Boogie Woogie History- Albert Ammons,Pete Johnson,Meade Lux Lewis

[ZingZee123456789]

Wow @ 1:27. That almost sounds like traditional African music with the drumbeat and the vocals in the background..

[misospecial]

such great playing! hot stuff. thanks!

[kon17051951]

Вот это музочка!Башку сносит начисто!

[avocadess]

Music to my ears. Thanks for posting!!!

[freakyhead20]

no problem boogie on :D

[Brutus2]

I've made a few attempts at George Thomas & Lem Fowler; they're both on YouTube. I'm not a great editor but I enjoy doing it. I'll try! Something like... 'Boogie Woogie Avant La Lettre'...

[freakyhead20]

you should do that :) enjoy the vid's

[Brutus2]

If you're interested, you could search for two very interesting cd's released by Milan Jazz; 'Boogie Woogie Story - Vol. 1 (1917-1922)' and 'Vol. 2 (1923-1926)'. The first contains mainly pianorolls by Eubie Blake, James P. Johnson, Clarence Jones, Jimmy Blythe and one acoustic recording by Fats Waller. The second is a mixture of acoustic recordings and piano rolls. The important figures on this one are George W. Thomas, Jesse Crump, Lem Fowler, Hersal Thomas, Jimmy Blythe, Cow Cow Davenport.

[Bumblebee38]

Yes I know them

Very well done by our friend Jean Paul Amouroux .....the only genuine historian and specialist of Boogie Woogie

[zwolfen]

PERHAPS, "Brutus"...the "Big Three" are the only ones that left a "legacy" for others to emulate. Not all have a "collection"...until you "post" examples...I'll stand by "the big three" and EECO's talent in tribute to them.

[Brutus2]

When people are only focusing on THEM, they will BECOME the only ones. The Boogie Woogie legacy from the 1920's would fill at least 3 80 min. cd's. 'The Big Three' build upon the boogie pianists before them; men like Hersal Thomas, Jimmy Blythe, Cow Cow Davenport & Pinetop Smith.

I'm not denying 'The Big Three's' greatness, I'm not saying everyone should have a collection.

[KawhackitaRag]

The three '30's pianists were terrific, and they each had their own styles, but it's only when you expand into the other boogie-woogie artists, earlier and later, that you get a really rich palette in your playing. I think that Jimmy Blythe alone played enough piano for 10 different stylists! though, I'd call him more of a great all-around rhythm pianist (think a stylistic hybrid of blues and novelty piano), than strictly a boogie-woogie artist, though he played great boogie.

[KawhackitaRag]

dear zwolfen... I beg to differ about a "legacy", since that word means something someone left behind. Well, let's see, Jimmy Blythe left behind several hundred piano rolls (at least 200), over 75 audio recordings (8 solos, 4 duo-piano and several with large and small bands), for starters. Document Records has a nice CD of some of his stuff, and Biograph records has included (on compilations) recordings of some his best piano roll performances.

[KawhackitaRag]

Lemuel Fowler also made about 20 excellent rolls (recuts of most are available from BluesTone Music Rolls in Illinois) as well as several audio sides (collected on a Document CD). Unfortunately, practically nothing is known about him, but my friend Bob Pinsker is a Fowler nut and will doubtless put out a folio of transcriptions before too long.

[Brutus2]

Why always focus on 'The Big Three'!? For boogie-recordings, we could go all the way back to 1923. Figures like George & Hersal Thomas, lemuel Fowler, Jesse Crump, Jimmy Blythe are being ignored too often.

[freakyhead20]

well Im playing a lot of songs from them, and I dont know all of them you just wrote down and also dont have the music for it, but it's not that I am only listening to these fella's. There are plenty more others but these are just my favorites..is that something weird to have favorite musicians, I dont know..

[Brutus2]

Ofcourse, it's great to have favorite musicians. That's not my point. I'm not argueing your choice. I went to YouTube and saw your clip named 'Boogie Woogie History'. Lewis, Ammons and Johnson certainly were the greatest exponents of the style, but there were certainly many, many more.

[KawhackitaRag]

Brutus, I know what you mean... freakyhead20 was doing the best he could. Tell you what, why don't YOU make a clip called "boogie-woogie prehistory", with these great pianists; I'd do it but you know better which recordings to select and you also are better at video editing than I am.

[SHOELESSJOE60]

WOW What Can I say, great job one of my favorites.

[paullongball]

Yeah man, here I am back again! This is a great, and important lesson, thanks to you, it'll never get old! love ya, Eeco, you are the best!

[Cherokee6194159]

host thanks for taking the time pulling this together.

[paullongball]

Thank you, Eeco, I love this, I'm gonna watch it a few more times. BTW, you are amazing yourself, and soon to be included among this list of great alltime masters.

[wisedup]

Wow....this vid gives us a chance to hear the styles of all three...sweet boogie. Great job of combinding a triple treet for all to love. For my 1 opinion..Al,Pete and Lux in that order...

[starboy288]

May all three, Albert, Pete, and Meade, rest in peace. They brought the creative joy of boogie piano to the highest level of their time, and thankfully, this joyful, fun, creative, and spontaneous genre of piano is with us through their recordings, & those who are now still playing the style to this day, like Eeco & many others.

[rounder2u]

That take from 1938 is also considered by quite a few people to be the first "rock & roll" tune, and fore sure, I will not say against that, cause the structure of the song and way of singing (except for the piano intro) is not only boogie woogie, but rock & roll all the way. OK. that was my two cents about what Pete was playing on the video here. Keep swinging, friends! /Rounder

[rounder2u]

Tomboogie: The piano intro, the left hand and some right hand licks are all played in 'Roll 'em, Pete', so my guess is that this is an intrumental version of that song. The vocal version is from 1938 with Pete at the piano and Big Joe Turner singing.

[Tomboogie]

What's that song called that Pete Johnson is playing here? Tom :D

[andreboogie]

Wat spelen die gasten STRAK!!! Heerlijk! Love it!

[MikeyL]

Hey this stuff is great! Love it.

[WillieDines1]

Very nice work Eeco :), not only a great piano player, but now a pretty decent director :)

Great job buddy, top rating :)

[Tomboogie]

Nice to hear the difference in the music styles..to bad the songs are so short but you did a nice job, thanks a lot!! Tom :D