Various – Boogie Woogie Gals – Boogie Songstresses & Piano Stylists – 2CD

The word boogie dates to the 14th century. “Bugge” meant phantom or ghost. A similar word, “booger” may originate in West Africa - the Mandingo word “bug” was associated with a fast drumbeat in the performance of voodoo music. Somehow the two words converged.
“Booger” was applied to a form of piano rag which evolved into boogie-woogie. At some time the word 'boogie' became a euphemism for sex. “Boogie-woogie” music was now a form of barrelhouse piano and a vocal expression of sexual prowess.
Boogie-woogie traveled out from the south, finding strongholds in Kansas City, Chicago and St. Louis. Jimmy Yancey, Meade Lux Lewis, Jabbo Williams and Pete Johnson all helped spread the faith.
Cleo (Cleopatra) Brown was one of the first recorded female boogie-woogie pianists/singers. She learned boogie from her brother Everett. Her popular Cleo’s Boogie is included here.
Also important was Mary Lou Williams, the most significant female jazz artist during the 1930s. She joined Andy Kirk’s band, as pianist and arranger. She also wrote for Goodman, Hines, Armstrong and Ellington. With Kirk she waxed Boogie Woogie Cocktail, one of the most skilfully created boogies ever recorded.
Also included  are “The Queen of Boogie,” Hadda Brooks, Hazel Scott, Martha Davis, Lil Armstrong Hardin, Beryl Booker, Sarah McLawler and Anna Mae Woodburn. These women and the many others featured proved, once again, the old adage that to succeed women have to be twice as good… Not content with that - they provided a large slice of glamour as well.

Track Listing:

CD1:
Hadda Brooks: 1. Stompin’ The Boogie – 2:23   Viola Watkins & The Birmingham Boogie Boys: 2. Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night - 2:23   Gladys Bentley & Quintette: 3. Boogie ‘N My Woogie – 2:35   Madonna Martin: 4. Madonna’s Boogie – 2:35   Lil Armstrong & Her Chicago Boys: 5. Joogie Boogie – 2:50   Bertice Reading with Leroy Kirkland’s Orchestra: 6. Beantown Boogie – 2:48   Gladys Palmer with Sonny Thompson & The Sharps & Flats: 7. Palmer’s Boogie – 2:41   Sarah (Fat Woman) Dean with The Freddie Mitchell Orchestra: 8. I Got Your Boogie – 2:16   Nellie Lutcher with Irving Ashby Trio: 9. Lake Charles Boogie – 2:38   Cleo Brown with Nappy Lamare’s Trio : 10. Cleo’s Boogie – 2:48   Helen Humes with Snooky Young Orchestra: 11. Central Avenue Boogie – 2:40   Betty Jean Washington with The Maxwell Davis Orchestra: 12. Elevator Boogie (Live) – 2:38   Martha Davis with The Art Blakey Trio: 13. Player Piano Boogie – 2:35   Big Mama Thornton with The Joe Scott Orchestra: 14. Mischievous Boogie – 2:34   Winifred Atwell: 15. Cross Hands Boogie – 2:16   Annisteen Allen with The Lucky Millinder Orchestra: 16. Bongo Boogie – 2:40   Dorothy Donegan: 17. Schubert’s Boogie – 2:36   Wini Beaty with The Slim Gaillard Trio: 18. Early Morning Boogie – 2:55   Georgia White: 19. Territory Blues – 2:26   Merline Johnson: 20. Want To Boogie Some More – 2:48   Thelma Gracie with The Freddie Slack Orchestra: 21. Cow Cow Boogie – 3:31   Mary Lou Williams & Her Trio: 22. Hesitation Boogie – 2:44   Hadda Brooks: 23. Brooks’ Boogie – 2:52   Honey Lee with The Red Callender Trio: 24. Piney’s Boogiewoogie – 2:46   Edna McRaney: 25. Edna’s Boogie – 2:08

CD2:
Mildred Anderson with The Albert Ammons Combo: 1. Doin’ The Boogiewoogie – 2:52   Vivian Greene with The Nick Esposito Trio: 2. Red Light – 2:58   Hazel Scott: 3. A Rainy Night In G – 3:03   Marylin Scott with Johnny Otis Orchestra: 4. Beer Bottle Boogie – 2:48   5. Betty Hall Jones with Her Rhythm: Learn To Boogie – 2:44   Camille Howard with The Roy Milton Duo: 6. The Boogie And The Blues – 2:16   Tina Dixon with The Gene Nero Sextet: 7. Parrot Bar Boogie – 3:12   Mata Ray & The Sepia Tones: 8. Boogie #1 – 2:49   Jeanette Baker with The Googie Rene Combo: 9. Rock-A-Boogie – 2:49   Cathy Cooper with Devonia Williams & The Johnny Otis Orchestra: 10. Alimony boogie – 310   Ella Mae Morse with Don Raye & The Freddie Slack Rhythm Section: 11. The House Of Blue Light – 2:52   Paula Watson: 12. Paula’s Nightmare – 2:40   Unknown: 13. I Wonder Who’s Boogeying My Woogie Now – 2:34   ‘Frantic’ Faye Thomas: 14. I’m In Town – 2:29   15. Faye’s Boogie – 2:34   Anna Mae Winburn & The All Girl International Sweethearts of Rhythm: 16. Central Avenue Boogie – 2:06   Lil Palmore with Her Caldonia Boys: 17. Lil’s Caldonia Boogie – 2:09   Violett Hall: 18. He’s An Ivory Beating Baby (On The Baby Grand) – 2:22   Cleo Brown: 19. Roll It Boogie – 2:48   Ginger Smock with The Jackson Brothers: 20. Ginger’s Boogie – 2:23   Nora Lee King: 21. Cannon Ball – 2:45   Mary Depina & Martha Potts with Monte Easter’s Band: 22. Boogie Woogie Man – 2:41   Eunice Davis with The Freddie Mitchell Orchestra: 23. Rock Little Daddy – 2:32   Devonia Williams with The California Playboys: 24. Dee’s Boogie – 2:42   Mary Lou Williams with Andy Kirk & His Clouds Of Joy: 25. Boogie Woogie Cocktail – 2:13