Boogie Woogie Stomp

Albert Ammons' Rhythm Kings · 1936 · Premier boogie-woogie au piano sur douze mesures, enregistré chez Decca

Context

Recorded in 1936 by Albert Ammons's Rhythm Kings for Decca, this track is presented as the first twelve-bar piano boogie-woogie. Ammons would record it again as a solo for Blue Note around 1939, a few weeks after the Carnegie Hall concert of December 1938.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Boogie-woogie. Among the origins and influences of Boogie-woogie: Blues, spirituals, work songs.

By the same artist

• Boogie Woogie Prayer (Part One) (1938)
• Shout for Joy (1939)

Sources

• EN: Albert Ammons

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