Boogie-Woogie
Description of Boogie-Woogie
Boogie Woogie was one of Jazz's many forebears and holds a continuing association with Blues as well as with rock 'n' roll. It's based on a piano styling, with repeated rocking bass (left hand) figures, underscoring melody and improvisation by the right hand. A driving, compelling, and sometimes humorous sound, Boogie Woogie reappears through the decades whenever jazz wants to get down and have fun.
Boogie-Woogie Key Albums
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Boogie-Woogie Key Artists
Big Joe Turner
Turner sang Boogie Woogie
and Jump-Blues. He later hit
audiences with the rock 'n'
roll classics "Shake, Rattle
and Roll."
Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport
Davenport was one heck of
a blues piano man but he
earned his nickname from
composing the hit "The Cow
Cow Boogie."
Jimmy Yancey
Yancey brought a jazz
laden ballad touch to
boogie woogie piano.
Yancey ended up cutting
grass for the Chicago Whit...
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