Boogie-woogie is a kind of blues piano playing in which the left hand drones a set bass phrase over & over, while the right hand goes to town with whatever variations the player can think up. Its form ...

Boogie-woogie ... just the name conjures up images of a smoky bar and a man pounding out tunes at a corner piano. It's a music that was popular in the 1930s and '40s, and Matthew Ball, aka the "Boogie ...