| Format | On Demand CD |
| Ordering Number | SFW40812-CCD |
| Barcode | 093074081228 |
| label | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Release date | 8/30/2013 |
| Release date | 9/24/1996 |
| salesrank | 1845 |
Seventy-four minutes of solo piano from the father of Harlem stride piano. Includes eight previously unreleased tracks, including Yamekraw and Jazzamine Concerto. 20 vibrant performances, including Joplin and Handy, a Gershwin hit, and Johnson's own compositions—1917 Classic rags, a 1923 show tune, newly discovered blues improvisations, and three of his pioneering "third stream" symphonic works. 28-page booklet contains wonderful reproductions of the original LP covers, historical and biographical annotation on the period, the artist, and the songs. Reissued from Folkways 2850. "It was me, or maybe Fats, who say down to warm up the piano. After that, James took over. Then you got real invention-magic, sheer magic." —Duke Ellington
CCD 1- 1.Liza02:52
- 2.Aunt Hagar's Blues02:33
- 3.Sweet Lorraine02:49
- 4.Jersey Sweet02:30
- 5.Yamekraw-A Negro Rhapsody11:59
- 6.Daintiness Rag02:06
- 7.The Dream03:44
- 8.The Dream [Alt Tk]02:26
- 9.Blue Moods04:04
- 10.Keep Movin'02:31
- 11.Woman Blues03:50
- 12.Jazzamine Concerto06:30
- 13.St. Louis Blues04:02
- 14.Jungle Drums02:34
- 15.Blue Moods, Sex04:41
- 16.Euphonic Sounds02:43
- 17.Twilight Rag02:34
- 18.Snowy Morning Blues03:16
- 19.Snowy Morning Blues [Alt Tk]03:00
- 20.Blues for Jimmy02:53
- Total:01:13:37