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1 Julie's Boogie The changes from "My Favourite Things" played as boogie woogie.
2 My Babe My piano boogie version of a blues made famous by Little Walter.
3 Funky Tonk One of my early pieces combining hardbop and boogie woogie elements.
4 Mosey Along Piano blues with Mose Allison in mind. Tune only, but it's an easy blow.
5 Big Man Boogie Piece based on Steve Clayton's "Clockwork Boogie".
6 Mario's Cave Art Pepper tune  arranged as boogie (5/4 time) & now part B in 7/4).
7 Ned's Boogie Boogie piece originally derived from Kelly's Blues  - hence the name.
8 Say What A simple piece in the style of early, Rhythm and Blues.
9 BST Blues A hardbop tinged boogie waltz with a quote from "Summertime".
10 State Street Special My arrangement of the famous piece by Jimmy Yancey.
11 Soul of a Boogieman Hardbop Soul with boogie (or the other way round !) .
12 Dis Ain' No Boogie A hardbop boogie in 3/4 time in the key of Bb.
13 Me n' Horace An original blues in the style of Horace Silver. An easy blow.
14 Boogi Marabi Boogie woogie with South African overtones.
15 Lux Lix 8-to-the-bar boogie woogie thrash using a Meade Lux Lewis bass.
16 Jumai Marabi style piece based on a traditional South African tune.
17 Pallet on Your Floor Traditional blues arranged for piano in the style of Jimmy Yancey.
18 The Hobo

A 6/4 boogie to honour boogie pioneer & hobo, Wesley Wallace.

19 Moo Moo Boogie Derived from Cow Cow Davenport's piece; hence the name.
20 I Wish I Knew (How it would feel to be Free) arrangement of Billy Taylor's gospel blues.
21 Yancey's Groove

Boogie woogie piece using hardbop voicings over a Yancey bass.

22 Ooze Blues Wrote this when a trumpeter.  Seven "quotes" in the sample solos.
23 Sweet Meade

Dedicated to both the booze and the memory of Meade Lux Lewis.

24 Be Sharp Boogie

Straight-ahead boogie with a walking bass. "Be sharp"?  Well OK, "C".

25 Careless Love

Traditional folk song from England, arranged in the Yancey style.

26 Slow and Easy

A Jimmy Yancey piece, but with a simpler bass and altered voicings.

27 5 4 3 2 ..Gone5432Gone

A 5/4 time boogie with a 3-2 pattern  - a valedictory blues song.
28 Rinky Tinky A shuffle boogie in a minor key.
29 Ramblin' Robert A tribute to the great Robert Johnson based on his "Mean Things".
30 Santa's Boogie Xmas song arranged for boogie piano. Easy blow, so no sample solos.
31 Jody Grind My piano solo arrangement of Horace Silver song.
32 Song for My Father My piano solo arrangement of the famous Horace Silver composition.
33 Heard it on Grapevine

My boogie piano arrangement of a Marvin Gaye song from the 60s.

34 Killer Joe My piano solo version of Benny Golson's famous blues.
35 Boogie Stop Shuffle My piano solo arrangement of a Charles Mingus band number.
36 I Don't Worry My R&B piano version of a Mose Allison song.
37 Emancipation Blues My boogie piano version of Oliver Nelson's blues.
38 No Work Song Minor blues with boogie woogie and hardbop influences.
39 Sidewinder Piano version of the archetypal 24-bar hardbop blues by Lee Morgan.
40 Boogified An Ammons style boogie garnished with Gene Harris "sanctified" blues.
41 Tokyo Blues Piano solo arrangement of my favourite Horace Silver composition.
42 The Way You Boogie Boogie piece derived from Jerome Kern's "The Way You Look Tonight".
43 Boogie Weep for Me A hardbop tinged boogie woogie derived from "Willow Weep for Me".
44 City Blues Simple piano version of Mose Allison's song (see Links for the original).
45 Low Down A simple slow boogie derived from the playing of Horace Parlan.
46 Kindred Spirit Short version of Kindred inspired 5/4 time boogie. No transcribed solos.
47 Sad Joanna My blues dedicated to all distressed bar room pianos.
48 Blues in De Sink Slow piano boogie blues/work song with desynced L/H & R/H riffs.
49 Pete Gunn Boogie My boogie piece based on Henry Mancini's theme from Peter Gunn
50 How Long Loo? Standard boogie woogie using How Long/Louise chord changes.
51 Boo Loo Boogie woogie with boogaloo and hardbop components.
52 Junior Blues Hardbop boogie inspired by Senior Blues
53 Nutville My interpretation of Horace Silver's famous tune emphasises the Latin content.
54 Blue Monk Jim's arrangement of T.Monk's tune in the Latin-Boogie style.

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