King of Boogie Woogie (1939-1949)

by Albert Ammons

Overview

If it's the music you're after and not some extended liner note essay to accompany the sounds, this double-disc budget comp of the work of stride piano innovator Albert Ammons is a nice bet. There are 37 cuts spread out over the years 1939 -1949 showcasing the great barrelhouse piano boss in the company of Meade "Lux" Lewis, saxophonist Gene Ammons, guitarist Lonnie Johnson, Jump Jackson, and Ike Perkins, to name just a few. Virtually all of the Ammons classics are here, from the four-handed duets with Lewis such as "Twos and Fews," "The Boogie Woogie Stomp," some solo work, like "Deep in the Heart of Texas Boogie," to more band-oriented work such as his read of George Gershwin's "Oh Lady Be Good," that probably made the poor composer turn green in his grave. The sound is fine for what it is, but the music is a pure joy and a breathtakingly vulgar American blues stomp. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	06/20/2006
Label:	Acrobat Music
UPC:	0824046301026
Rank:	92823

Tracks

1. Monday Struggle
2. Boogie Woogie
3. Boogie Woogie Blues
4. Boogie Woogie Stomp
5. Chicago in Mind
6. Bass Goin' Crazy
7. Boogie Woogie at the Civic Opera
8. I Don't Want to See You
9. Swanee River Boogie
10. The Clipper
11. Ammons Stomp
12. Why I'm Leaving You
13. Tuxedo Boogie
14. Baltimore Breakdown

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Albert Ammons   Primary Artist,Piano
Sippie Wallace   Primary Artist
Meade "Lux" Lewis   Primary Artist,Piano
Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings   Primary Artist
Mildred Anderson   Primary Artist
Jack Foster III   Primary Artist
Artie Starks   Clarinet
Ike Perkins   Guitar
Armand Jump Jackson   Drums
John Lindsay   Bass
Alvin Burroughs   Drums
Lonnie Johnson   Guitar
Gene Ammons   Sax (Tenor)
Jack Cooley   Vocals,Drums
Israel Crosby   Bass
Riley Hampton   Sax (Alto)

Technical Credits

Hattie Young   Composer
Hersal Thomas   Composer
Albert Ammons   Composer
Meade "Lux" Lewis   Composer
Stephen Foster   Composer
Jack Cooley   Composer
Traditional   Composer