JIMMY BLYTHE

                                

Uno de estos artistas que se fueron demasiado jóvenes dejándonos en la incógnita de cual hubiera sido su evolución. Jimmy grabó uno de los primeros boogies en el año 1924 Chicago Stomp , que podéis oir en la compilación que os ofrecemos mas abajo, y que ya en su día apareció en uno de nuestros post´s dedicado al Boogie-Woogie ( 16/02/2013 ) 

Jimmy Blythe (May 20, 1901 – June 14, 1931) was an influential American jazz and boogie-woogie pianist.

He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and moved to Chicago, Illinois around 1916, studying with pianist Clarence Jones. He was an all-round pianist, who generally incorporated boogie-woogie styles into more varied pieces such as "Chicago Stomps" (1924) which drew on ragtime and other popular styles of the time

He made hundreds of piano rolls in the early 1920s, for the Columbia (later renamed Capitol) Music Roll Company in Chicago, before accompanying many singers on Paramount Records and appearing with small 'spasm bands' like the Midnight Rounders and the State Street Ramblers. He also duetted with Johnny Dodds, and led his own group, Blythe's Sinful Five. His 1925 recording, "Jimmy's Blues", provided the theme used by Pinetop Smith on "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie", and he was also acknowledged as an influence by Albert Ammons.

Blythe died of meningitis in Chicago in 1931, aged 30.