Four Boogie Woogie Patterns I'm Obsessed With Right Now

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Jeremy discusses boogie woogie patterns by Pinetop Smith, Meade Lux Lewis, Oscar Peterson, and his own 7/4 boogie.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:07 Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
07:48 Yancey Special - Meade Lux Lewis
09:45 Yancey Special Transcription
12:50 Squeaky's Blues Oscar Peterson
18:40 Jeremy's 7/4 Boogie Woogie

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thanx, Jeremy🔥🔥🔥

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanxxxx to you, Brenda! 😉

[@alexandros_haralabidis]

You came up with very nice patterns at 13:00-14:00, I enjoyed practicing them. I feel that a simple way to add interest is to play such patterns occasionally every 3 beats, although Meade Lux Lewis sticks to playing every 4 beats constantly.

[@JeremySiskind]

Ooh, interesting thought! I'm going to have to try that. Thanks, Alexandros!

[@WoodyGamesUK]

You're doing really well, I learned a lot again in this video. It's interesting to see how you have to focus really hard (as you say you're not a boogie woogie player). One thing I've noticed that is consistent from boogie boogie players (who are extremely proficient in the style) is how they stomp their feet, and move their body and head, in a way that feels natural when you see it, but if you try you realise that it's a bit like acting or dancing, it may feel very awkward if you've never done it.

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks, man! Boogie boogie is so difficult and the really great boogie players are total technical freaks. I'm just scratching the surface.

[@CharlesAustin]

‘S all good ..good ..,Good !!

[@JeremySiskind]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! 😊

[@Mr_B_Piano]

Hi Jeremy. I’ve enjoyed many of your lessons, you have a very nice sense of delivery. I’d like to recommend to you Ray Bryant playing “Take the A Train” as a brilliant example of boogie woogie under a song form. He finds the elusive sweet spot that you rightly recognized is hard to find. Please let me know if you enjoy it? Thanks for your excellent work.

[@alexandros_haralabidis]

Nice! Also check a nice boogie-like pattern by Ray Briant on C.C Rider kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqG9oXewn8SloJY

[@TheLazyClips]

I love this!

[@JeremySiskind]

Nice! Thanks, man!

[@ivannagy8911]

Special thanks for this lesson! And please, ask your classic technique expert about the third one which you mentioned. Oscar is playing this in Sheik of Araby in Bb. This really makes your left hand tired if you want to keep tempo in more than two periods. I assume big hands help a lot but that is not the only thing. There are many tricks. I’d enjoy the answer.

[@JeremySiskind]

Ah - very interesting and good to know. Thank you! I'm putting out a video with Nancy Reese today where she helps me with this boogie woogie pattern. Stay tuned!

[@ivannagy8911]

@@JeremySiskind Great! I am sitting in the front row :)

[@JeremySiskind]

@@ivannagy8911 awesome! It’s up now!

[@mudbone7706]

Enjoyed the video! FYI, Meade Lux Lewis was from Chicago.

[@JeremySiskind]

Thank you for clarifying that! There's something so New Orleans-y about the way he swings to me, but that just shows my ignorance! I appreciate it!

[@mudbone7706]

@@JeremySiskind Jimmy Yancey, the inspiration (source?) of the Yancey Special, actually did have a bit of "spanish tinge" in his playing so maybe that's why it's evocative of New Orleans to you. He was from Chicago too though.

[@mudbone7706]

The young Oscar Peterson played boogie patterns on swing era tunes like I Got Rhythm, Flying Home and My Blue Heaven. Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons used boogie left hand on Swanee River.

[@JeremySiskind]

Ooh, interesting. Great to know! As I've been studying boogie-woogie and stride, I've been thinking that Oscar Peterson is one of the few pianists who really inhabits both traditions almost equally.

[@mudbone7706]

@@JeremySiskind Yes, Dick Hyman is another who can play both styles at a very high level.

[@macpaul]

This is for sure the best european Boogie Woogie player. In the mid 70s he kicked off a real boogie euphoria over here. Have a listen. What i‘ve learned from him is the strong emphasis of beat two and four in the left hand. If you look at him playing you can see how he throws the notes into the keyboard. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rn-UY3l6Ystmlac

[@JeremySiskind]

Great! I’ll study up! I’m no great boogie woogie player, but I’m trying to get better

[@p1anosteve]

Great interesting demonstration. I know very little about boogie woogie but notice when watching most people play in C F or Bb because the flat third is a black note in these keys and you can slide of with the third finger of the left hand. There seems to be some common patterns but what you play with the right hand ( which you do extremely well) is actually more of a challenge. I think swung is more in the blues tradition, straight is like rock and roll. I don't usually put links into comments but the coolest boogie woogie example I've heard is from Bram Wijnands and he combines it with stride kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYi8h4ajpdiBgbs

[@JeremySiskind]

I think you're right on with all this! It's so interesting - I find that even in straight boogie woogie, there's something of "swing" to it, even if the eighth notes aren't technically "swung." It's so hard to describe!

[@alexandros_haralabidis]

Another great lesson, with useful advice and inspiration for practice, thanks Jeremy! Check another great pattern by Ray Briant in slow tempo (you need to reach 10ths with 5th/6th/7th in between): kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqG9oXewn8SloJY This is more like slow blues but the repeated pattern is boogie-like.

[@JeremySiskind]

Nice - Ray Bryant is the real deal. Thanks for this, Alexandros!