Boogie-woogie is a solo piano-style that became very popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Boogie-woogie was developed in the southern parts of the USA. Boogie-woogie is connected with dancing.
It has a regular bass figure, an ostinato and simple examples of shifts of level.
Notable players
change- Albert Ammons
- Deanna Bogart
- James Booker
- Eddie Boyd
- Eden Brent
- Cleo Patra Brown
- Leroy Carr
- Cow Cow Davenport
- Champion Jack Dupree
- Big Joe Duskin
- Erwin Helfer
- Jools Holland
- Dr. John
- Pete Johnson
- Meade Lux Lewis
- Memphis Slim
- Big Maceo Merriweather
- Amos Milburn
- Piano Red
- Pinetop Perkins
- Martin Pyrker
- Ann Rabson
- Mike Sanchez
- Pinetop Smith
- Otis Spann
- Speckled Red
- Roosevelt Sykes
- Montana Taylor
- Hersal Thomas
- Sippie Wallace
- Vince Weber
- Katie Webster
- Mitch Woods
- Jimmy Yancey
- Axel Zwingenberger
Other websites
change- The Boogie Woogie Foundation (contains extensive article on the history of Boogie Woogie)
- Boogie Woogie Piano Articles
- All Things Boogie