Albert Ammons
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz pianist, recording artist (1907–1949)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1907-03-01
- Active to
- 1949-12-02
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Albert C. Ammons (March 1, 1907 – December 2, 1949) was an American boogie-woogie pianist. Ammons formed his own band in 1934, and in 1938 performed in the Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall, which among other achievements launched the boogie-woogie craze. He and two other performers at the concert, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson, became the leading boogie-woogie pianists of the day. The three worked together at Café Society and also toured and recorded as a trio. <a href="https://w
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Child
- Gene Ammons
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- boogie-woogie
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Delmark Records
- Image
- Ammons and Johnson.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1907-09-23
- date of death
- 1949-12-05
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- Commons category
- Albert Ammons
- birth name
- Albert Clifton Ammons
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
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