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BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
Boogie Woogie became an international craze through the work of Giants like Albert Ammons, Jimmy Yancey, Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis. By the end of World War II the boogie craze had died down, but its fire was rekindled by white performers in the form of Country Boogie, here is the story of the Hillbilly Boogie Boys. Just some of the legendary characters on this 100 track set are: Spade Cooley,...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 03/05/2008
"One of the most complex and creative forms of instrumental blues..." - Dan Morgenstern, liner notes The Unmitigated Joy Of Boogie Woogie When it comes to boogie woogie, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Jimmy Yancey are the innovative pantheon and some of their finest performances are represented here. Later interpreters like Freddie Slack, Kenny Kersey, Teddy Wilson, and Mary Lou Williams...
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Havering On (Free subscription) | 01/26/2008
The label began life in 1939, founded by two men in their early thirties, both born in Germany, Alfred Lion who had moved to New York City in 1938 and Francis Wolff who made the move as World War 2 began. The name derives from the emblematic ‘blue note’ of jazz and the blues. The first Blue Note recording session, was supervised by Lion, was at WMGM Studio in New York City on Friday 6th January 1939...
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nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 10/06/2007
John Mayall was born 29th of November 1933 in Macclesfield, a small English village near the industrial hub of Manchester--a far cry at that time from the black American blues culture we are familiar with today. The eldest of three from humble working class origins, and in the shadow of WWII, this skinny English lad grew up listening to his guitarist father's extensive jazz record collection and felt...
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nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 09/02/2007
The music on this CD is comprised mostly of instrumentals, with Bruce Katz sticking primarily to piano, performing just a few numbers on the organ, the instrument for which he is best known. Katz's style ranges from Albert Ammons and Jimmy Smith to the flash of Jerry Lee Lewis. The selections include straight blues, a few stomps, some solo boogie-woogie, a couple of more advanced jazz tunes, and vocals...
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NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 07/07/2007
Pinetop Perkins is 94 today. He’s playing at Russell City Blues in Hayward, California. “Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie” is one of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. It was recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis more than 50 years ago. By this time, Pinetop had developed his own unmistakable sound. [...]
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Mick Hartley (Free subscription) | 06/29/2007
Everybody likes boogie-woogie piano: it's an accepted scientific fact. Here are Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson belting out Boogie Woogie Dream: Love those facial expressions. Added bonus: Meade Lux Lewis. And here in what must be one of the earliest...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/29/2007
2007 Chicago Blues Festival Grant Park Chicago, Illinois June 7-10, 2007 If a visitor from another planet had happened into Grant Park in Chicago late Sunday night June 10, heard the music pouring forth from the stage during a 97th birthday salute to the late, great Howlin' Wolf, and seen the crowd bouncing in its seats and the dancers' gyrations down front, he might have been puzzled to learn the...
