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Pete Johnson
Boogie-woogie, Composer
1904 – 1967
Who was Pete Johnson?
Pete Johnson was an American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist.
Journalist Tony Russell stated in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, that "Johnson shared with the other members of the 'Boogie Woogie Trio' the technical virtuosity and melodic fertility that can make this the most exciting of all piano music styles, but he was more comfortable than Meade Lux Lewis in a band setting; and as an accompanist, unlike Lewis or Albert Ammons, he could sparkle but not outshine his singing partner". Fellow journalist, Scott Yanow added "Johnson was one of the three great boogie-woogie pianists whose sudden prominence in the late 1930s helped make the style very popular".
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- Born
- Mar 25, 1904
Kansas City - Also known as
- Johnson, Pete
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 23, 1967
Buffalo
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on July 23, 2013
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