Boogie-woogie

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

• 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

• The Boogie Woogie Foundation (contains extensive article on the history of Boogie Woogie)
• Boogie Woogie Piano Articles
• All Things Boogie

Festivals

• International Boogie Woogie Festival Netherlands
• International Boogie Woogie Festival Switzerland