Albert Ammons(1907-1949)

American jazz and blues pianist. He played in Chicago clubs in the 1920s while in his teens. He became an influential soloist in the 1930s, a noted pioneer of boogie-woogie. Founded his own orchestra in New York in 1938 and eventually formed a piano duo with band member Pete Johnson, which played at the Cafe Society club in downtown New York for five years. Another famous piano player, Meade 'Lux' Lewis, joined the group on some occasions. Ammons' famous compositions included "Nagasaki", "Boogie Woogie Stomp" and "Suitcase Blues".