• interest in the style. Both Albert and Meade would practice together on the piano in the Ammons household. From the age of ten, Ammons learned about chords by...
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  • pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R&B. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Ammons studied music with...
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  • Edsel Albert Ammons (February 17, 1924 – December 24, 2010) was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1976. Ammons was born on...
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  • its most famous acts was the "Boogie Woogie Trio" of Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons, and Meade "Lux" Lewis. Other famous boogie woogie pianists of this...
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  • Ammons is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert Ammons (1907–1949), American jazz pianist A.R. Ammons (1926–2001), American author...
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  • Goodman, Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson, Helen Humes, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, Mitchell's Christian Singers, the Golden Gate Quartet, James P. Johnson...
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  • Turner, and the three prominent boogie-woogie pianists of the time, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, and Meade Lux Lewis. Boogie-woogie music was enjoying...
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    toured and recorded with Turner, Meade Lux Lewis, and Albert Ammons during this period. Ammons and Johnson appeared in the film short Boogie-Woogie Dream...
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  • wife and young son, to Chicago, Illinois to record. For a time he, Albert Ammons, and Meade Lux Lewis lived in the same rooming house. On December 29...
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  • pianists as Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Albert Ammons, Harry Gibson, Pete Johnson, Marlowe Morris, Clarence Profit, and Claude...
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  • incorporated the boogie-woogie styles of Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, and Albert Ammons, the jazz style of Jelly Roll Morton and the R&B style of Fats Domino...
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    and the name stuck for the rest of his life. He became friends with Albert Ammons during childhood, a friendship that would last throughout their lives...
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    pioneered by the Chicago-based Jimmy Yancey and the Boogie-Woogie Trio (Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis). Chicago boogie-woogie performers...
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    was drawn to the sounds of American blues players such as Lead Belly, Albert Ammons, Pinetop Smith, and Eddie Lang, and taught himself to play the piano...
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  • performance style as an influence. Tharpe performed the song with pianist Albert Ammons at the From Spirituals to Swing concert presented by John Hammond in...
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    newspaper publisher Albert Ammons (1907–1949), jazz/boogie-woogie pianist Gene Ammons (1925–1974), jazz tenor saxophonist (son of Albert Ammons) Lillian Hardin...
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  • Out Boy from album Take This To Your Grave 2003 "Chicago in Mind" – Albert Ammons "Chicago Jackmaster" - K-Alexi "Chicago Light Green" - Jimmy Owens (musician)...
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  • short film musical, directed by Hanus Burger, starring Lena Horne, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Teddy Wilson and his orchestra. Scott Yanow identifies...
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    subject, Boogie Woogie Dream (1941), featuring pianists Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons. Horne's songs from Boogie Woogie Dream were later released individually...
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    emulation of the master American triumvirate popular in the 1940s: Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson. Lewie's career continued to rise...
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  • 8 to the Bar (category Albert Ammons albums)
    8 to the Bar is a studio album released by Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons in 1941 on Victor 78rpm set P-69, record numbers 27504 through 27507. It was...
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    roll. The tune was later recorded by many other artists, including: Albert Ammons Bill Wyman on his 2004 album Just for a Thrill Chuck Berry Count Basie...
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    over the ensuing years. In 1939, along with the boogie-woogie pianists Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis, Turner and Johnson began a residency at Café Society...
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    blues, jazz and gospel artists, including Ida Cox, Big Joe Turner, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Count Basie...
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  • Edsel is a masculine given name which may refer to: Edsel Albert Ammons (1924–2010), American bishop of the United Methodist Church Edsel Chase (born...
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    Brown, Lena Horne, dancer Pearl Primus, Hazel Scott, Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons, Big Joe Turner, and Sarah Vaughan, and popularized gospel groups such...
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  • Sharriff", American blues pianist Albert Ammons (1907–1949), American pianist, father of bebop tenorman Gene Ammons The Andrews Sisters, American singers...
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    he became interested in boogie-woogie and stride piano as played by Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, and Pete Johnson. As a teenager, Kaeshammer played...
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    opportunities for eco-theological research, education and formation. Edsel Albert Ammons (B.D., 1956) – a bishop of the United Methodist Church Hobart Baumann...
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    active. His son, Teller Ammons, was also governor of Colorado. On July 28, 1860, Ammons was born in Macon County, North Carolina. Ammons' parents were Jehu...
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