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Boogie-woogie is a genre of blues music that became popular during the late 1920s, developed in African-American communities since the 1870s. [1] It was eventually extended from piano to piano duo and trio, guitar, big band, country and western music, and gospel.
Boogie-woogie, primarily a piano-based style, is one of the most rhythmically intense forms of blues music. Its evolution began in the late 1800s among pianists in the rough-and-tumble city taverns and rural juke joints, and it spread to the traveling vaudeville shows. It was a feature in the barrelhouses in the logging, sawmill, turpentine ...
jump blues. boogie-woogie, heavily percussive style of blues piano in which the right hand plays riffs (syncopated, repeating phrases) against a driving pattern of repeating eighth notes (ostinato bass). It began to appear at the beginning of the 20th century and was associated with the southwestern states—hence its early names, “fast ...
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Boogie-woogie is a style of blues music, usually played on the piano, that is closely related to jazz forms such as ragtime and stride piano. As time went on, solo boogie-woogie extended from piano to piano duo and trio, guitar, and big band. While the blues traditionally expresses a variety of emotions, boogie-woogie is mainly associated with ...
Oct 15, 2020 · The best guess for boogie-woogie’s genesis as a piano style is 1870-ish, shortly after the end of the American Civil War. Prior to that, slaves would have had little access to expensive instruments, save a brief opportunity to play the church piano after services. Emancipation, in 1865, may not have made their working lives much easier ...
On May 13, 2010, when the city commission of Marshall, Texas officially declared Marshall to be the ―birthplace‖ of Boogie Woogie music, many people were surprised to learn that this playful-but-revolutionary musical genre arose in our own back yard. Most people assume this jumping, percussive style of playing music was created in a noisy ...
The boogie’s influence abounded in the purportedly “new” music: Haley’s Saddlemen-cum-Comets begat “Rock Around the Clock”; guitarist Luther Perkins, who, the song said, “played the boogie-woogie, in the strangest kind of way,” gave Johnny Cash his trademark boom-chick-a beat; Jerry Lee Lewis returned the boogie to the piano to ...
