730099904179

James P. Johnson: De Organizer; The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts)

University of Michigan Opera Theatre and Symphony Orchestra; Rabihah Davis Dunn; Olivia Duval; Lori

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Format: CD

Cat No: 8669041

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Release Date:  08 September 2023

Label:  Naxos - Nxp / Naxos Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  730099904179

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

Composer/Series:  James P. Johnson

  • Description

    Renowned as an influential jazz pianist, James P. Johnson also flourished as a composer of opera and of show tunes in the 1920s and 1930s. His two short operas The Dreamy Kid and De Organizer offer contrasting stories of African American life at that time, revealing both its incredible hopefulness and precariousness in the inter-war years. The Dreamy Kid is a tragedy, marked by police violence in a racially unjust atmosphere, and De Organizer is a hopeful story of solidarity and resistance meant to break the twin oppressions of poverty and racism. Johnson sets these stories to an eclectic and powerful mixture of jazz, swing, blues and ragtime that capture the essence of African American music-making in the early 20th century.

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