mule walk stomp

Mule walk stomp 1943-1944 album james p johnson one of my fav songs!

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Music

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• mule
• walk
• stomp
• 1943
• 1944
• james
• johnson
• stride

[JamesPriceJohnson]

how DARE someone dislike this song.

[JamesPriceJohnson]

hey everybody sorry but i cut off the few end notes. my bad.

[wbgo]

Never heard this version; thanks! What's the full ending like? I love the slower one where he does the dimimuendo (spl?) at the end and just barely touches the last chord. Completely different style, but Brad Meldau does that at the end of "Solar" and I love both of them. Kinda like "here's your damn grandiose ending for you."

Hey, I used to have a vocal version of Modernistic with an extended, super corny scat section. I found one vocal here, but no extended scat thing. Anyone have that?

[bryan3550]

Just gorgeous: the man himself!

PURE GOLD

Thank you so much for this upload.

[JamesPriceJohnson]

@pianiplunker my fault i accidently cut off the last few notes. woops

[pianiplunker]

@JamesPriceJohnson Actually they weren't supposed to end like that. This along with Gut Stomp, Caprice Rag and a few others were supervised by Alfred Lion for blue note and he must have not told J.P when the matrix ended. Especially this and Caprice rag JP seems to do endless variations on the C strains of each piece and he could have probably kept doing so before he died of exhaustion. Probably in my top 2 or 3 stride recordings of all time.

[KingRat355]

@KawhackitaRag haha maybe because it's freaking fast but still a marvel of syncopated mania. He knew how to get it swinging.

[solidmotion]

This was an unexpected treat. Thanks so much!

[likemyviolin]

Thanks for uploading. My favorite of JP Johnson's solo recordings are Keep Off The Grass and Jingles (Modernistic, too), and this is very good, either.

[JamesPriceJohnson]

i know huh