Albert Ammons

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boogie-woogie pianist human jazz pianist

Albert Ammons was an influential American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist renowned for his powerful, driving style and key role in popularizing boogie-woogie in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Albert Ammons canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boogie-woogie pianist ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz pianist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1940s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
child Gene Ammons ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1907-09-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1949-12-02 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Ammons ⓘ
genre boogie-woogie ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Albert ⓘ
influenced Gene Ammons ⓘ
later boogie-woogie pianists ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
knownFor popularizing boogie-woogie piano in the 1930s ⓘ
trio performances with Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson ⓘ
movement boogie-woogie revival ⓘ
name Albert Ammons self-link ⓘ
notableEvent From Spirituals to Swing concerts ⓘ
surface form: From Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall
notableWork Boogie Woogie Stomp ⓘ
Shout for Joy ⓘ
Suitcase Blues ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
performedAt Carnegie Hall ⓘ
performedWith Benny Goodman ⓘ
Harry James ⓘ
Lionel Hampton ⓘ
Meade Lux Lewis ⓘ
Pete Johnson ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chicago ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
residence Chicago ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
styleCharacteristic driving rhythmic feel ⓘ
fast boogie-woogie tempos ⓘ
powerful left-hand bass patterns ⓘ

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From Spirituals to Swing concerts → featuredPerformer → Albert Ammons ⓘ
Big Joe Turner → associatedAct → Albert Ammons ⓘ
Pete Johnson → collaboratedWith → Albert Ammons ⓘ
Pete Johnson → performedWith → Albert Ammons ⓘ
Pete Johnson → associatedAct → Albert Ammons ⓘ
Albert Ammons → name → Albert Ammons self-link ⓘ
Meade Lux Lewis → associatedAct → Albert Ammons ⓘ