Boogie-woogie is a style of Blues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. Blues has been a major influence on later American and Western popular music, finding expression in ragtime, jazz, big bands, rhythm and... blues The piano Piano is a common abbreviation for pianoforte, a large musical instrument with a keyboard (see keyboard instrument). Its sound is produced by strings stretched on a rigid frame. These vibrate when struck by felt-covered hammers, which are activated by the keyboard. The word pianoforte is Italian for... piano playing that became very popular in the Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Events and trends Technology First nuclear bomb First cruise missile, the V1 flying bomb and the first ballistic missile, the... 1940s and was extended from piano, to three pianos at once, The classical guitar typically has nylon strings. The acoustic guitar features steel strings and more guide dots on the fretboard. A guitar is a stringed musical instrument played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick). The sound is produced by vibrating strings. Guitars have a body (hollow in acoustic... guitar, A big band, also known as a jazz orchestra, is a large musical ensemble that plays jazz music, especially Swing. The band is divided up into a number of sections, by instrument; each section usually has four or more members. All bands usually have a rhythm section, made up of... big band, and Country music, once known as Country and Western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. Vernon Dalhart was the first country singer to have a nation-wide hit (May, 1924, with The Wreck Of Old... country and western music.

It is characterized by a regular A bassline is a series of notes with tones that are low in pitch or frequency. Various known instruments can create bass notes such as drums, bass guitar, double bass and cello. Electroacoustic modeling enables countless bass sample instruments. In electronic music, a classic bassline may be a Roland TB... bass figure, an Ostinato, an Italian word meaning stubborn (compare English obstinate), is to classical music what riffs are to popular music. An ostinato is a bit of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as an accompaniment. Ostinato commonly vary as repeated, most often through... ostinato and the the most familiar example of A level (van der Merwe 1989, also tonality level, Kubiks tonal step, and John Blackings root progression) is a temporary modal frame contrasted with another built on a different foundation note. It is more general and basic than a chord and is found in Asian, African, and Celtic... shifts of level, in the left hand which elaborates on each chord and trills and decorations from the right hand. It is not strictly a solo piano style, but is also used to accompany singers and as a solo part in bands and small combos. It is sometimes called eight to the bar, as much of it is written in common (4/4) time using Figure 1. An eighth note with stem facing up, an eighth note with stem facing down, and an eighth rest. Figure 2. Four eighth notes beamed together. In music, an eighth note (United States) or a quaver (rest of world) is a note played for one eighth the duration of... eighth notes ( Figure 1. An eighth note with stem facing up, an eighth note with stem facing down, and an eighth rest. Figure 2. Four eighth notes beamed together. In music, an eighth note (United States) or a quaver (rest of world) is a note played for one eighth the duration of... quavers). Typical boogie woogie basslines:

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Boogie woogie origins

The origin of the term boogie-woogie is unknown, according to 1888 advertisement for Websters Dictionary Websters Dictionary is a common title given to English language dictionaries in the United States, deriving its name from American lexicographer Noah Webster. In America, the phrase Websters has become a genericized trademark for dictionaries. Although Merriam-Webster dictionaries are descended from... Webster's Third New International Dictionary. The The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a comprehensive multi-volume dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). Generally regarded as the definitive dictionary of English, it includes 500,000 headwords together with some 2.5 million illustrative quotations. The OED is the most comprehensive record of the English language... Oxford English Dictionary states that the word is a redoubling of boogie, which was used for For a rent party (sometimes called a house party or house-rent party), tenants hire a musician or band to play for a party and pass the hat to raise money to pay their rent. The rent party played a major role in the development of jazz and blues music... rent parties as early as 1913. The term is often A hyphen ( - ) is a punctuation mark. It is used both to join words and to separate syllables. It is often confused with a dash ( –, —, ― ), which is longer. Hyphenation is the use of hyphens. Rules and customs of usage Traditionally, the hyphen has been used in several ways... hyphenated.

The origin of boogie-woogie piano is uncertain; it was no doubt influenced by early rough music played in Honky tonk was originally the name of a type of bar common throughout the southern United States, also Honkatonk or Honkey-tonk. Honky tonks were also known as Tonks or Tunks. These were usually establishments selling alcohol to a working-class clientele. Honky tonks sometimes also offered dancing to piano... honky tonks in the The U.S. Southern states or The South, known during the American Civil War era as Dixie, is a distinctive region of the United States with its own unique historical perspective, customs, musical styles, and cuisine. There is some overlap with The Southwest and the Mid-Atlantic States. As defined... US South. W.C. Handy photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 - March 28, 1958) was an African American blues composer, often known as The Father of the Blues. W. C. Handy remains among the most influential of American songwriters. Though he was one of many musicians... W.C. Handy and Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton (September 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941) was a virtuoso pianist, a bandleader, and a composer who some call the first true composer of Jazz music. Morton was a colorful character who liked to generate publicity for himself by bragging. His business card referred to him as... Jelly Roll Morton both mentioned hearing pianists playing this style before 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). Events January-April January - In Greece, the Military League forces parliament and the king to summon National Assembly to revise Constitution. January 15- In the United Kingdom, General Election held in response to House of Lords rejection of... 1910. According to Clarence Williams ( November 8, 1893 - November 6, 1965) was a Jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, and publisher. Williams was born in Plaquemine, Louisiana, ran away from home at age 12 to join Billy Kersands Traveling Minstrel Show, then moved to New Orleans in 1906. At first Williams worked shining... Clarence Williams, the style was started by Texas pianist George W. Thomas (born 1885, Houston, Texas - died, according to differing sources, in March, 1930, Chicago, Illinois or 1936 Washington, DC) was a United States blues and jazz pianist and songwriter. Thomas was the pianist head of an important Texas blues clan which included his daughter Hociel Thomas, his siblings... George W. Thomas. Thomas published one of the earliest pieces of sheet music with the boogie-woogie bassline, "New Orleans Hop Scop Blues" in 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. Impressionist Monet paints Water Lilies. January 8 - Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli January 17 - The Professional Golfers Association... 1916, although Williams recalled hearing him play the number before 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January-June January 1 - Northern Territory is separated from South Australia January 3 - In London, in what becomes known as the Siege of Sidney Street, the Metropolitan Police and the Scots Guards engage in a shootout... 1911.

Clarence Williams ( November 8, 1893 - November 6, 1965) was a Jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, and publisher. Williams was born in Plaquemine, Louisiana, ran away from home at age 12 to join Billy Kersands Traveling Minstrel Show, then moved to New Orleans in 1906. At first Williams worked shining... Clarence Williams was also one of the first musicians to record boogie-woogie on Edison cylinder phonograph from about 1899 The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s. Usage of these terms is somewhat different in American English and British English; see usage note below. In more modern usage, this device is often... phonograph records in 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-June January 1 - Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larger companies January 10 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel January 11 - Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany... 1923, although Williams did not play the style all the way through but rather used boogie-woogie style playing on individual choruses of Blues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. Blues has been a major influence on later American and Western popular music, finding expression in ragtime, jazz, big bands, rhythm and... blues as a change of tone. The boogie-woogie style was certainly already widespread by the Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Referred to as the Roaring 20s. Events and trends Technology John Logie Baird invents the first working television system... 1920s in timber and turpentine camps and other job sites with large numbers of African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. The majority of African Americans are of African, European and Native American ancestry. Terms for African... African American workers, as well as up north in the African American communities of cities like Chicagos skyline at day Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles, with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 US Census. It is the fourth largest city in North America and the seventh largest in... Chicago.

Professor Longhair (nee Henry Roeland Byrd and aka Fess) (December 19, 1918 - January 30, 1980) was a legendary New Orleans blues musician. He was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana. He was noted for his unique piano style, which he described as a combination of rumba, mambo, and Calypso, and his unusual... Professor Longhair, for instance, started out that way, but the style is not that different from the A bar or saloon. Originates from the storeage of barrels of alchohol. An early form of jazz with wild, improvised piano, and an accented two_beat rhythm. see Boogie woogie. ... barrelhouse piano playing of earlier days.

In February of 1923 Joseph Samuels' Tampa Blue Jazz Band recorded the George W. Thomas number "The Fives" for Okeh Records began as an independent record label based in the United States of America in 1918; from the late 1920s on was a subsidiary of Columbia Records. Okeh was founded by Otto Heinemann (1877-1965), a German-American manager for the U.S. branch of German owned Odeon Records... Okeh Records, considered the first example of jazz band boogie-woogie. Jimmy Blythe's recording of Chicago Stomps from April of 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 7 - Great fire in London harbour January 8 - Heavy blizzards in England January 10 - British submarine L-34 sinks in the English Channel - 43 dead. January 21 - Vladimir Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin... 1924 is sometimes called the first complete boogie-woogie piano solo record.

Two of the earliest recordings of pure boogie-woogie to achieve popularity were "Honky Tonk Train Blues" by Meade Anderson Lux Lewis (1905 - 1964) was a United States pianist and composer noted for his work in the Boogie Woogie style. Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois in September of 1905 (September 3rd, 4th, and 13th are given as his birthdate in various sources). In his youth he was... Meade Lux Lewis, recorded by Paramount Records was a United States based record label, best known for its recordings of African-American jazz and blues. Label of a Paramount record from 1926 Paramount Records was founded in the 1910s as a subsidiary of the Wisconsin Chair Company of Port Washington, Wisconsin, Fred Dennett Key, director... Paramount Records; See also: 1926 in music, other events of 1927, 1928 in music and the list of years in music. Events January 8 - Alban Bergs Lyric Suite is premiered in Vienna July 1 - Béla Bartóks Piano Concerto No. 1 is premired in Frankfurt, with the composer at... 1927 in music, first released in March of 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January-February January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). January 27 - Miguel Primo de Rivera resigns January 30 - General Damaso Berenquer becomes the new prime minister of Spain February 18 - While studying... 1930, and "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" by Clarence Smith, better known as Pinetop Smith or Pine Top Smith (11 June 1904 - 15 March 1929) was an influential boogie-woogie style jazz pianist. Smith was born in Troy, Alabama and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. He worked for some time as an entertainer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then toured on... Pinetop Smith ( See also: 1927 in music, other events of 1928, 1929 in music and the list of years in music. Events April 27 - Igor Stravinskys ballet Apollon musagète is premiered in Washington September 11 - Leos Janaceks String Quartet No. 2, Intimate Letters, is premiered in Brno September 12... 1928 in music) recorded in 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-May January 6- 7 - River Thames floods in London - 14 drowned January 17 - OGPU arrests Lev Trotsky in Moscow; he assumes a status of passive resistance and is exiled to Turkestan February - Kurume University... 1928 and first released in 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 2 - Canada and the United States agree on a plan to preserve Niagara Falls. January 9 - The Seeing Eye is established with the mission to train dogs to assist the blind ( Nashville, Tennessee... 1929. Pinetop's record was the first boogie-woogie recording to be a commercial hit, and helped established boogie-woogie as the name of the style.

Boogie woogie in Carnegie Hall

Boogie-woogie came to widespread public attention in 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua January 11 - The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States. January 19 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying... 1937 and 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-May January 3 - The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 - Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 - Wedding of King... 1938, in the From Spirituals to Swing concerts in Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Manhattan, New York City. It is one of the most significant venues for classical as well as popular music in the US, known not just for its beauty and history but also for its fine acoustics. Form Carnegie Hall is actually made up... Carnegie Hall promoted by In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. They control the recording sessions, coach and guide the performers, and supervise the mixing process. In the first part of the 20th century, the record producers role... record producer There are two John Hammonds of note. They are father and son: John Hammond (December 15, 1910 - July 10, 1987) was a record producer, musician and music critic from the 1930s to the 1970s. He was responsible for discovering and developing artists such as Benny Goodman, Meade Lux Lewis, Count... John Hammond. The concerts featured Peter (Pete) Johnson (March 24/25, 1904 - March 23, 1967) was an American jazz pianist best known as a leading boogie-woogie player. He began his musical career in 1922 as a drummer in Kansas City, Missouri. From 1926 to 1938 he worked as a pianist, often accompanying Joe Turner... Pete Johnson and Big Joe Turner (May 18, 1911 - November 24, 1985) was an American blues singer from Kansas City, Missouri. Although he came to his greatest fame in the 1950s with his pioneering rock and roll recordings, particularly Shake, Rattle and Roll, Turners career as a performer stretched from the 1930s... Big Joe Turner performing Turner's tribute to Johnson, "Roll 'Em, Pete", as well as Meade Anderson Lux Lewis (1905 - 1964) was a United States pianist and composer noted for his work in the Boogie Woogie style. Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois in September of 1905 (September 3rd, 4th, and 13th are given as his birthdate in various sources). In his youth he was... Meade Lux Lewis performing "Honky Tonk Train Blues" and Albert Ammons (1907-1949) was an American boogie-woogie pianist. Ammons formed his own band in 1934, and in 1938 performed in the Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall, which among other achievements launched the boogie-woogie craze. He and two other performers at the concert, Meade Lux Lewis... Albert Ammons playing "Swanee River Boogie'. ("Roll 'Em, Pete" is now considered one of the There are many candidates for the title of the first Rock and Roll record. Numerous recordings mark the development of rock and roll as a separate musical form. Some songs are cited as having important lyrical content, others are seen as offering important melodic, harmonic or rhythmic influence. These songs... first rock and roll records.)

These three pianists, with Turner, took up residence in the Café Society night club in This is an article about New York City; see also NYC, New York, and New York, New York. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005. New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States and is at... New York City where they were popular with the sophisticated set. They often played in combinations of two and even three pianos, creating a richly textured piano performance.

Their popularity meant work for many of the fellow boogie players and also led to the adaptation of boogie-woogie sounds to many other forms of music. Tommy Dorsey (November 19, 1905 - November 26, 1956) was a jazz trombonist in the Big Band era. Thomas Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania and is the younger brother of Jimmy Dorsey. He worked with many bands in the New York City area starting in the 1920s, including the bands... Tommy Dorsey's band had a hit with "T.D.'s Boogie Woogie" as arranged by This article needs cleanup. Please edit this article to conform to a higher standard of article quality. Melvin Sy Oliver was born in 1910 and died in 1988. Jimmy Luncefords big band was especially noted for its precision and showmanship for which Sy Oliver contributed by his arrangements. Categories... Sy Oliver and soon there were boogie players of many different stripes. The boogie-woogie was very popular with Country music, once known as Country and Western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. Vernon Dalhart was the first country singer to have a nation-wide hit (May, 1924, with The Wreck Of Old... country music performers and is considered part of the combined evolution of country music and blues towards Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. As a cultural... rock and roll. In This article is about the broad genre of classical music in the Western musical tradition. For the period of music in the 18th century see Classical music era, for articles on classical music of non-Western cultures, see: List of classical music traditions Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise... classical music, the A composer is a person who writes music. The term refers particularly to someone who writes music in some type of musical notation, thus allowing others to perform the music. This distinguishes the composer from a musician who improvises. However, a person may be called a composer without creating music... composer Conlon Nancarrow (October 27, 1912 - August 10, 1997) was an American composer who took Mexican citizenship in 1955. He is remembered almost exclusively for the pieces he wrote for the player piano, using it as a sort of mechanical music sequencer. He lived most of his life in complete obscurity... Conlon Nancarrow was also deeply influenced by boogie-woogie, as many of his early works for The player piano is a type of piano that plays music without the need for a human pianist to depress the normal keys or pedals. Instead, these are moved by mechanical, pneumatic or electrical means. One cannot say that this musical instrument was invented by any one person, since its... player piano demonstrate.

Although the boogie-woogie fad lasted only a few years, boogie woogie made a major contribution to the development of The jump blues is a type of blues music, characterized by a jazzy, saxophone (or other horn instruments) sound, driving rhythms and shouted vocals. Unlike most other types of blues, the jump blues relegates the guitar to the rhythm section. The jump blues first appeared in the early 1940s, becoming... jump blues and ultimately to Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. As a cultural... rock and roll and is still to be heard in clubs and on records throughout Europe and North America.

See Among the many Boogie woogie musicians are not only blues players, but rock and roll, and country musicians as well, and at least one classical musician. Musicians noted for playing boogie-woogie (many of whom also perform in other styles): Albert Ammons, father of bebop tenorman Gene Ammons James Booker... List of boogie woogie musicians for some more of the players in the style.

In the Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. Many of the trends of... 1960s, blues-oriented bands such as Canned Heat was a blues-rock band in the 1960s. Their debut album was released not long after their appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Their second album, Boogie with Canned Heat was more successful, and included collaborations with John Lee Hooker. After Goin up the Country and Lets... Canned Heat performed a style of loping, repetitive blues jamming they called boogie after the Categories: Musician stubs | 1917 births | 2001 deaths | Blues musicians | Blues singers | American guitarists ... John Lee Hooker style, as epitomized by his "Boogie Chillen".

External link

• Boogie Woogie (History of Rock) (http://www.history-of-rock.com/boogiewoogie_artists.htm)