''Three of a Kind'' is an album by Dutch

boogie-woogie Boogie-woogie is a genre of blues music that became popular during the late 1920s, but already developed in African-American communities since the 1870s.Paul, Elliot, ''That Crazy American Music'' (1957), Chapter 10, p. 229. It was eventually ex ...

and

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

pianist

Rob Agerbeek Robbert Arris Jules Agerbeek (28 September 1937 – 5 July 2023) was an Indo Dutch boogie-woogie and jazz pianist and winner of several jazz concourses in the Netherlands in the late 1950s. He was regarded as one of Europe's finest jazz pianist ...

Content

The album was recorded in May 1998 at The Farmsound Studio in Heelsum in the Netherlands and released in 1998 on the Dutch record label

Oldie Blues Oldie Blues was a Dutch record label founded and owned by Martin van Olderen. History The label was founded in 1974 and focused primarily on piano blues, boogie-woogie and Delta blues, issuing 46 LPs and 13 CDs.Wynn, Neil, ''Cross the Water Blu ...

(OLCD 7112). Of the eighteen songs on this CD six were written by Agerbeek. "Song for Martin" was dedicated to Martin van Olderen, the producer for this album.

Track listing

# "Boogie Woogie at the Civic Opera" # "Barrelhouse Boogie" # "Yancey Special" # "Lock Stock and Barrel" # "Jammin' the Boogie" # "Suitcase Blues" # "Lazy Left Hand" # "Meade's Stomp" # "Shout for Joy" # "

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" is a jazz piece written by American musician Billy Taylor, originally recorded as an instrumental and later released as a song with lyrics by Dick Dallas. Taylor's original version ("I Wish I Knew") w ...

" # "Glendale Glide" # "Song for Martin" # "Little Man Boogie" # "Chicago on My Mind" # "

Roll 'Em Pete "Roll 'Em Pete" is a boogie-woogie song, originally recorded in December 1938 by singer Big Joe Turner and pianist Pete Johnson. The recording is regarded as one of the most important precursors of what later became known as rock and roll. "Rol ...

" # "

Oh, Lady Be Good "Oh, Lady Be Good!" is a 1924 song by George and Ira Gershwin. It was introduced by Walter Catlett in the Broadway musical '' Lady, Be Good!'' written by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson, and the Gershwin brothers and starring Fred and Adele Astaire. ...

" # "Bottomland Boogie" # "Perdido Boogie"

PersonnelOlderen, Martin van, ''Three of a Kind'', liner notes OLCD 7112 (1998)

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

* Harry Emmery - bass * Ben Schröder -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

External links

Oldie Blues discography at Wirz.de
{{Authority control Rob Agerbeek albums Oldie Blues albums 1998 albums