Jimmy Blythe

Jimmy Blythe ( born May 20, 1901 in Louisville, Kentucky, † June 21, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois) was an influential American jazz and boogie pianist. His date of birth is disputed.

Born and raised in Kentucky, about 1916 Blythe moved to Chicago, where he learned to play the piano at the pianist Clarence Jones. He was an all-round pianist who often popular pieces, such as the ragtime entitled " Chicago Stomps " (1924 ), playing with boogie rhythms.

Blythe took in the early 1920s on several piano rolls before he worked as a studio pianist for Paramount Records and (a kind of jug - band ) as the Midnight Rounders and the State Street Ramblers occurred with spasm bands. He formed a duo with Johnny Dodds and had his own band, " Blythe 's Sinful Five". He also accompanied various blues singers like Ma Rainey.

Published in 1925 Blythe "Jimmy's Blues", to generate the basic boogie classic " Pine Top 's Boogie Woogie " (1928 ) by Clarence " Pine Top " Smith. He was also involved in recordings of Jimmy Bertrand, June Cobb, the Memphis Nighthawks (1932) and Bumble Bee Slim ( 1934-36 ). Among the musicians who call Blythe as a model, includes, among others, Albert Ammons.

Jimmy Blythe died in 1931 at the age of 30 years from the effects of meningitis.