“…you got real invention – magic, sheer magic. There never was another.”
-Edward “Duke” Ellington, on James P. Johnson
New editions of James P. Johnson’s symphonic works are
now available in both original and flexible orchestrations.
Drums
A Symphonic Poem
Harlem Symphony
Available in the original and reduced orchestrations
Charleston
A jubilant orchestral arrangement of James P. Johnson’s seminal stride theme