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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 26-50 of 99 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Brunswick	C2421	10-in.	10/9/1928	Shake your shimmy	Midnight Rounders	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	C2422	10-in.	10/9/1928	Bull fiddle rag	Midnight Rounders	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	C3365	10-in.	4/25/1929	I won’t give you none	Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	C205-C206	10-in.	4/22/1926	Breakin’ the blues	Georgia Taylor	Female vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Brunswick	C207-C208	10-in.	4/22/1926	Somebody’s chewing you too	Georgia Taylor	Female vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Brunswick	C353-C354	10-in.	5/29/1926	Little bits	Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards	Instrumental trio	composer
Brunswick	C355-C356	10-in.	5/29/1926	Struggling	Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards	Instrumental trio	composer
Brunswick	C644-C645	10-in.	9/16/1926	Idle hour special	Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards	Instrumental quartet	composer
Brunswick	C646-C647	10-in.	9/16/1926	47th Street stomp	Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards	Instrumental quartet	composer
Brunswick	C783-C784	10-in.	4/21/1927	Easy come easy go blues	Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards	Instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, piano
Brunswick	C785-C786	10-in.	4/21/1927	The blues stampede	Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards	Instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, piano
Brunswick	C787-C788	10-in.	4/21/1927	I’m goin’ huntin’	Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards	Instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, piano
Brunswick	C789-C790	10-in.	4/21/1927	If you want to be my sugar papa (You gotta be sweet to me)	Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards	Instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, piano
Brunswick	C1186-C1187	10-in.	10/5/1927	Weary way blues	Jimmy Blythe’s Owls	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
Brunswick	C1188-C1189	10-in.	10/5/1927	Poutin’ papa	Jimmy Blythe’s Owls	Jazz/dance band	leader
Brunswick	C1190-C1191	10-in.	10/5/1927	Hot stuff	Jimmy Blythe’s Owls	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
Brunswick	C1192-C1193	10-in.	10/5/1927	Have mercy!	Jimmy Blythe’s Owls	Jazz/dance band	leader, songwriter
Gennett	12989	10-in.	8/12/1927	There'll come a day	Blythe's Blue Boys	Instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	12990	10-in.	8/12/1927	The weary way blues	Blythe's Blue Boys	Instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	12991	10-in.	8/12/1927	Cootie stomp	Blythe's Blue Boys	Instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13289	10-in.	12/13/1927	The St. Louis train kept passin' by	Lonnie Johnson	Male vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13290	10-in.	12/13/1927	When man is treated like a dog	Lonnie Johnson	Male vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13299	10-in.	12/14/1927	It's hot—let it alone	Duke Owens and Bud Wilson	Guitar and piano duet	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13300	10-in.	12/14/1927	Bearcat blues	George Jefferson and Willie Woods	Guitar and piano duet	instrumentalist, piano
Gennett	13302	10-in.	12/14/1927	Why should I grieve after you're gone	Lonnie Johnson	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, piano

(Results 26-50 of 99 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Blythe, Jimmy," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103209.

Blythe, Jimmy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103209.

"Blythe, Jimmy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.