Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews biographies of two musicians who transcended jazz, and to whom recognition was slow in coming: James P. Johnson, born in 1894, and Alice Coltrane, born in 1937.

This is FRESH AIR. In New York around 1920, three pianists reigned - Willie The Lion Smith, Fats Waller and James P. Johnson. Johnson was considered the greatest of the three. Jazz critic Kevin ...

This is the fourth and final hour of recent historic jazz discoveries. There are some amazing and inspiring stories of jazz sleuths who pulled out all the stops to discover long-lost music. The story ...

"Produced in co-operation with CBS Special Products. Booklet (52 p. ill.) inserted. Performer(s): 40 songs; James P. Johnson, piano, with other musicians as listed in booklet. Production notes: ...

The Bad Plus's Ethan Iverson plays music by jazz icons James P. Johnson and John Coltrane. Ethan Iverson, a founding member of The Bad Plus, celebrates two icons of jazz, live from GBH's Fraser ...

From Clorindy to Carnegie Hall : the Harlem entertainment community -- Jazz rhapsodies in black and white : James P. Johnson's Yamekraw -- "The blues get glorified" : Harlem entertainment, Negro ...