Giants of Jazz - Genius of Boogie Woogie

Giants of Jazz - Genius of Boogie WoogieHere you will find a number of old boogie woogie piano solo performances.



The three most influential boogie woogie compositions are included:



1) Pinetop's Boogie Woogie, by Pine Top Smith. The first song with 'Boogie Woogie' in the title. The main right hand riff in Pinetop's Boogie Woogie has been used, and is still used, with variations, in numerous songs in blues, jazz and rock.



2) Honky Tonk Train Blues, by Meade Lux Lewis. A boogie woogie masterpiece. You can hear the steam powered train rolling along the railroad track while listening to this song.



3) Boogie Woogie Stomp, by Albert Ammons. Boogie Woogie Stomp is in essence a spiced up and further developed instrumental set piece version of Pinetop's Boogie Woogie. This tune still poses a challenge for every aspiring boogie woogie pianist, mostly because of the complicated chorded left hand.You will also find a number of songs by the great boogie woogie pianist Pete Johnson. Dive Bomber and Kaycee Feeling are two examples of Johnson playing boogie woogie of the highest standard.Track list:

01 - Pete Johnson - Dive Bomber (1944)

02 - Pete Johnson - Answer To The Boogie (1944)

03 - Pete Johnson - Bottomland Boogie (1944)

04 - Pete Johnson - Kaycee Feeling (1944)

05 - Pete Johnson - Basement Boogie (1941)

06 - Pete Johnson - Rock It Boogie (1944)

07 - Pete Johnson - Death Ray Boogie (1941)

08 - Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Stomp (1939)

09 - Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Blues (1939)

10 - Albert Ammons - Chicago In Mind (1939)

11 - Albert Ammons - Bass Goin' Crazy) (1939)

12 - Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues (1935)

13 - Meade Lux Lewis - Tell Your Story (1940)

14 - Meade Lux Lewis - Bass On Top (1940)

15 - Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special (1943)

16 - Jimmy Yancey - White Sox Stomp (1943)

17 - Jimmy Yancey - The Fives (1939)

18 - Jimmy Yancey - South Side Stuff (1939)

19 - Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Blues (1928)

20 - Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (1928)

21 - Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues (1928)

22 - Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen (1930)Total playing time around 71 min.



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