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Infobox musical artist | name = Jimmy Yancey| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = James Edwards Yancey| alias =| birth_date = birth date|1894|02|20|birth_place = Chicago , Illinois , United States | death_date = death date and age|1951|09|17|1894|02|20|death_place =Chicago, Illinois, United States| origin =| instrument = Piano | genre = Boogie-woogie | occupation =| years_active = 1939–1950| label = Atlantic Records|Atlantic | associated_acts = Jimmy and Mama Yancey| website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = James Edwards "Jimmy" Yancey (February 20, 1894 & ndash; September 17, 1951)cite web |first= |last= |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p584/biography|pure_url=yes |title=Biography by Chris Kelsey |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=August 11, 2011 was an African American boogie-woogie pianist , composer , and lyricist . One reviewer noted him as "one of the pioneers of this raucous, rapid-fire, eight-to-the-bar piano style".cite book | first= Paul | last= Du Noyer | year= 2003 | title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music | edition= 1st | publisher= Flame Tree Publishing | location= Fulham, London | isbn= 1-904041-96-5 | page= 165
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Yancey was born in Chicago in (depending on the source) 1894, or 1898. http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1950.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed August 2011 His older brother, Alonzo Yancey (1894 & ndash; 1944) was also an pianist, while their father was a guitarist. Yancey started performing as a singer in traveling shows during his childhood. He was a noted pianist by 1915, and influenced younger musician s, such as Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons .
While he played in a boogie-woogie style, with a strong-repeated figure in the left hand and melodic decoration in the right hand, his playing was delicate and subtle, rather than hard driving. He popularized a left hand figure which became known as the 'Yancey bass', and was later used in Pee Wee Crayton 's " Blues After Hours ", Guitar Slim 's "The Things That I Used to Know" and many other songs.cite book | first= Tony | last= Russell | year= 1997 | title= The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray | edition= | publisher=Carlton Books Limited | location= Dubai | pages= 193–194 | isbn= 1-85868-255-X Part of Yancey's distinctive style was that he played in a variety of keys but always ended every song in E flat.
Most of his recordings were of solo piano, but late in his career he also recorded with vocals by his wife, Estelle Yancey , under the billing 'Jimmy and Mama Yancey'. They appeared in concert at the Carnegie Hall in 1948. In 1951, the twosome recorded the first album that was released by Atlantic Records the following year.
During World War I , Yancey played baseball in a Negro league baseball team, the Chicago All-Americans. Throughout his life, Yancey kept a job as groundskeeper for the Chicago White Sox .
Yancey died of a stroke secondary to diabetes mellitus|diabetes in Chicago on September 17, 1951. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.
Persondata | NAME = Yancey, Jimmy | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = African American boogie-woogie pianist , composer , and lyricist | DATE OF BIRTH = February 20, 1894 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Chicago , Illinois , United States | DATE OF DEATH = September 17, 1951 | PLACE OF DEATH = Chicago, Illinois, United States DEFAULTSORT:Yancey, Jimmy Category:1894 births Category:1951 deaths Category:African American musicians Category:American composers Category:American pianists Category:American blues pianists Category:Boogie-woogie pianists Category:People from Chicago, Illinois Category:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Category:Atlantic Records artists Category:Vocalion Records artists Category:Deaths from stroke
