mracz Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Does anyone else know the Pumpkin LP of non-commercial JPJ recordings? It includes a SUBLIME Backwater Blues from 1948 with Danny Alvin on drums... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 On 18/11/2008 at 5:21 PM, Hot Ptah said: Did anyone else see the Antiques Roadshow show from some time in the past ten years, where a woman had an amazing collection of James P. Johnson's possessions? She had inherited it and did not know who Johnson was. The antiques expert was amazed and told her that it all belonged in a museum. She seemed obviously unaware of the significance of Johnson or what she had. I always wondered what happened to the collection, as it did not look like she was very interested or excited about what the expert was telling her about James P. Johnson. Update: I Googled "Antiques Roadshow" and "James P. Johnson" and came up with this episode description. This is the episode I remember: Season 6 Episode 11: San Diego (2002) San Diego; Hotel Del Coronado; jazz pianist James P. Johnson's sheet music; 18th-century Sheffield candlesticks; yellow-diamond Tiffany pendant. A clip from the episode has been uploaded since you posted this: https://www.pbs.org/video/antiques-roadshow-appraisal-james-p-johnson-collection/ Appraisal: James P. Johnson Collection Clip: Season 20 Episode 23 | 2m 22s In San Diego, Philip Merrill appraises a James P. Johnson Collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 That person looked like she was out to lunch. She didn’t seem that impressed even after she found out the value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 And now worth 30 to $50,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 The "evaluator" spoke of contracts and other papers - they might be the important pieces for history, but none of it is worth much on the "market". Hope it is all preserved somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 Yes, it needs to be preserved, even if there is just handful of people who know who he is. I play his Mosaic set often. It is my favorite mosaic I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 It SHOULD be preserved here: https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/jazz/archival-collections Or either at the James P. Johnson Foundation. But then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 I'm going to have to make the trek to Rutgers, one of these days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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