The history of jazz piano is an interesting one, and it benefits from being told separately from the history of jazz music in general. The piano was, in many ways, an instrument in search of its jazz ...

One of the region’s most unique musical events, the Blues & Boogie Piano Summit, is not just a “Blues festival,” it’s also a two-day concert that spotlights a specific sub-genre of Blues — Boogie ...

It’s been six years since boogie-woogie pianist Erwin Helfer has been able to grace the Chicago Blues Festival with his music, and that’s too long. At age 82, Helfer may be Chicago’s last living ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - For almost two decades, Ricky Nye's Blues and Boogie Piano Summit delighted music lovers with performances by some of the top blues and boogie pianists from around the world. The ...

Once a year, Mark "Mr. B" Braun, Ann Arbor's own wizard of blues and boogie piano music, gets together with other top piano players from around Southeast Michigan and beyond. Call it a piano summit, ...

“I think the first music that I heard and really enjoyed or remember being aware of was when I was probably five years old. My parents were probably 25 and they lived with their friends, of a similar ...

Music commentator and admitted carrier of the "Boogie-Woogie Flu," Mitch Myers, takes us on an audio tour of the history of this unique American musical genre. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS ...

Two of the nation’s favourite pianists come together to play a spontaneous duet, which overflows with the joy of all things 88-keyed. The two winners of hit TV series The Piano have joined together ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

When I saw the cover of Delta Swamp Rock, my first thought was: "Has Soul Jazz run out of black music then?" Releasing a compilation of early-70s southern rock seemed like an unlikely move for the ...

Johnny B. travels throughout Alaska by bush plane to play boogie-woogie piano music Johnny B. travels throughout Alaska by bush plane to play his signature boogie-woogie piano music to remote ...

If President Obama were to appoint a Boogie Woogie Czar — someone to travel the world promoting the rolling and rollicking Blues style popularized in the late ’30s by pioneers like Albert Ammons and ...