Albert Ammons
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Biography
[Edit]A major inspiration to generations of improvising musicians, Albert Ammons is best remembered as an exciting pianist who inaugurated the Blue Note record label by hammering out blues and boogie duets with Meade "Lux" Lewis, and as the father of hard bop tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons. Born in Chicago on September 23, 1907, he learned the rudiments of piano from his parents and neighbors and began cultivating an ability to play the blues when he was 12 years old. His main influences were Jimmy Blythe, Jimmy and Alonzo Yancey, Hersal Thomas, and Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, who personally encouraged the aspiring pianist.
At the age of 17 Ammons met Meade "Lux" Lewis while they were both drivers for Chicago's Silver Taxicab Company. The two men honed their skills by pounding the ivories on an upright at the depot and by gigging publicly after hours, sometimes doubling up for boogie-woogie piano four hands. By 1934 Ammons was leading his own little group at the Club De Lisa on the South Side. A powerhouse stride pianist who had stylistic traits in common with Fats Waller (the two would have made a formidable duo had anyone ever thought to bring them together), Ammons became strongly identified with the boogie-woogie style after recording "Boogie Woogie Stomp" and "Swanee River Boogie" for Decca with his Rhythm Kings in 1936. Ammons next decided to take himself to New York, where he gigged regularly at Café Society (Downtown and Uptown) with Meade "Lux" Lewis and the Kansas City contingent of Pete Johnson and blues shouter Big Joe Turner.
In 1938 the four created a sensation at the Spirituals to Swing concert in Carnegie Hall, establishing boogie-woogie as a crowd-pleasing trend that made good money for most of the popular big bands in the nation, including those led by Benny Goodman, who actually jammed with Ammons, and Tommy Dorsey, who never hesitated to take advantage of a good thing. Ammons, who had cut a few sides for Vocalion in 1938, recorded a series of solos and duets with Meade "Lux" Lewis on January 6, 1939, now established as the very first titles in the catalog of Alfred Lion's newly founded Blue Note label. Ammons was also the backbone of the Boogie Woogie Trio, a hot little unit that recorded a stomp called "Woo Woo" with trumpeter Harry James for the Brunswick record company on February 1, 1939. On April 7 he recorded several blues and boogie improvisations in the company of guitarist Teddy Bunn, bassist Johnny Williams, and drummer Sidney Catlett as the rhythm section of a quintet alternately led by trumpeter Frankie Newton and trombonist J.C. Higginbotham, then with both horns to form a sextet presented by Blue Note as the Port of Harlem Jazzmen.
Ammons recorded a passel of duets with Pete Johnson for Victor in 1941, but then ceased performing for a while after accidentally severing a fingertip while fixing up a sandwich. In 1944 Ammons recorded for Commodore as a soloist and with a solid little band that had a front line of trumpeter Hot Lips Page, trombonist Vic Dickenson, and tenor saxophonist Don Byas. He also performed a duet with Meade "Lux" Lewis in Boogie Woogie Dream, a motion picture starring Lena Horne. During the years 1945-1949 he returned to Chicago, held down a steady gig at the Bee Hive, and periodically recorded for Mercury, backing legendary blues woman Sippie Wallace, collaborating with guitarists Lonnie Johnson and Ike Perkins, and, on April 8, 1946, sharing a memorable session with his son Gene Ammons. His final achievements consisted of Decca recordings with Lionel Hampton and a special performance at the White House in the nation's capital for Harry Truman's second-term inauguration. Illness forced Albert Ammons off the scene and when he passed away on December 2, 1949, he was only 42 years old. Tragically, Gene Ammons would follow his father's example by passing away at the age of 49, in 1974.
Title: Boogie Woogie Men (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson
Title: The Boogie Woogie Piano Giants
Artist: Meade " Lux " Lewis, Jimmy Yancey, Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons
Title: The Boogie Woogie Trio, Vol. 2
Artist: Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Meade " Lux " Lewis
Title: The Boogie Woogie Trio, Vol. 1
Artist: Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Meade " Lux " Lewis
Title: The Boogie Woogie Trio: Masters of the Piano Blues
Artist: Albert Ammons, Meade " Lux " Lewis
Genre: Pop
Title: Piano Legend
Artist: Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Jimmy Yancey, Meade " Lux " Lewis
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental
Title: Hey! Piano Man: Selected Boogie Woogie Sides Remastered - CD D
Artist: Albert Ammons, J. C. Higginbotham
Genre: Blues
Title: Commodore Jazz, Vol. 1
Artist: Albert Ammons, Sidney Bechet, His New Orleans Feetwarmers
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: Let's Boogie Woogie
Genre: Blues
Title: Blue Note 75
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Greatest Chicago Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Great Songs, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Weirdsville - Deathray Boogie
Genre: Blues
Title: Jazz Blues R&B! Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Boogie Woogie Piano
Genre: Pop
Title: Radio Blues No. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues 'n Boogie
Genre: Blues
Title: Science Fiction Boogie
Genre: Rock
Title: U.S. Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 '50s & '60s Rock & Roll Instrumentals
Genre: Rock
Title: Roots 'n' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-1950)
Genre: Blues
Title: The Jazz Story - The Boogie Woogie Story
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 10
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Juke Joint Jump - A Boogie Woogie Celebration
Genre: Blues
Title: Tracks from 360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story
Genre: Pop
Title: Million Sellers the Instrumentals
Genre: Rock
Title: Best of Piano Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Rare Boogie
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R & B Hits of 1948 Volume 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Early Roots of Rock & Roll, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: Commodore Piano Anthology
Genre: Jazz
Title: Behind the Legend of Boogie Woogie Classics, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Boogie Woogie Stomp!
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: State Street Jive
Genre: Blues
Title: Timeless Boogie Vol. 1
Title: 100 Early Blues Recordings
Genre: Blues
Title: The Definitive Collection of Piano Blues and Boogie
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Story Of Boogie Woogie
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Decade 1939-1949
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best of Boogie Woogie
Genre: Blues
Title: Boogie Woogie Greats
Genre: Blues
Title: Piano Discoveries (1928-1943)
Genre: Blues
Title: Boogie Woogie New York - Chicago (Doxy Collection)
Genre: Blues
Title: The Commodore Story
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Tribute To Chicago
Title: The Jazz and Blues Connection
Genre: Blues
Title: The Best Jazz & Blues of the 40's
Genre: Jazz
Title: Boogie Woogie Piano Classics
Genre: Blues
Title: Piano Boogie Woogie Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Masters Play the Blues
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1946, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Piano Boogie Woogie Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Behind the Legend of Boogie Woogie Classics, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Boogie Woogie Piano Vol 1
Genre: Blues
Title: The Piano Blues Vol 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Piano Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Boogie Woogie Piano Vol 2
Genre: Blues
Title: The Definitive Collection of Piano Blues and Boogie
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Early R&B Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Greats of Boogie Woogie
Genre: Jazz
Title: Timeless Boogie Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blues for You, Volume Four
Genre: Blues
Title: Boogie Woogie Beat
Title: Blues Power, Vol. 16
Genre: Blues
Title: American Blues Boogie Bits
Genre: Blues
Featuring albums
Title: Can't Stop Playing That Boogie Woogie - Rare Classics From The Vaults
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: The House Is Rockin': A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan
Artist: Various Arists
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Pop
Title: The Solo Art Story, Vol. 2: Piano Blues & Boogie 1938-39
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues
Title: Want to Boogie Some More: The Very Best of boogie Woogie 1920's - 1940's
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues
Title: Want to Boogie Some More (The Very Best of Boogie Woogie)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues
Title: Epic Americana: Pre-War Blues, Country & Folk
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Hot Lips Page: Feelin' High & Happy - His 48 Finest 1929-1953 (CD2)
Artist: His Trio
Genre: Pop