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Johnson: De Organizer (Excerpts); The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts)

Johnson: De Organizer (Excerpts); The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts)

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Renowned as an influential jazz pianist, James P. Johnson also flourished as a composer of opera and of
show tunes in the 1920s and 1930s. His two short operas The Dreamy Kid and De Organizer offer contrasting stories of African American life at that time, revealing both its incredible hopefulness and precariousness in the inter-war years. (Naxos)

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Product Description:

  • Release Date: September 08, 2023


  • UPC: 730099904179


  • Catalog Number: 8669041


  • Label: Naxos


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Period: 20th Century


  • Composer: James Price Johnson


  • Conductor: Kenneth Kiesler


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: De Organizer Chorus, University of Michigan Opera Theatre, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra


  • Performer: Rabinah Davis Dunn, Olivia Duval, Elizabeth Gray, Darnell Ishmel, Monique Spells, Kenneth Kellogg, Emery Stephens, Lonel Woods, Branden C.S. Hood, Lori Celeste Hicks



Works:

  1. De Organizer

    Composer: James P. Johnson

    Ensemble: University of Michigan Opera Theatre, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Darnell Ishmel (Baritone), Monique Spells (Contralto), Kenneth Kellogg (Bass), Rabihah Davis Dunn (Soprano), Olivia Duval (Soprano), Emery Stephens (Tenor), Lonel Woods (Tenor), Branden C.S. Hood (Bass)

    Conductor: Kenneth Kiesler


  2. The Dreamy Kid (excerpts)

    Composer: James P. Johnson

    Ensemble: University of Michigan Opera Theatre, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Elizabeth Gray (Mezzo-Soprano), Lori Celeste Hicks (Soprano), Olivia Duval (Soprano), Lonel Woods (Tenor)

    Conductor: Kenneth Kiesler