Boogie-woogie is a kind of blues piano playing in which the left hand drones a set bass phrase over & over, while the right hand goes to town with whatever variations the player can think up. Its form ...

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 ...

Pine Top Smith, piano and vocals. Production notes: Recorded in Chicago, Dec. 29, 1928 (1st, 2nd works), Jan. 15, 1929 (3rd work) and Jan. 14, 1929 (4th work)--Cf. Brunswick records, a discography of ...

Clay Swafford would spend an hour at a time working on just the left-hand patterns. Listening to tracks from blues albums again and again, trying to learn by-ear the hip-shaking boogie-woogie-style of ...

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 ...

Known for his electrifying live shows, boogie-woogie and blues pianist Henri Herbert is acclaimed as one of the most thrilling musicians on the contemporary blues and rock scene. His dazzling ...

This Friday, Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Matthew Ball, a pianist, singer and songwriter known as The Boogie Woogie Kid, will perform ...

The Bloomington Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Festival is one of the friendliest Judy Carmichael has ever played. That's one reason Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, Steinway Artist and host of NPR's "Judy ...

Many picturesque villages in East Texas are trying to reinvent themselves as tourist destinations for weekenders from Dallas and Houston. One such town is Marshall, which was the center of the state's ...