Meade “Lux” Lewis didn’t just record a blues—he conjured a rolling landscape of rhythm and motion. Cut in 1928, “Honky Tonk Train Blues” demanded a great deal of the pianist: relentless drive, ...
Bill Doggett, a pianist and organist who was best known for his 1956 blues hit “Honky Tonk,” has died at age 80. Mr. Doggett, who died Nov. 13 in a Manhattan hospital, was, like many jazz musicians ...