[
US
/ˈbuɡiˈwuɡi, ˈbʊɡiˈwʊɡi/
]
NOUN
- an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
How To Use boogie-woogie In A Sentence
- Who might indulge in a boogie-woogie quadrille at such a time is beyond me.
- There's as much boogie-woogie in its movements as conga and tango.
- There was swing and jive in the dance halls, mambo in the bars, boogie-woogie piano playing in the dockside cathouses. DESPERADOES
- Here, you find everything from 12-tone to boogie-woogie, neoclassic to blues, and neo-romantic to completely abstract constructions.
- Boogie-woogie was generally confined to barrelhouses, dance halls, and houses of ill-repute.
- I mean, Paul's about as close to an original as you can get without being one, but if I really want to hear some great boogie-woogie, I'll go to the source, thanks.
- (Soundbite of music) ROBERTS: The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of Rock & Roll states that the term boogie derives from the jazz-based boogie-woogie, a piano style that featured a hot rhythm based on eight to the bar figures played with the left hand. Boogie-Woogie Flu Sufferers, Unite
- Then, some boogie-woogie piano comes in, and kids begin shouting, ‘Happy birthday to you!’
- Gints sits down to rattle off some boogie-woogie.
- Jump and jive with R'n'B and Boogie-Woogie, a la Jools Holland.
