Boogie Woogie Piano Queen???

[Man with the Golden Arm]

Heard some cuts on a local retro jazz show the other day. The artist was the so called Queen of the Boogie Woogie.

The one cut was one of those typical double entendre boogies that had something to do with 'cooking'? The other couple were instumentals and they were unbelievable.

All the hints I have. Can someone help me out?? Thanks.

Edited May 22, 2003 by Man with the Golden Arm

[jazzbo]

There are many claims to that queenly crown.

Could this have been Hadda Brooks?

Edited May 22, 2003 by jazzbo

[Man with the Golden Arm]

No Lon, not her. Give it another try. I know you will know.

Maybe Queen' was too clean of a term for her?

She evidently only recorded a spit of stuff. Supposedly it's all on one Classics Records CD. All I recall from the show.

Edited May 22, 2003 by Man with the Golden Arm

[Swinging Swede]

Did they say that it was on Classics Records? Must be this then:

One of the tunes is called Cook That Stuff, and might be the one you heard. I intend to pick up this one myself one day.

[jazzbo]

Hmm. . . that could be it. Need to consider that one myself!

[Man with the Golden Arm]

That's HER! My daughter, who's in her second year of piano, was very hip to it. Some hot stuff there.

The show, which I don't listen to all that much, is Ray Smith's "Jazz Decades". At times he surprises ya with something like this. Looking closely at the cover posted I can see that bounce was a bit of Krupa.

Thanks y'all.

[Christiern]

Well, there's Hazel Scott (she boogied with Adam Clayton Powell)

and, in England, there was Winifred Atwell.

Edited May 24, 2003 by Christiern

[Steve Gray]

Add Camille Howard to the list, who played with Roy Milton