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boogie-woogie

(bo̵og′ē wo̵og′ē, bo̵̅o̅′gē wo̵̅o̅′gē)

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noun

a blues-based style of jazz piano playing in which insistently repeated bass figures employing eighth notes accompany melodic variations in the treble

Origin: echoic; ? suggested by the characteristic “walking” bass; ? redupl. of boogie, var. of bogy (hobgoblin)

See boogie-woogie in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly from Black West African English (Sierra Leone) bogi(-bogi), to dance

Origin: ; possibly akin to Hausa buga, to beat drums

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