James P. Johnson: De Organizer; The Dreamy Kid (excerpts)
James P. Johnson is renowned as the father of stride piano but he also flourished as a composer of opera and of show tunes in the 1920s and 1930s. The Dreamy Kid and De Organizer offer contrasting stories of African American life at that time, set to an eclectic and powerful mixture of jazz, swing, blues and ragtime. These two works were reconstructed by the renowned musicologist, composer and bandleader, James Dapogny, before his untimely death in 2019. The Dreamy Kid is a world premiere recording.
Product Description:
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Release Date: September 08, 2023
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Catalog Number: 8669041
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UPC: 730099904179
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Label: Naxos
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Number of Discs: 1
Period: 20th Century
Composer: James Price Johnson
Conductor: Kenneth Kiesler
Orchestra/Ensemble: De Organizer Chorus, University of Michigan Opera Theatre, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Rabinah Davis Dunn, Olivia Duval, Elizabeth Gray, Darnell Ishmel, Monique Spells, Kenneth Kellogg, Emery Stephens, Lonel Woods, Branden C.S. Hood, Lori Celeste Hicks
Works:
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De Organizer
Composer: James P. Johnson
Ensemble: University of Michigan Opera Theatre, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Darnell Ishmel (Baritone), Monique Spells (Contralto), Kenneth Kellogg (Bass), Rabihah Davis Dunn (Soprano), Olivia Duval (Soprano), Emery Stephens (Tenor), Lonel Woods (Tenor), Branden C.S. Hood (Bass)
Conductor: Kenneth Kiesler
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The Dreamy Kid (excerpts)
Composer: James P. Johnson
Ensemble: University of Michigan Opera Theatre, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Elizabeth Gray (Mezzo-Soprano), Lori Celeste Hicks (Soprano), Olivia Duval (Soprano), Lonel Woods (Tenor)
Conductor: Kenneth Kiesler