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Among the 3 great boogie-woogie pianists (alongside Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson) whose appearance in John Hammond’s 1938 Spirituals to Golf swing concert helped begin the boogie-woogie trend, Meade “Lux” Lewis was a robust if somewhat small player. He performed frequently in Chicago in the past due ’20s and his …

b. 1964, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Carrothers started playing piano appropriately in the first 80s, soon building a popularity as a good performer. Through the next 2 decades he performed many prestigious locations through the entire USA, including New York’s Community Gate, Knitting Manufacturer as well as the revived Birdland, and …