Snowy Morning Blues
Context
Composed by James P. Johnson and recorded solo in New York for Columbia, in sessions on February 25 and March 7, 1927. The father of Harlem stride piano applies his alternating left hand to a blues form. The title gave its name to a Decca compilation of his work.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Stride (Harlem piano). Among the origins and influences of Stride: Ragtime.