Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Stomp

Artist:

Ammons, Albert

See Also:

Brown, Roy Perkins, Pinetop

Description:

BOOGIE WOOGIE STOMP contains 14 songs from a 1939 Chicago radio broadcast and four more from a 1938 session.
Personnel: Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson (piano); Herbert Marshall (bass).
Producers: Christopher I. Page, Robert G. Koester, Steve Wagner.
Recorded in 1938 & 1939. Includes liner notes by Christopher I. Page and Axel Zwingenberger.
BOOGIE WOOGIE STOMP, a collection of rare radio broadcasts by Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, and Pete Johnson, reveals how the spirit of the boogie woogie style became the basis for all popular music that followed. Ammons` rollicking and rolling on the keys foretells the coming of be-bop, R&B, and rock & roll all at once. Ammons, Lewis, and Johnson cut the majority of these sides at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago in 1939. What flowed forth was a tumult of raucous swing-part ragtime and part old-fashioned blues-that was unlike any other music.
STOMP bears all the authentic bravado that makes these musicians masters. Ammons is the most forceful of the bunch, while Lewis and Johnson opt for a gentler touch and a lilting swing. The last four cuts, somewhat less pristine studio recordings made by Frank Lyons in 1938, feature bassist Herbert Marshall and charismatic spoken commentary from Ammons and Lewis.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Saturday Night - (with Meade Lux Lewis)
2. Monday Struggle
3. Try Again - (with Meade Lux Lewis)
4. Jesse James
5. Mama`s Blues - (with Pete Johnson)
6. Sweet Patootie
7. Chapel Blues - (with Meade Lux Lewis)
8. Has Anyone Seen Corrine
9. Bear Cat Crawl - (with Meade Lux Lewis)
10. Hersal Blues
11. Dupree Blues - (with Meade Lux Lewis)
12. St. Louis Blues
13. Four O`Clock Blues - (with Pete Johnson)
14. Shout For Joy
15. Yancey Special - (with Meade Lux Lewis/Herbert Marshall)
16. Three Little Words - (with Herbert Marshall)
17. Bear Cat Shuffle - (with Meade Lux Lewis/Herbert Marshall)
18. Boogie Woogie Stomp - (with Herbert Marshall)

Album Information

Release Date:

09/22/1998

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Boogie Woogie

Label:

Delmark

Catalog Number:

705

Original Release Year:

1998

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Mixed

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

Guest Artist:

Meade Lux Lewis; Pete Johnson

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