Boogie-woogie is a kind of blues piano playing in which the left hand ... with that of the classical passacaglia, a kind of dance music (of Spanish origin) that was old stuff to Bach’s grandfather.

who had learned Boogie-woogie piano from my mother was playing this music when I came in, and for me that was the best thing ever – the chaos of the universe became ordered and I said ...

“I’d never heard it done that way before — I’d never heard boogie woogie before! — and a light bulb went off. My piano teacher gave me the sheet music for Pinetop Smith’s (1928 song) ‘Pinetop’s Boogie ...