In 1938, legendary Jazz Promoter John Hammond saw a huge business opportunity. He organized and promoted a concert in New York City featuring the three masters of a new vibrant art form. When Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Meade “Lux” Lewis performed in Carnegie Hall, it launched a national craze. Businesses and clubs had to hop on the bandwagon and get with the program. Newspapers began to assign special editors to cover the music beat and report about this incredible energy as its popularity spread into the clubs. Soon all of the happening places were featuring top musicians playing these infectious energetic tunes. Club owners seeking to get good reviews and cash in would do whatever necessary to bribe the music editors so they could acquire good press. Bribes of free food, free drinks, free women were commonplace. Musicians and club owners understood that one bad review from the critics would kill the good times! Or so they thought
The name of this musical art form was Boogie-Woogie. The slang term that the musicians gave to the critics was the Boogie Man!
Yes, the Boogie Man was the monster who could criticize and sit in judgment.
In spite...
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