Albert Ammons

The story

Albert Clifton Ammons was an American pianist and player of boogie-woogie, a blues style popular from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s.

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Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews.

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Records

• All That Jazz, Vol. 113: Albert Ammons — Movin' That Boogie · 2019 · compilation
• Giants of Boogie Woogie · 2015 · compilation
• Masters of Boogie Piano: Five Classic Albums Plus · 2013 · compilation
• King of Boogie Woogie · 2011 · compilation
• Boogie Woogie Kings · 2009 · compilation
• The Chronological Classics: Albert Ammons 1946–1948 · 2000 · compilation
• The Boogie Woogie Man · 1999 · compilation
• Blues & Boogie Woogie King · 1998 · compilation
• Boogie Woogie Stomp · 1998 · compilation
• An Introduction to Albert Ammons - His Best Recordings 1936-1947 · 1998 · compilation
• The Chronological Classics: Albert Ammons 1939–1946 · 1997 · compilation
• 1936–1946 (Alternate Takes, Radio Performances, Unissued Home Recordings) · 1997 · compilation
• The Boogie Woogie Trio, Vol. 2 · 1997 · compilation, live
• The Boogie Woogie Trio, Vol. 1 · 1995 · compilation
• The Chronological Classics: Albert Ammons 1936–1939 · 1993 · compilation
• The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis · 1983 · compilation
• Boogie Woogie and the Blues · 1980 · compilation
• Boogie Woogie Stomp · · compilation

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Bands and projects

• 1938
  The Boogie Woogie Trio
• Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings
• Oscar's Chicago Swingers
• Albert, Meade, Pete and Their Three Pianos
• Joe Turner and His Boogie Woogie Boys
• Port Of Harlem Jazzmen
• J.C. Higginbotham Quintet
• Frank Newton Quintet
• Banks Chesterfield's Orchestra
• Albert Ammons And His Orchestra

The bands Albert Ammons played in, each with its own records. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Albert Ammons in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Albert Ammons in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Albert Ammons

• Meade Lux Lewis4 sources agree
• Pete Johnson4 sources agree
• Jimmy Yancey3 sources agree
• Amos Milburn3 sources agree
• Fats Waller3 sources agree
• Cow Cow Davenport2 sources agree
• Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson2 sources agree
• Champion Jack Dupree2 sources agree
• Jimmy Blythe2 sources agree
• Speckled Red2 sources agree
• Louis Jordan2 sources agree
• Duke Ellington2 sources agree

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Albert Ammons’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.