Piano blues

Piano blues is a type of Blues music where the piano is the main musical instrument used. Boogie woogie is the best known kind of piano blues, though barrelhouse, swing, R&B, rock and roll and jazz are also important.

Notable artists of Piano blues

• Albert Ammons
• Leroy Car
• Ray gay
• James Crutcfield
• Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport
• Blind John Davis
• Fats Domino
• Champion Jack Dupree
• Cecil Gant
• Dr John
• Boo T. Laury
• Professor Longhair
• Jay McShann
• BiMaceo Merriweather
• Amos Milburn
• Pinetop Perkins
• Henning Pertiet
• Buster Pickens
• Boogie Woogie Red
• Memphis Slim
• Sunnyland Slim
• Otis Spann
• Pinetop Smith
• Willie "The Lion" Smith
• Roosevelt Sykes
• Henry Townsend
• Mose Vinson
• Jimmy Yancey
• Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
• Silvan Zingg
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• Moon Mullican
• Merrill Moore
• Joe Pullum
• Piano Red
• Speckled Red
• Little Willie Littlefield
• Chuck Miller

Piano Blues Media

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  American blues singer Ma Rainey (1886–1939), the "Mother of the Blues"

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  A minor pentatonic scale;  play (info • help)

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  Musicologist John Lomax (left) shaking hands with musician "Uncle" Rich Brown in Sumterville, Alabama

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  Sheet music from "Saint Louis Blues" (1914)

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  Bessie Smith, an early blues singer, known for her powerful voice

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  A typical boogie-woogie bass line  Play (info • help)

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  John Lee Hooker at the Long Beach Blues Festival

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  Blues legend B.B. King with his guitar, "Lucille"

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  Koko Taylor, known as the "Queen of the Blues," was well-known for her raspy, strong vocals.

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  Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, 1983