Jimmy Blythe

James Louis Blythe (May 20, 1901 – June 14, 1931) was an American jazz and boogie-woogie pianist and composer. Blythe is known to have recorded as many as 300 piano rolls, and his song "Chicago Stomp" is considered one of the earliest examples of boogie-woogie music to be recorded.

Birth and Death Data: Born May 20, 1901 (Louisville), Died June 26, 1931 (Chicago)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1940

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, composer, vocalist, leader, songwriter, lyricist, speaker

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 51-75 of 99 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Gennett	13529	10-in.	3/8/1928	My baby	State Street Ramblers [Blythe's Blue Boys]	Instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13530	10-in.	3/8/1928	Pleasure mad	State Street Ramblers [Blythe's Blue Boys]	Instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13531	10-in.	3/8/1928	Oriental man	State Street Ramblers	Instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13605	10-in.	3/21/1928	My baby	Tillie Johnson	Female vocal solo, with piano and kazoo	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13606	10-in.	3/23/1928	Chicago man blues	Tillie Johnson	Female vocal solo, with piano and kazoo	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13609	10-in.	3/23/1928	My señorita	Bud Thurston	Male vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13682	10-in.	4/17/1928	Dustin' the keys	Blythe and Burton	Piano duet	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13683	10-in.	4/18/1928	Block and tackle blues	Blythe and Burton	Piano duet	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13686	10-in.	4/18/1928	My baby	Blythe's Blue Boys	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13687	10-in.	4/18/1928	Oriental man	Blythe's Blue Boys	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13688	10-in.	4/18/1928	Pleasure mad	Blythe's Blue Boys	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13689	10-in.	4/18/1928	Shanghai honeymoon	State Street Ramblers [Blythe's Blue Boys]	Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13690	10-in.	4/18/1928	Some do and some don't	Blythe's Blue Boys	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13691	10-in.	4/18/1928	Tack it down	Blythe's Blue Boys	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14065	10-in.	7/18/1928	Endurance stomp	Blythe's Blue Boys	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14066	10-in.	7/18/1928	Tuxedo stomp	State Street Ramblers [Blythe's Blue Boys]	Jazz/dance ensemble, with incidental singing	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14067	10-in.	7/18/1928	Brown skin mama	Blythe's Blue Boys	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14068	10-in.	7/18/1928	Road house blues	Marie Grinter ; State Street Ramblers [Blythe's Blue Boys]	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14069	10-in.	7/18/1928	St. Louis man	Marie Grinter ; State Street Ramblers [Blythe's Blue Boys]	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14070	10-in.	7/18/1928	West Virginia blues	Marie Grinter ; State Street Ramblers [Blythe's Blue Boys]	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14071	10-in.	7/18/1928	Do right blues	Marie Grinter ; State Street Ramblers [Blythe's Blue Boys]	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14072	10-in.	7/18/1928	St. Louis nightmare	State Street Ramblers [Blythe's Blue Boys]	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14073	10-in.	7/18/1928	Yearning and blue	State Street Ramblers [Blythe's Blue Boys]	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14074	10-in.	7/19/1928	Tell me, cutie	Blythe's Blue Boys	Jazz/dance ensemble, with incidental singing	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14075	10-in.	7/19/1928	Someday you'll know	Blythe's Blue Boys	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano

(Results 51-75 of 99 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Blythe, Jimmy," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103209.

Blythe, Jimmy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103209.

"Blythe, Jimmy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.