CD compilations of boogie woogie piano abound, particularly on cheap import CD labels, but this domestic bargain is a strikingly attractive sampler. Drawing from Delmark's half-century old blues ...
Chase Garrett’s among a small crop of young pianists to move to St. Louis over the last few years, each of them digging into classic veins of American songcraft. Playing around town as a solo act and ...
LAKELAND — Bob Seeley began playing piano in Detroit at 13 years old with an emphasis on classical music, but after his brother, James Seeley, came home with portfolio of boogie-woogie piano ...
The Bloomington Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Festival returns this year after a hiatus due to post-pandemic financial challenges. Founded by local musician Craig Brenner, the festival aims to introduce ...
Boogie-woogie blues pianist and singer Victor Wainwright and his band The Train will tour Rochester 8 p.m. Saturday, July 7, at Funk ‘N Waffles, 204 N. Water St. with special guest Doug Woolverton.
A musical revue at Circa '21 saluting the roots of American rock will be anchored by a Dutch pianist. Eric-Jan Overbeek, also known as Mr. Boogie Woogie, who was born in the Netherlands, will bring ...
It’s been six years since boogie-woogie pianist Erwin Helfer has been able to grace the Chicago Blues Festival with his music, and that’s too long. At age 82, Helfer may be Chicago’s last living ...
Huey “Piano” Smith, the R&B pianist and composer whose 1950s hits “Don’t You Just Know It” and “Rockin’ Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu” added New Orleans spice to the early rock ‘n’ roll recipe, died ...
The subtext is simple—a perfectly balanced left hand augmented by a bouncing, out-of-control right hand crossed with the 12-bar blues turned from 33&1/3 to 78. All of this equals boogie woogie piano.