Not at all bad - but it doesn't get much better than Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson:
Or Albert Ammons on his own:
Or, come to that, Pete Johnson his own:
Or the joyous "Pinetop's Boogie" by Clarence, Pinetop or Pine Top Smith (he used all three names), released in 1928:
Or Meade Lux Lewis on 1944's "Chicago Flyer":
Here's the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra's "Boogie Woogie" from 1938:
I'll end with the Will Bradley Orchestra's "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" from 1940, featuring the incomparable Freddie Slack on piano (the song's title derives from Slack's nickname, "Daddy"):
Henri's Boogie - invigorating but it's quite baffling to see those around so distant from the exuberance of the performance. I am at St Pancreas several times a year and have only witnessed buffoons playing chopsticks on that piano. I followed on the Gronmark Blog-Screen a performance by Valentina Lisitsa - there she was in her quilted green anorak bashing out one of Liszt's top tunes - enchanting. Whoever thought of the St Pancreas piano deserves a gold star.
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