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32c James P. Johnson stamp

United States Postal Service1995-09-16

Smithsonian's National Postal Museum

Smithsonian's National Postal Museum
Washington, DC, United States

James P. Johnson, born in 1894, is credited as the "father of stride piano." Johnson approached the keyboard with powerful, recurrent, octave-spanning, left-hand innovations and rhythmic and harmonic intensities that became acknowledged influences on many of the jazz performers who followed him. Johnson wrote his first major Broadway musical, "Runnin' Wild," in 1923.

Reference: Postal Bulletin (August 17, 1995)

Scott Catalogue USA: 2985
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Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

Museum ID: 1996.2066.232

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  • Title: 32c James P. Johnson stamp
  • Creator: United States Postal Service
  • Date Created: 1995-09-16
  • Subject Keywords: James P. Johnson, stamp
  • Medium: paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / lithography
Smithsonian's National Postal Museum

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