By the time Davenport came onto the scene, the style had been around for more than 30 years, but no one had ever called it boogie woogie. 'Cow Cow' Davenport is often credited with coining the term boogie woogie. This edition of Riverwalk Jazz celebrates the rompin', stompin' rhythms of the boogie woogie beat and its early disciples. They had names like "Stavin' Chain," "Kid Stormy Weather," "Porkchops," "Skinny-Head Pete," "Papa Lord God," "Slamfoot Brown," and "The Toothpick." There were several "Pine Tops." They were one-man bands, and they all played a similar style of blues piano with a heavy left hand and a walking bass. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.Įarly masters of the boogie woogie piano style were said to play with "a left hand like God."
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