Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson- Boogie Woogie Stomp

Boogie Woogie Stomp, a collection of rare radio broadcasts by Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, and Pete Johnson, reveals how the spirit of the boogie woogie style became the basis for all popular music that followed. It contains 14 songs from a 1939 Chicago radio broadcast and four more from a 1938 session.

Ammons' rollicking and rolling on the keys foretells the coming of be-bop, R&B, and rock & roll all at once. Ammons, Lewis, and Johnson cut the majority of these sides at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago in 1939. What flowed forth was a tumult of raucous swing-part ragtime and part old-fashioned blues-that was unlike any other music.

Stomp bears all the authentic bravado that makes these musicians masters. Ammons is the most forceful of the bunch, while Lewis and Johnson opt for a gentler touch and a lilting swing. The last four cuts, somewhat less pristine studio recordings made by Frank Lyons in 1938, feature bassist Herbert Marshall and charismatic spoken commentary from Ammons and Lewis.

14 of the 18 songs here were recorded in 1939 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago for radio broadcast, feat. Meade Lux Lewis & Pete Johnson; the remainder of the cuts are from a 1938 session at Frank Lyon's home studio, included Lewis' jive commentary on "Three Little Words" where he addresses fictitious dancers and the notorious landlady at a rent party and the duet on two pianos by Ammons and Lewis on "Saturday Night".

Tracklist:
1. Saturday Night
2. Monday Struggle
3. Try Again
4. Jesse James
5. Mama's Blues
6. Sweet Patootie
7. Chapel Blues
8. Has Anyone Seen Corrine
9. Bear Cat Crawl
10. Hersal Blues
11. Dupree Blues
12. St. Louis Blues
13. Four O'Clock Blues
14. Shout For Joy
15. Yancey Special
16. Three Little Words
17. Bear Cat Shuffle
18. Boogie Woogie Stomp

Personnel:
Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson (piano); Herbert Marshall (bass).