Biography
Pete Johnson was one of the three great boogie-woogie pianists (along with Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis) whose sudden prominence in the late '30s helped make the style very popular. Originally a drummer, Johnson switche...
More »Pete Johnson was one of the three great boogie-woogie pianists (along with Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis) whose sudden prominence in the late '30s helped make the style very popular. Originally a drummer, Johnson switche...
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Pete Johnson s iconic Rocket Boogie. Piano, Blues guitar and those frenetic horns....

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Recorded: Vocalion Studios New York, NY December 30, 1938 Personnel: Big Joe Turner - Vocals Pete Johnson - Pi...

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The video was taken at the First Hungarian Boogie Woogie And Blues Night. It was the first warm up song :) I h...

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This is an instrumental version of Pete Johnson and Joe Turner s instant hit . . . Roll em Pete. Now find the ...

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Fabulous piano duet by Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson with Boogie Woogie Dream from 1944. The girl is a very y...

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DIVE BOMBER (K. Holden) by PETE JOHNSON. NYC, February 17, 1944....


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Rocket Boogie 88 Part ll - Pete Johnson & a hot Sextet, LA 1948. Pete - Piano. Jewell Grant - Alto. Maxwell Da...


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A little boogie woogie history, turn on your volume :D hope you all like what I did..Eeco...

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Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson - Another version of Sixth Avenue Express CD : Pete Johnson - Radio Broadcasts, F...

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Sixth Avenue Express 1941 Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson...

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The grandaddies of boogie-woogie piano do their thing. More Great 78s at: www.youtube.com...

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AFRS 52 43-11-08 8:32 - 11:26 minutes Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson Boogie Woogie (Yancey Special) Mediaoutlet ...

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A short clip of Rudy Blue Shoes playing Climbing and Screaming by Pete Johnson in LeRoquebrou before the 7th I...

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Holler Stomp (Blue Note 12) by Pete Johnson on unaccompanied piano. 12-inch 78rpm recorded on Dec. 19. 1939. P...

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Live-Performance of one of the best pieces from Pete Johnson, played by the Austrian Boogie-Master Hannes Otah...


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Barrelhouse Breakdown, fine piano boogie-jazz by the Pete Johnson Blues Trio with piano, guitar, and bass, rec...

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Pete Johnson Blues Trio records Kansas City Farewll in 1939, here released on a 12 BLUE NOTE 78 rpm record. Fi...

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I try to make it sound like Pete Johnson is playing with a big band....

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Pete Johnson at his best on the piano, recorded in 1940. Enjoy! Got this record at a garage sale yesterday for...


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Recorded: Transcription for CP MacGregor Studios, a California company that specialized in recordings for radi...

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And so we continue our journey into the Columbia album set - #C-44 - entitled Boogie Woogie with side 3, Roll ...
Boogie Woogie Kings
St. Louis Parties of July 20 & August 1, 1954
Piano Boogie and Ballads
1947-1949
Blues & Boogie Woogie Master 1938/1946
Roll 'Em Pete
Radio Broadcasts Film Soundtracks Alternate Takes (1939-1947)
1944-1946
1939-1941
Pete's Blues
King of Boogie
Central Avenue Boogie
Cozy Cole All Star Swing Groups
Boogie Woogie Mood (1940-1944)
King of Boogie
1938-1939
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