Jimmy Yancey

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Yancey Stomp 02:48 Tools
How Long Blues - aka How Long How Long Blues 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues 04:37 Tools
State Street Special 02:40 Tools
Yancey Special 02:41 Tools
Five O'Clock Blues 00:00 Tools
35th and Dearborn 03:14 Tools
Lean Bacon 03:07 Tools
Jimmy's Stuff 03:21 Tools
The Fives 03:01 Tools
South Side Stuff 03:08 Tools
Two O'clock Blues 00:00 Tools
La Salle Street Breakdown 03:04 Tools
Yancey's Bugle Call 02:27 Tools
Slow and Easy Blues 00:00 Tools
Janie's Joys 02:58 Tools
Steady Rock Blues 02:58 Tools
P.l.k. Special 00:00 Tools
Rolling The Stone 00:00 Tools
The Mellow Blues 02:43 Tools
Shave 'em Dry 00:00 Tools
Yancey Limited 03:04 Tools
Lucille's Lament 03:09 Tools
Salute to Pinetop 00:00 Tools
Santa Fe Blues 00:00 Tools
Yancey's Getaway 00:00 Tools
White Sox Stomp 00:00 Tools
Beezum Blues 03:22 Tools
Lean Bacon (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Mournful Blues 00:00 Tools
Crying in My Sleep 00:00 Tools
Tell 'Em About Me 00:00 Tools
Midnight Stomp 00:00 Tools
Old Quaker Blues 00:00 Tools
Big Bear Train 00:00 Tools
Cryin' in My Sleep 00:00 Tools
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor 00:00 Tools
Jimmy's Stuff (Jimmy's Stuff No. 2) 00:00 Tools
I Received a Letter 00:00 Tools
Death Letter Blues 00:00 Tools
Bear Trap Blues 00:00 Tools
Monkey Woman Blues 00:00 Tools
Four O'clock Blues 00:00 Tools
I Love to Hear My Baby Call My Name 00:00 Tools
The Yancey Special 00:00 Tools
At the Window 00:00 Tools
East St. Louis Blues 00:00 Tools
The Rocks 00:00 Tools
35th and Dearborne 00:00 Tools
Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special (1943) 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues No. 2 00:00 Tools
Heifer Dust 00:00 Tools
Jimmy Yancey - The Fives (1939) 00:00 Tools
Jimmy's Rocks 00:00 Tools
Eternal Blues 00:00 Tools
Big Beartrain 00:00 Tools
Jimmy Yancey - White Sox Stomp (1943) 00:00 Tools
Jimmy Yancey - South Side Stuff (1939) 00:00 Tools
Yancey's Bugle Call (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Yancey's Mixture 00:00 Tools
Boodlin' 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues - Second Version 00:00 Tools
Sweet Patootie 00:00 Tools
Everlasting Blues 00:00 Tools
Jimmy's Goodnight Blues 00:00 Tools
Keep a Knockin' 00:00 Tools
Blues for Albert 00:00 Tools
Assembly Call Boogie 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues (Alt. Take) 00:00 Tools
Yancey's Bugle Call (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Rollin' The Stone 00:00 Tools
Pallet On the Floor 00:00 Tools
La Salle Street Breakdown (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Two 'o Clock Blues 00:00 Tools
P.l.k. Blues 00:00 Tools
Barber Shop Rage 00:00 Tools
Slow & Easy Blues 00:00 Tools
Slow And Easy 00:00 Tools
P. L. K. 00:00 Tools
Five O'clock 00:00 Tools
Jimmy's Stuff No. 2 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues (aka How Long How Long Blues) 00:00 Tools
Two O' Clock Jump 00:00 Tools
Barber Shop Rag 00:00 Tools
Yancey Special (Second Version) 00:00 Tools
PLK Special 00:00 Tools
Two O' Clock Blues 00:00 Tools
Yancey's Stomp 00:00 Tools
Everybody's Rag 00:00 Tools
The Five 00:00 Tools
White Socks Stomp 00:00 Tools
Sante Fe Blues 00:00 Tools
Tell Em About Me 00:00 Tools
Yancey Stomp - Remastered 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues - Remastered 00:00 Tools
State Street Special - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Four O' Clock Blues 05:13 Tools
P. L. K. - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Ecstatic Rag 00:00 Tools
East St Louis Blues 00:00 Tools
Big Bear Trail 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues No.2 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Hobo Rag 00:00 Tools
Yancey Blues 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Monkey Womam Blues 00:00 Tools
Slow And Steady Blues 00:00 Tools
Five O' Clock Blues 00:00 Tools
P L K Special 00:00 Tools
Five O'Clock - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Five O’Clock Blues 00:00 Tools
Tell 'Em About Me - Remastered 00:00 Tools
32th & Dearborn 00:00 Tools
Slow And Easy Blues (1939) 00:00 Tools
Yancey Special [Second Version] 00:00 Tools
Twelfth Street Rag 00:00 Tools
Five O?Clock Blues 00:00 Tools
Jimmy's Stuff - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Big Bear Trai 00:00 Tools
Yancey Speciall 00:00 Tools
28th and Dearborn 00:00 Tools
Yance's Bugle Call 00:00 Tools
Steady Rock Blues - Remastered 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues, Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
The Fives (1939) 00:00 Tools
South Side Stuff - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Yancey Stomp - Original 00:00 Tools
Jimmy' Stuff 00:00 Tools
The Mellow Blues - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Yancey Special (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Jimmy Rocks 00:00 Tools
P.L.K Special 00:00 Tools
Yancey Stomp - Jimmy Yancey 00:00 Tools
Jimmy's Stuff No.2 00:00 Tools
Two O´Clock Blues 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues (A) 00:00 Tools
La Salle Street Breakdown (A Lost Recording Date) [Remastered] 00:00 Tools
Shave ‘Em Dry 00:00 Tools
Janies Joys 00:00 Tools
Five O´Clock Blues 00:00 Tools
Yancey Stompn 00:00 Tools
The Five - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Yancey Limited - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Lucille's Lament (A Lost Recording Date) [Remastered] 00:00 Tools
Big Bear Train (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
La Salle Street Breakdown - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Boogue # A1 00:00 Tools
Yancey's Bugle Call - Alternative 00:00 Tools
Death Letter Blue 00:00 Tools
Big Bear Train (A Lost Recording Date) [Remastered] 00:00 Tools
Beezum Blues (A Lost Recording Date) [Remastered] 00:00 Tools
Lean Bacon (A Lost Recording Date) [Remastered] 00:00 Tools
Lucille's Lament - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Two O'clock Blues (A Lost Recording Date) [Remastered] 00:00 Tools
Rolling The Stone - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Slow Easy Blues 00:00 Tools
Janie's Joys (A Lost Recording Date) [Remastered] 00:00 Tools
Big Bear Train - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Slow And Easy Blues - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Yancey's Getaway - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Yancey Limeted 00:00 Tools
Yancey'S Bugle Call - Jimmy Yancey 00:00 Tools
35th And Dearborn - Alternative 00:00 Tools
Yancey' s Bugle Call ( 25 Octobre 1939 ) 00:00 Tools
Lucilles Lament 00:00 Tools
Yaney's Getaway 00:00 Tools
Yancey Limited (A Lost Recording Date) [Remastered] 00:00 Tools
White Sox Boogie 00:00 Tools
Cryin' In My Sleep (1940) 00:00 Tools
Janie's Joy 00:00 Tools
Jimmy Yancay - P.L.K. Special 00:00 Tools
White Sox Stomp - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Two 'O Clock Blues - Remastered 00:00 Tools
35th & Dearborn 00:00 Tools
Jimmy’s Stuff 03:21 Tools
How Long Blues, No. 2 00:00 Tools
Yance's Buggle Call 00:00 Tools
Lucille´s Lament 00:00 Tools
Sate Street Special 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues (aka How Long How Long Blues) (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues (vcl. Mama Yancey) 00:00 Tools
Yancey's Bungle Call 00:00 Tools
Lean Bacon - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Jimmy Yancey 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues (Version 2) 00:00 Tools
Shave 'Em Dry (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Yancey stomp - 1939 00:00 Tools
Two O’clock Blues 00:00 Tools
Yancey Stomp (Original Mix) 00:00 Tools
Jimmi's Stuf 00:00 Tools
I Love to Here My Baby Call My Name 00:00 Tools
Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (Mama Yancey, VCL) 00:00 Tools
Tow O'clock Blues 00:00 Tools
Two O Clock Blues 00:00 Tools
Plk Special (1940) 00:00 Tools
Untitled Blues 00:00 Tools
South Side Stuff Boogie 00:00 Tools
Jani's Joy 00:00 Tools
Five O Clock Blues 00:00 Tools
Beezum Blues (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
How Long Blues Session 00:00 Tools
White Sox Stromp 00:00 Tools
Jimmy's Stuff [Jimmy's Stuff No. 2] 00:00 Tools
Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
South Side Stuff 1939 00:00 Tools
Pallet On The Floor (Mama Yancey, VCL) 00:00 Tools
Two O'clock Blues (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
The Fives Boogie 00:00 Tools
Yancey Stomp 1939 00:00 Tools
Yancey Limited (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
The Fives 1939 00:00 Tools
Lucile's Lament 00:00 Tools
Jimmy's stuff - 1939 00:00 Tools
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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. He was a noted pianist by 1915, and influenced younger musicians, such as Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons. While he played in a boogie-woogie style, with a strong-repeated figure in the left hand and melodic decoration in the right hand, his playing was delicate and subtle, rather than hard driving. He popularized a left hand figure which became known as the 'Yancey bass', and was later used in Pee Wee Crayton's "Blues After Hours", Guitar Slim's "The Things That I Used to Know" and many other songs. Part of Yancey's distinctive style was that he played in a variety of keys but ended some pieces in E flat, even if it was in another key. And he favored keys atypical for barrelhouse blues, like E flat and A flat. Most of his recordings were of solo piano, but late in his career he also recorded with vocals by his wife, Estelle Yancey, under the billing 'Jimmy and Mama Yancey'. They appeared in concert at the Carnegie Hall in 1948. In 1951, the twosome recorded the first album that was released by Atlantic Records the following year. During World War I, Yancey played baseball in a Negro league baseball team, the Chicago All-Americans. Throughout his life, Yancey kept a job as groundskeeper for the Chicago White Sox. Yancey died of a stroke secondary to diabetes in Chicago on September 17, 1951. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.