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.

In the summer of 2010, Chase Garrett spent two hours a day tickling the keys of downtown Iowa City’s public pianos, promoting the first Blues and Boogie Woogie Piano Stomp. "[The Piano Stomp] is ...

Piano man Ricky Nye admits there was no “grand design” when he started his Blues and Boogie Piano Summit 15 years ago. He was simply carrying out what he sees as the highest calling for those into the ...