What is Albert Ammons?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | Name = Albert Ammons | Img = | Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | Birth_name = Albert C. Ammons | Alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|3|1|mf=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=y|1949|12|2|1907|9|23}} | death_place = Chicago, Illinois, United States | Origin = {{flagicon|United States}} [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] | Instrument = | Voice_type = | Genre = [[Jazz]], [[blues]], [[boogie-woogie]] | Occupation = [[Pianist]] | Years_active = 1920s–1949 | Label = [[Vocalion Records|Vocalion]], [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]], [[Delmark Records|Delmark]], [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] | Associated_acts = | Notable_instruments = }} '''Albert Clifton Ammons''' (March 1, 1907 – December 2, 1949) was an important American [[blues]] and [[boogie-woogie]] [[pianist]]. ==Life== Ammons was the son of a couple which both played piano. So he started at the age of ten with piano lessons. After the [[First World War]], he became interested in blues. He was influenced by [[Hersal Thomas]] and [[Jimmy Yancey]]. At the beginning of the 1920s, he worked as taxi driver where he met another pianist, [[Meade Lux Lewis]]. They formed a team and played at clubs and parties. In 1934, he formed his own band, Albert Ammons's Rhythm Kings. Their version of Swanee River Boogie sold over a million copies. Later he went to [[New York City]] where he teamed with another pianist, [[Pete Johnson]]. They often played at the Café Society. Sometimes they were joined by Meade Lux Lewis. But they also played there with famous jazz musicians like [[Benny Goodman]] or Harry James. On December 23, 1938, Ammons, Lewis and Johnson played at the ''From Spirituals to Swing'' concert. This concert was the start of the public interest in boogie-woogie. One visitor was record producer Alfred Lion who started two weeks later