Some may argue whether boogie woogie (or Dixieland, for that matter, which is the central music of many local "Jazz" clubs [member organizations, that is...too many nested parens now...]) is actually jazz. Well, I feel like it's just one more piece of the large foundation of jazz music as we know it today, and well worth any musician's respect.
I've only heard Ammons play once on a Smithsonian recording a while ago, I believe, but here's a chance to honor one of the boogie woogie greats - throughout the country this year.
 Jazz Police | Centennial Celebration for Boogie Woogie Legend Albert Ammons Jazz Police, MN - A leading practitioner of boogie woogie piano, Albert Ammons would have been 100 years old in September 2007. To mark the centennial of this legend of ... |
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