Albert Ammons

USA, 1936–1949

American boogie-woogie pianist (1907-1949). His 1938 Carnegie Hall appearance with Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson brought the style to a national audience.

MusicRoots documents 0 artists who influenced Albert Ammons and 3 artists Albert Ammons influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Which artists did Albert Ammons influence?

• Jerry Lee Lewis — Lewis felt an affinity for the percussive boogie-woogie blues piano — the pumping left hand behind 'Whole Lotta Shakin''.
• Fats Domino — Domino's rolling piano triplets grew from the boogie-woogie school — he named Albert Ammons the pianist he learned from on records.
• The Durutti Column — Reilly names Albert Ammons among the old boogie-woogie pianists behind his playing - an unlikely ancestry for music this quiet, but his own account of it.