Jimmy Yancey

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Genre: Boogie-Woogie
Hometown: Chicago

About

Jimmy Yancey kept his day job his entire life. During the early half of the century, he was a groundskeeper at Chicago's Comiskey Park by day, and master of the boogie-woogie piano by night. His rollicking style was a huge influence on such up-and-coming pianists as Meade "Lux" Lewis and Albert Ammons, who would both go on to much greater success. Yancey is credited with refining the technique wherein all the percussive measures are played with the left hand.

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		Big Beartrain (3:11)
		P.L.K. Special (3:06)
		Midnight Stomp (3:55)
		State Street Special (2:40)
		The Mellow Blues (2:41)
		Lucille's Lament (3:10)
		South Side Stuff (3:09)
		Slow And Easy Blues (2:34)
		I Received A Letter (2:37)
		Janie's Joys (3:01)
		Eternal Blues (4:27)
		Yancey Stomp (2:47)
		Boogue # A1 (3:04)
		Mama And Jimmy Blues (3:03)
		The Rocks (3:39)
		Untitled Blues (2:27)
		Unknown Rag (At Party) (2:59)
		Ecstatic Rag (3:21)
		Everybody's Rag (3:08)
		Five O'clock Blues (2:45)