Boogie-woogie is a driving blues piano style that features a rolling, “eight-to-the-bar” rhythm. It’s based on ostinato bass figures in 8/8 time, and mostly uses the 12-bar blues harmonic scheme.

Fresh Air's jazz critic reviews Boogie Woogie and Blues Piano, a new box set featuring remastered recordings from music greats such as Chicago's Jimmy Yancy, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson. It also ...

It's 1937. The singing Andrews Sisters -- Patti, Laverne, Maxene -- were broke and on the verge of heading back home to Mound, Minn., their brief try at show biz a bust. A Decca recording executive ...