Information AboutAlbert Ammons |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT ALBERT AMMONS | |
| 1907 births | |
| 1949 deaths | |
| boogie-woogie pianists | |
| swing pianists | |
| piano blues musicians | |
| american jazz pianists | |
| chicago musicians | |
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Ammons formed his own band in 1934, and in 1938 performed in the '' Spirituals To Swing '' concert at Carnegie Hall , which among other achievements launched the boogie-woogie craze. He and two other performers at the concert, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson , became the leading boogie-woogie pianists of the day. The three worked together at Café Society and also toured and recorded as a trio. He worked steadily till his death in 1949; he played at Harry S. Truman 's inauguration that year. He was the father of tenor Saxophonist Gene Ammons . |
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