[Dixielandjazz] Boogie Woogie

[Marek Boym]

Do you like boogie woogie?  I certainly do.  There is something hypnotic
about it.  However, after a while one ceases to pay attention to details
and is hypnotized by the rhythm.
Most people know the boogie greats - Ammons, Lewis, Johnsn, Yancey and
perhaps Pine Top.  The there are the contemporary pianists, like Bill
Conroy in the States or the German Axel Zwingerberger and the Swiss Sylvan
Zing.  I don't know how popular the genre is in the States, but it must be
quite popular in Europe, since there are so many boogie players there
(including listmate Jacques Covo) .
I wonder how many listmates (Bill excluded) have ever heard of Derryck
Sampson.  He does not appear in Dlauny I had never heard of him before I
saw an LP of his in a Tel-Aviv second hand store.  In 1943-44, still a
teenager, he recorded a series of boogie woogie solos for Joe Davis' Beacon
label.  I was doubtful, but I bought it anyway (together with an Axel
Zwingerberger LP), and - wow!  Perhaps some of the common boogie woogie
pyrotechnics are missing, but in slow tempos Sampson creates the fantastic
momentum characteristic of Ammons and Lewis and, even more so, Jimmy
Yancey.
Cheers
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