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

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Recordings (Results 76-99 of 99 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Gennett	14076	10-in.	7/19/1928	Five o'clock stomp	State Street Ramblers [Blythe's Blue Boys]	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14077	10-in.	7/19/1928	Barrel house baker	State Street Ramblers [Blythe's Blue Boys]	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14078	10-in.	7/19/1928	Handful of keys	State Street Ramblers [Blythe's Blue Boys]	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14079	10-in.	7/19/1928	Searching for a flat	State Street Ramblers [Blythe's Blue Boys]	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14080	10-in.	7/19/1928	How would you like to be me	Blythe's Blue Boys	Jazz/dance ensemble, with incidental singing	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14789	10-in.	2/12/1929	Mississippi stomp (Blythe's stomp)	Frisky Foot Jackson and His Thumpers [King Mutt and his Tennessee Thumpers]	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14793	10-in.	2/12/1929	Good time mamma	King Mutt and his Tennessee Thumpers	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14794	10-in.	2/12/1929	Maxwell Street stomp	King Mutt and his Tennessee Thumpers	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14796	10-in.	2/12/1929	Nuthouse stomp	King Mutt and his Tennessee Thumpers	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	14797	10-in.	2/12/1929	I wanna get it	King Mutt and his Tennessee Thumpers	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	15547	10-in.	9/6/1929	Ain't goin' that way	The Hokum Boys	Male vocal duet, with clarinet, guitar, and piano	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Gennett	15548	10-in.	9/6/1929	Went to his head	The Hokum Boys	Male vocal duet, with clarinet, guitar, and piano	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Gennett	15549	10-in.	9/6/1929	Let me pat that thing	The Hokum Boys	Male vocal duet, with clarinet, guitar, and piano	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Gennett	16210	10-in.	2/4/1930	Rocky luck blues	Teddy Moss	Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and piano	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	16211	10-in.	2/4/1930	Motherless child blues	Teddy Moss	Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and piano	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	16212	10-in.	2/4/1930	Mistreating blues	Teddy Moss	Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and piano	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	16213	10-in.	2/4/1930	Root-ta-toot man	Teddy Moss	Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and piano	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	16214	10-in.	2/4/1930	Ain't it a shame	Teddy Moss	Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and piano	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	16215	10-in.	2/4/1930	Ain't that some gal?	Teddy Moss ; Bob Robinson	Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	16216	10-in.	2/4/1930	Rocking and rolling	Robinson's Knights of Rest	Jazz ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	16217	10-in.	2/4/1930	Mean baby blues	Robinson's Knights of Rest	Jazz ensemble	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	17623	10-in.	3/19/1931	Kentucky blues	State Street Ramblers	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	17631	10-in.	3/20/1931	Richmond stomp	State Street Ramblers	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	20240	10-in.	December 1927	Oriental man	Dixieland Thumpers		instrumentalist, piano

(Results 76-99 of 99 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Blythe, Jimmy," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103209.

Blythe, Jimmy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103209.

"Blythe, Jimmy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.