Boogie Woogie Dream

Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson

1944

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Featured in this 1944 film clip are pianists Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson play their joint composition “Boogie Woogie Dream” for a young Lena Horne.

The two 1940s piano icons Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson team up to perform an original boogie which would one day serve as an inspiration for early rock & roll.

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