Yancey (1894 – 1944) was also a pianist, while their father was a guitarist. Yancey started performing as a singer in traveling shows during his childhood.
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Top Tracks
Yancey Stomp
How Long Blues - aka How Long How Long Blues
How Long Blues
State Street Special
Yancey Special
Five O'Clock Blues
La Salle Street Breakdown
The Fives
Lean Bacon
Slow and Easy Blues
35th and Dearborn
South Side Stuff
Jimmy's Stuff
Two O'clock Blues
Yancey's Bugle Call
Janie's Joys
The Mellow Blues
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
Rolling The Stone
Steady Rock Blues
P.L.K. Special
Yancey Limited
Salute to Pinetop
Lucille's Lament
Shave 'em Dry
Mournful Blues
Yancey's Getaway
Beezum Blues
White Sox Stomp
Tell 'Em About Me
Midnight Stomp
Crying in My Sleep
Old Quaker Blues
Santa Fe' Blues
Lean Bacon (Remastered)
Big Bear Train
I Received a Letter
Cryin' in My Sleep
Jimmy's Stuff (Jimmy's Stuff No. 2)
Four O'Clock Blues
35th And Dearborn (Take 1)
Bear Trap Blues
I Love to Hear My Baby Call My Name
Monkey Woman Blues
The Yancey Special
Death Letter Blues
At the Window
East St. Louis Blues
The Rocks
Yancey's Bugle Call (Take 1)
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