Albert Ammons

Albert Ammons ( Chicago ( Illinois ), September 23 1907 - there, December 2 1949 ) was an American boogie woogie pianist .

Ammons formed his own band in 1934, and played in the 1938 Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall, among other things launched the boogie woogie hype. He and two other performers at the concert, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson, the main boogie woogie pianists were. The three worked, toured and also took on together.

He was the father of tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons . Ammons worked until his death in 1949.