a blues-based style of jazz piano playing in which insistently repeated bass figures employing eighth notes accompany melodic variations in the treble
See boogie-woogie in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(bo͝ogˌē-wo͝ogˈē, bo͞oˌgē-wo͞oˈgē)
noun
A style of blues piano playing characterized by an up-tempo rhythm, a repeated melodic pattern in the bass, and a series of improvised variations in the treble.