The “Albert Ammons Centennial Concert" will celebrate the 100th birthday anniversary of the late legendary jazz and boogie-woogie pianist on Saturday, September 22, 2007, 4:00 PM, in the historic ...
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In the late 1930s and early 40s, the sound of boogie woogie piano became something of a national craze. The style was largely developed in Chicago by players performing at Depression-era “rent parties ...
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His specialty was a style called Boogie Woogie. But during the Depression, boogie woogie and the men who played it languished in obscurity until the legendary talent scout John Hammond came to Chicago ...
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