Boogie-woogie is a driving blues piano style that features a rolling, “eight-to-the-bar” rhythm. It’s based on ostinato bass figures in 8/8 time, and mostly uses the 12-bar blues harmonic scheme.
Colleen Haining sits down at her piano and fleshes out a nice hip-shakin’riff on the black and white keys. The notes whoop and holler, bringing to mind the indelible swing of the greats: Jerry Lee ...
Piano man Ricky Nye admits there was no “grand design” when he started his Blues and Boogie Piano Summit 15 years ago. He was simply carrying out what he sees as the highest calling for those into the ...