Piano blues
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Piano blues is a catch-all term for blues genres that are structured around the piano as the primary musical instrument. Boogie woogie is one of the best known styles of piano blues.[1] Piano is also featured in Chicago blues and West Coast blues. Blues pianists also influenced the genres of swing, R&B, jazz, and rock and roll.[2]
Blues pianists
- Albert Ammons
- Barrelhouse Chuck
- Boogie Woogie Red
- James Booker
- Eddie Boyd
- Charles Brown
- Leroy Carr
- James Crutchfield
- Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport
- Blind John Davis
- Floyd Dixon
- Champion Jack Dupree
- Cecil Gant
- Lloyd Glenn
- Henry Gray
- Roy Hawkins
- Ivory Joe Hunter
- Johnnie Johnson
- Pete Johnson
- Booker T. Laury
- Lafayette Leake
- Meade Lux Lewis
- Little Willie Littlefield
- Willie Love
- Jimmy McCracklin
- Jay McShann
- Memphis Slim
- Big Maceo Merriweather
- David Maxwell
- Amos Milburn
- Chuck Miller
- Little Brother Montgomery
- Merrill Moore
- Pinetop Perkins
- Piano Red
- Buster Pickens
- Joe Pullum
- Pinetop Smith
- Willie "The Lion" Smith
- Otis Spann
- Speckled Red
- Sunnyland Slim
- Roosevelt Sykes
- Henry Townsend
- Mose Vinson
- Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
- Jimmy Yancey
- Silvan Zingg
References
- ^ "Boogie Woogie". The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ "Blues". Jazz Piano. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
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