List of boogie woogie musicians

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Among the many Boogie-Woogie musicians are not only blues players, but rock and roll, and country musicians as well, and at least one classical musician.

Musicians noted for playing boogie-woogie (many of whom also perform in other styles):

• Albert Ammons, (1907-1949) father of bebop tenorman Gene Ammons
• Craig Brenner, (born 1948), boogie woogie, jazz, blues piano player, composer[1]
• Nico Brina, (born 1969), Boogie Woogie Power, Rock'n'Roll Show, Blues Feeling [2]
• Deanna Bogart, (1960- ), boogie, blues, country, pop; keyboard & saxophone player
• James Booker, (1939-1983), Eccentric and Flamboyant Piano Player from New Orleans
• Cow Cow Davenport
• Darren Deicide
• Fats Domino, (born 1928), cut some boogie pieces in the 50's, e.g. Hey La Bas, Whole Lotta Loving, Fats' Frenzy
• Dorothy Donegan
• Mr.Boogie Woogie -Eric-Jan Overbeek, (1967-), voted Europe's Best Blues Pianist- http://www.mrboogiewoogie.nl boogie woogie &blues boogie-woogie
• Tommy Dorsey, (1905-1956), trombonist bandleader, big band boogie-woogie
• Champion Jack Dupree, (1908-1992) boxer, classic New Orleans blues player
• Big Joe Duskin
• Keith Emerson, (1944- ) rock keyboard player, had a hit on "Honky Tonk Train Blues" in 1976 (see 1976 in music)
• Edan Serge Gillen
• Chas Hall
• Willie Hall, known as Drive'em Down, model and mentor to many New Orleans players
• Jörg Hegemann - german pianist Ammons' style
• Thomas Aufermann - german blues shouter Big Joe Turner style, partners with Jörg Hegemann
• Jools Holland, (born 1958)
• Jose Iturbi, (1895-1980), classical pianist of the 1940s who often included a boogie-woogie encore.
• Pete Johnson, (1904-1967) Big Joe Turner's piano partner, "Roll 'Em, Pete" is named for him.
• Michael Kaeshammer, (1977 or 1978 - ), a Canadian pianist, vocalist, and arranger.
• Jerry Lee Lewis, (born 1935)
• Meade Lux Lewis, (1905-1964) his "Honky Tonk Train Blues" was an early 1930 hit in the style
• Little Willie Littlefield
• Professor Longhair, "Tipitina", "Mardi Gras in New Orleans"
• Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather, composer of "Chicago Breakdown"
• Little Milton
• Pinetop Perkins, Ike Turner's teacher
• Oscar Peterson, (1925-), modern jazz player, performed duo piano version of "Honky Tonk Train Blues" with Keith Emerson.
• Sammy Price
• Piano Red, brother of Speckled Red
• Speckled Red recorded "The Dirty Dozens"
• Little Richard, (born 1932)
• Mac Rebennack, a.k.a. Dr. John, (1940-), New Orleans blues and boogie woogie pianist and composer of "Boxcar Boogie", among others
• Jon Sarta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jonsarta Orlando, FL Pianist and Composer
• Huey "Piano" Smith, "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", also accompanist on Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise"
• Clarence "Pine Top" Smith, "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" in 1929 was the first boogie woogie hit and popularized the name for the style
• George W. Thomas
• Ike Turner, (born 1931), record producer, guitarist, piano player
• Big Joe Turner, (1911-1985), boogie woogie singer, partnered with Pete Johnson
• Tuts Washington, mentor to many generations of New Orleans pianists
• Clarence Williams, mostly played in other styles but put some of the first examples of boogie woogie on record
• Jimmy Yancey (died 1951), perhaps the most subtle and soulful of the boogie-woogie players, also a baseball player in the Negro Leagues
• Silvan Zingg Lugano, Switzerland Pianist and Boogie Woogie Festival promoter.
• Axel Zwingenberger, (born 1955) German pianist and photographer of steam locomotives

Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, and Pete Johnson sometimes played together by twos or threes, an unusual practice. See main article for more information.