Boogie-woogie is a solo piano-style that became very popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Boogie-woogie was developed in the southern parts of the USA. Boogie-woogie is connected with dancing.
It has a regular bass figure, an ostinato and simple examples of shifts of level.
Notable players
Albert Ammons
Deanna Bogart
James Booker
Eddie Boyd
Eden Brent
Cleo Patra Brown
Leroy Carr
Cow Cow Davenport
Champion Jack Dupree
Big Joe Duskin
Erwin Helfer
Jools Holland
Dr. John
Pete Johnson
Meade Lux Lewis
Memphis Slim
Big Maceo Merriweather
Amos Milburn
Piano Red
Pinetop Perkins
Martin Pyrker
Ann Rabson
Mike Sanchez
Pinetop Smith
Otis Spann
Speckled Red
Roosevelt Sykes
Montana Taylor
Hersal Thomas
Sippie Wallace
Vince Weber
Katie Webster
Mitch Woods
Jimmy Yancey
Axel Zwingenberger
Other websites
The Boogie Woogie Foundation (contains extensive article on the history of Boogie Woogie) Boogie Woogie Piano Articles All Things Boogie