"Boogie-woogie" pianist Albert Ammons was born in 1907 in Chicago, IL. He grew up listening to the blues and "barrelhouse" piano players that inhabited the city's famed jazz scene. He drove a taxi while trying to break into the music business, and one day he ran into fellow driver (and jazz pianist) Meade 'Lux' Lewis. The two hit it off and became close friends, even sharing an apartment for a period. A resident of that apartment building was yet another jazz pianist, Pinetop Smith. The three be...
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Albert Ammons Soundtracks
Known for
Filmography: Albert Ammons songs
Buy Discography: 
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| Boogie Woogie Dream | Boogie-Woogie Dream | writer, performer |
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| Boogie Woogie Dream | The Blues | writer, performer |
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| Shout for Joy | The Big Something | performer |
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| Swanee River Boogie | The Big Something | performer |
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| Boogie Woogie Prayer | Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes | writer |
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| Boogie Woogie Stomp | The Majestic | writer |
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| Swanee River Boogie | The Blues | writer |
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