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Johnny Guarnieri Rollography
By James Turner

The eminent British jazz journalist and author Derek Coller is
now completing the definitive bio-discography of the great American
jazz pianist Johnny Guarnieri (1917 - 1985).  It is scheduled to
appear in book form in 2017 and a publisher has already been secured.
I am serving as a research assistant.

We would be very grateful if the Mechanical Music Digest subscribers
could help provide complete details on the piano rolls made by Johnny
Guarnieri.  This is what we have compiled so far:

Piano rolls performed by Johnny Guarnieri:

1978  PLY  80078  Johnny's Girls (Medley):
                    Girl of My Dreams; Laura; Louise
1978  PLY  80157  At Sundown
1978  PLY  80218  Guarnieri Goes Latin: Tico Tico with Amigo Simpatico
1978  PLY  80317  Just One of Those Things
1978  PLY  80357  Johnny's Secret [JG]
1978  PLY  80487  Dinah
1978  PLY  80817  I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1978  PLY  80837  Little White Lies
1978  PLY  81037  Walkin' My Baby Back Home
1978  PLY  81997  Pedro [JG]
1979  PLY  41101  Feelings (instrumental) [Ampico expression by Bill Flynt]
1979  PLY     18  Just for You (Medley): Feelings; Stardust
1979  PLY     67  Irene (Medley): Alice Blue Gown; Irene
      PLY     97  St. Louis Blues
1980  PLY         My Blue Heaven
1980  PLY    413  The Sheik of Araby
1980  PLY    413  My Fate Is in Your Hands
1980  PLY    418  The Song of Songs
1980  PLY    420  Would You, Would You?
1980  PLY    422  Johnny's Girls No. 2 (Medley):
                    Margie; Mary Lou; Sweet Sue

Piano rolls of Johnny Guarnieri compositions performed by others:

      HPC    217  The Turner Shout [JG] -- p.b. John Farrell
      HPC    246  The Dazzler [JG] -- p.b. John Farrell

Abbreviations:

JG   Johnny Guarnieri
PLY  Play-Rite (Play-Rite Music Rolls, Inc., Turlock, California)
HPC  Hot Piano Classics (Mike & Fred Schwimmer, Lake Bluff, IL)

References:

1. Joe E. Morris Piano Roll Collection, held at the University of
North Texas Libraries, Denton, Texas.
http://findingaids.library.unt.edu/index.php?p=core%2Fsearch&q=Guarnieri&content=1 

2. Post-WW2 Reproducing Piano Rolls
https://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/MMMedia/PostWW2.html 

3. The John Farrell Collection
http://www.johnfarrellcollection.com/5701.html 

No other details are known at present.  All assistance will be
appreciated.  Any background information which might be of interest
to the author will be welcome.  All contributions will be gratefully
acknowledged in print by the author.  Information may be sent to me at
the email address below.

Many thanks,

James Turner
Sunland, California
jnt2@pacbell.net.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]


(Message sent Fri 2 Dec 2016, 01:53:34 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

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