Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Man [ASV/Living Era] (CD)

All Music Guide

Albert Ammons was a superb stride and swing pianist as well as a master of the blues and an archetypal boogiewoogie ace. Living Era's Albert Ammons tribute album presents a precise chronological survey spanning a little more than 10 years, from February 13th 1936 to July 2nd 1946. This robust compilation contains some of his very best recordingsas a soloist, as a collaborator in league with Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis; as temporal and tonal ballast alongside Big Sid Catlett among the Port of Harlem Jazzmen; in a quartet with trumpeter Harry James; in cahoots with vocalists Joe Turner and Sippie Wallace; and leading two different editions of his Rhythm Kings band, one of which had a front line of trumpeter Hot Lips Page, trombonist Vic Dickenson and tenor saxophonist Don Byas. This is superb, supremely downtoearth good time music, most of it performed with a rhythmic intensity that is ideal for hiking, carousing, chopping root vegetables or splitting cordwood. - arwulf arwulf, All ...Music Guide Read more Less