The JPJF Online Archive

Articles:

NEW in our on-line Archive:
    Johnson's 1955 Obituary, entitled:
Talents of James P. Johnson Went Unappreciated
From "Down Beat" Magazine, 12/28/1955,
By John Hammond

    James P. Johnson was born in New Brunswick, NJ on February 1, 1894. His parents had migrated north...
From the book James P. Johnson - A Case Of Mistaken Identity, By Dr. Scott Brown

    The "greatest hit" of 20th century popular music was not the creation of Michael Jackson, the Bee Gees or even...
From the article James P. Johnson: A Composer Rescued By Leslie Stifelman

    Performances of "Yamekraw: A Negro Rhapsody" at Mira Costa College Theater, Oceanside, CA. Johnson's 1927...

    32¢ James P. Johnson - From Jazz Legends of American Music Series. First Day of Issue: September 16, 1995.

In the Press :   

What's New:
    The Johnson Archive Collection Transferred to the
Institute of Jazz Studies & Rutgers Univ. Libraries

    World premiere performances of the restored one-act opera "De Organizer" by James P. Johnson and Langston Hughes...

Also, see these articles which were covered across the country:

The New York Times | Detroit Free Press
San Francisco Chronicle | Voice of America

Or these sound clips from Celeste Headlee which ran on Morning Edition on December 3, 2002 and Michigan Radio's The Todd Mundt Show. (Stories were also featured in the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune)