King of Boogie Woogie (1939-1949)

by Albert Ammons

Overview

Albert Ammons is featured on six piano solos from two sessions in 1939, leading a quartet in 1946 and jamming with his sextet during 1947-48 on this LP sampler. His boogie-woogie music is consistently exciting in all the formats even if one regrets that these performances have been reissued in a somewhat hodge-podge fashion; the selections are drawn from the catalogs of Blue Note, Solo Art and Mercury. Highlights include "Boogie Woogie Stomp," "Boogie Woogie at the Civic Opera," "Baltimore Breakdown" and "Swanee River Boogie."

Product Details

Release Date:	06/20/2006
Label:	Acrobat
UPC:	0824046301026
catalogNumber:	3010
Rank:	10081

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
Lonnie Johnson   Guitar
Gene Ammons   Tenor Saxophone
Israel Crosby   Bass
Alvin Burroughs   Drums
Riley Hampton   Alto Saxophone
Meade "Lux" Lewis   Piano
John Lindsay   Bass
Ike Perkins   Guitar
Artie Starks   Clarinet
Jack Cooley   Drums,Vocals
Armand Jump Jackson   Drums

Technical Credits

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