Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A style of blues piano playing characterized by a quick tempo, a repeated bass line, and a series of improvised variations in the treble.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Music) an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano).
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- noun music a style of
blues piano music - noun a style of
swing dance
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The East German newspaper Neues Deutschland charged the United States with dumping “a mudslide of boogie-woogie” on Communist youth.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Swing and boogie-woogie were early favorites, then bebop and rhythm and blues.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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That same year, another East German official declared that by resisting jazz, his countrymen were defending their “national cultural tradition” against both “American imperialist ideologies” and “barbarization by the boogie-woogie ‘culture.’”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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On 14 June 1955 Tony Mottram, the British tennis hope of those days, chose as one of his Desert Island Discs Fats Waller's "Alligator Crawl", a thrilling boogie-woogie rumble.
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It doesn't have a happy ending, but it's got other assets, including bluegrass and an ace boogie-woogie.
Ulster Bank Dublin theatre festival – review Susannah Clapp 2010
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While tending his cousin's bar, Mr. Domino listened to a steady diet of boogie-woogie piano records on the jukebox.
The Rhythm of Rock 'n' Roll: 'It's All in the 1, 2, 3' Marc Myers 2010
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She had a prolific career as a composer, arranger and nimble player of blues, boogie-woogie, swing and be-bop.
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Shearing won over American audiences with his own style of boogie-woogie, blues and jazz swing which later became known as "The Shearing Sound."
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She had a prolific career as a composer, arranger and nimble player of blues, boogie-woogie, swing and be-bop.
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The band broke up in 1938, and Mr. Shearing went on to a solo career, winning awards for his mastery of the boogie-woogie and stride styles.
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