Albert Ammons Centennial Concert September 22, 2007 Part 1

              

The Albert Ammons Centennial Concert, celebrating the 100th birthday of Albert Ammons, took place on Saturday September 22, 2007, at the historic First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple, 77 W. Washington St. Chicago. Here is part 1. 

0:00 Opening remarks by Lila Ammons

5:20 Opening remarks by Michael Price and showing of Boogie Woogie Dream

7:15 Butch Thompson

21:00 Axel Zwingenberger

33:20 Erwin Helfer

37:35 Carl Sonny Leyland

42:50 Franz Jackson with Axel Zwingenberger

58:50 Remarks by Lila Ammons

For more information on the concert, see:

Ammons' Star Is Once Again Shining, Thanks to a Centennial Showing by Howard Reich

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...

and

Albert Ammons Centennial Concert" Sept. 22, 2007 At Chicago Temple by Georgia Gould-Lyle

https://news.allaboutjazz.com/albert-...

For more information on the short film Boogie Woogie Dream, see:

Boogie-Woogie Dream: A Synopsis by Colin Davey

http://colindavey.com/boogiewoogie/ar...

and

A Few Historical Remarks on Boogie Woogie Dream by Konrad Nowakowski

http://colindavey.com/boogiewoogie/ar...

For Boogie Woogie piano instruction and transcriptions, including Boogie Woogie Stomp, Monday Struggle, and Shout for Joy by Albert Ammons, see:

http://colindavey.com/boogiewoogie/pr...

For historical articles on Boogie Woogie, see:

http://colindavey.com/boogiewoogie/ar...