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Charlie Spand
Charlie Spand
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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Blind Leroy Garnett
Blind Leroy Garnett
musical artist
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Arnold Wiley
Arnold Wiley
American pianist (1898-1964)
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Pinetop Smith
Pinetop Smith
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist
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Elzadie Robinson
Elzadie Robinson
American blues singer
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Jabo Williams
Jabo Williams
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist
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Barrelhouse Buck McFarland
Barrelhouse Buck McFarland
musical artist
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Pinetop Sparks
Pinetop Sparks
American blues pianist
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Jimmy Yancey
Jimmy Yancey
African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist
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Harry Gibson
Harry Gibson
American musician
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Speckled Red
Speckled Red
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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Cow Cow Davenport
Cow Cow Davenport
American musician
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Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist
14
Jimmy Blythe
Jimmy Blythe
American jazz and boogie-woogie pianist
15
Mitch Woods
Mitch Woods
American boogie-woogie, jump blues and jazz musician
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Roosevelt Sykes
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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Barrelhouse Chuck
Barrelhouse Chuck
Pianist, singer and songwriter
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Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
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Cripple Clarence Lofton
Cripple Clarence Lofton
American musician
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Tuts Washington
Tuts Washington
American Louisiana blues pianist
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Black Boy Shine
Black Boy Shine
American singer
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George Washington Thomas, Jr.
George Washington Thomas, Jr.
American musician
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Rob Cooper
Rob Cooper
musical artist
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Bob Milne
Bob Milne
American musician
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Marcia Ball
Marcia Ball
American blues singer and pianist
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Sammy Price
Sammy Price
American pianist
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Johnny Nicholas
Johnny Nicholas
American blues musician
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Albert Ammons
Albert Ammons
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Whistlin' Alex Moore
Whistlin' Alex Moore
American blues pianist, singer and whistler
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James Crutchfield
James Crutchfield
American barrelhouse blues singer, pianist, and songwriter
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Meade Lux Lewis
Meade Lux Lewis
American pianist and composer
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Walter Roland
Walter Roland
American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, guitarist and singer
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Little Brother Montgomery
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
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Victor Wainwright
Victor Wainwright
American blues pianist, singer and songwriter
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Little Willie Littlefield
Little Willie Littlefield
American R&B pianist and singer
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Vince Weber
Vince Weber
German musician
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Christian Dozzler
Christian Dozzler
Austrian singer
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Big Maceo Merriweather
Big Maceo Merriweather
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Booker T. Laury
Booker T. Laury
American boogie-woogie, blues, gospel and jazz pianist and singer
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Samuel Charters
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
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Blind John Davis
Blind John Davis
American musician
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Amos Milburn
Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist
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Dave Alexander
Dave Alexander
American Texas blues singer and pianist
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Freddie Slack
Freddie Slack
American musician
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Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
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Montana Taylor
Montana Taylor
American musician
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Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Mose Vinson
Mose Vinson
American boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist and singer
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Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Hersal Thomas
Hersal Thomas
American songwriter
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Boogie Woogie Red
Boogie Woogie Red
American Detroit blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter
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Blind Roosevelt Graves
Blind Roosevelt Graves
American blues musician
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Bob Baldori
Bob Baldori
American musician
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Eden Brent
Eden Brent
American musician
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Axel Zwingenberger
Axel Zwingenberger
German musician
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Lucille Bogan
Lucille Bogan
American blues singer
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Boogie Bill Webb
Boogie Bill Webb
American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Huey "Piano" Smith
Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
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John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
William Ezell
United StatesAmerican blues, jazz, ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist and singer

William Ezell

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United StatesAmerican blues, jazz, ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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William Ezell (December 23, 1892 – August 2, 1963), was an American blues, jazz, ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist and occasional singer, who was also billed as Will Ezell. He regularly contributed to recordings made by Paramount Records in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Ezell was noted by the music journalist Bruce Eder as "a technically brilliant pianist, showing the strong influence of jazz as well as blues in his work".

Ezell's "Pitchin' Boogie" and Cow Cow Davenport's "Cow Cow Blues" were amongst the earliest boogie-woogie recordings. However, Pinetop Smith's "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" was the first to use the phrase in the title of a song.

Two of Ezell's more notable solo recordings, "Heifer Dust" and "Barrel House Woman" (both 1929), have been noted for containing "elements of both blues and barrelhouse boogie-woogie in their form".