Changes In Boogie Woogie – Albert Ammons
Step back in time with this transcription of a historic Albert Ammons original. Recorded at the very first Blue Note Records session, this blues is a piano journey through six keys.
- Recording: Albert Ammons - Meade Lux Lewis - The First Day
- Recorded on: January 6, 1939
- Label: Blue Note (7-98450-2)
- Concert Key: C
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Piano - Albert Ammons
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Step back in time with this transcription of a historic Albert Ammons original. Recorded at the very first Blue Note Records session, Changes In Boogie-Woogie is a piano journey through six keys. Albert effortlessly transitions through the keys with a unique flair that you can now master with our carefully notated nine-page transcription. It marks not only all the notes, but the articulation and phrasing as well. This piece is a good choice for pianists interested in developing more dexterity in their left hand, as it involves sections of challenging stride piano.
As mentioned, this piece was recorded at the first session for Blue Note Records on January 6, 1939. Albert and his piano partner Meade Lux Lewis were discovered by Blue Note producer and founder Alfred Lion at the legendary Carnegie Hall concert "From Spirituals to Swing" in late December of 1938.
Interestingly, Albert is the father of Gene Ammons, whose own compositions are also on jazzleadsheets.com.
Interestingly, Albert is the father of Gene Ammons, whose own compositions are also on jazzleadsheets.com.
Albert Ammons
September 23, 1907 – December 2, 1949
Albert Ammons, one of the most influential figures in early jazz piano, is best remembered for his contributions to the burgeoning style of boogie-woogie piano. Albert was born in Chicago on September 23, 1907. He began playing professionally at age 17 when he and childhood friend Meade "Lux" Lewis, both taxi drivers at the time, started to play together in various Chicago nightclubs and rent parties. Read more...