MCA twofer reissuing Decca material. Tatum is on Steve Williams’ KUER list. James P. Johnson is the origin point of stride piano and Fats Waller’s teacher, which makes this the earliest jazz lineage in the collection — earlier even than the Bechet. Not an audiophile pressing, but the value here is the performances rather than the cut.
Masterpieces Volume II / James P. Johnson Plays Fats Waller
Art Tatum / James P. Johnson
- Label
- MCA · MCA2-4112
- Released
- 1977
- Format
- 2×LP
- Pressing
- compilation
- Genre
- Jazz