Pete Johnson News

“You so beautiful, but you got to die some day.”

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- Running through my head for the past few weeks have been the lyrics of an old boogie-woogie song by Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson. via American Reporter

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. via National Public Radio

“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.”

Vol. 14, No. 3,402 - The American Reporter - April 15, 2008 Constance GAMES OF LIFE AND MAKE-BELIEVE Constance Daley American Reporter Correspondent St. via American Reporter

There is a whole lot of tickling of those ivories going on in this video of Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson . via SqueezeMyLemon

Mosaic Select: Boogie Woogie & Blues Piano "One of the most complex and creative forms of instrumental blues..." - Dan Morgenstern, liner notes When it comes to boogie woogie, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, ... via All About Jazz

“Why, we heard him, in person, just a few years ago. He died only in the last year or so.”

"But Big Joe can't have died during the 1980s!" the lady from the audience insisted. via Fort Worth Business Press