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Piano blues

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Cultural origins
  
African Americans

Typical instruments
  
Piano

Stylistic origins
  
Boogie woogie ragtime blues

Derivative forms
  
R&B swing rock and roll jazz

Piano blues is a catch-all term for blues genres that are structured around the piano as the primary musical instrument. Boogie woogie is one of the best known styles of piano blues. Swing, R&B, rock and roll and jazz are strongly influenced by blues piano. Notable blues pianists include Roosevelt Sykes, Memphis Slim, Otis Spann, Sunnyland Slim, Pinetop Perkins, Dr. John, and Ray Charles.

Blues pianists

  • Albert Ammons
  • Amos Milburn
  • Barrelhouse Chuck
  • Big Maceo Merriweather
  • Blind John Davis
  • Boogie Woogie Red
  • Booker T. Laury
  • Buster Pickens
  • Cecil Gant
  • Champion Jack Dupree
  • Chuck Miller
  • Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport
  • Dr. John
  • Eddie Boyd
  • Fats Domino
  • Henry Gray
  • Henry Townsend
  • James Booker
  • James Crutchfield
  • Jay McShann
  • Jerry Lee Lewis
  • Jimmy Yancey
  • Joe Pullum
  • Junior Mance
  • Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
  • Lafayette Leake
  • Leroy Carr
  • Little Brother Montgomery
  • Little Willie Littlefield
  • Meade "Lux" Lewis
  • Memphis Slim
  • Merrill Moore
  • Moon Mullican
  • Mose Vinson
  • Otis Spann
  • Piano Red
  • Pinetop Perkins
  • Pinetop Smith
  • Professor Longhair
  • Ray Charles
  • Roosevelt Sykes
  • Silvan Zingg
  • Speckled Red
  • Sunnyland Slim
  • Willie "The Lion" Smith
  • Willie Love

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