Axel Zwingenberger
Zwingenberger at the funeral service forChampion Jack Dupree, January 1992 inHanover, Germany
Background information
Born	(1955-05-07)7 May 1955 (age 69) Hamburg,West Germany
Genres	Jazz, blues, boogie-woogie[1]
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Piano,celeste,harpsichord
Years active	1970s–present
Labels	Vagabond,EMI,Eagle
Website	boogiewoogie.net/2/en/0/a/0/news.html

Axel Zwingenberger (German:[ˌaksl̩ˈt͡svɪŋənˌbɛʁɡɐ]^ⓘ; born 7 May 1955) is a Germanblues andboogie-woogie pianist and songwriter.^[1]

Zwingenberger was born inHamburg, West Germany, and enjoyed eleven years of classical piano training. After listening to recordings by pianistsPete Johnson,Albert Ammons,Meade "Lux" Lewis, he became aboogie-woogie musician.^[2] In 1974 he performed with pianists Hans-Georg Moeller, Vince Weber and Martin Pyrker at the First International Blues and Boogie Woogie Festival in Cologne, West Germany. They also played at the Stars of Boogie Woogie and the Hans Maitner festival.^[2]

A year later he signed with a record label, which released his solo albumsBoogie Woogie Breakdown,Power House Boogie, andBoogie Woogie Live. He has worked withRay Bryant,Champion Jack Dupree,Lloyd Glenn,Lionel Hampton,Jay McShann,Joe Newman,Sammy Price,Big Joe Turner,Sippie Wallace,Charlie Watts,Vince Weber,Bill Wyman, andMama Yancey.^[2] His publications includeBoogie Woogie: Piano Solo, a book of twelve of his compositions transcribed.^[3]

A railfan since early childhood, he published photographs ofsteam locomotives inThe Magic of Trains^[4] and established a non-profit group with the German Foundation for the Protection of Historical Monuments which works for the preservation of trains, such as the steam-poweredDR 18 201.

In spring 2009, with English pianist Ben Waters, he renewed his relationship with Charlie Watts, drummer ofThe Rolling Stones. With bassistDave Green, they played concerts under the name The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie. In June 2012 they released their first album,Live in Paris (Eagle 2012), and performed in New York City atLincoln Center and theIridium Jazz Club.^[5]

• Cook, Richard andMorton, Brian.Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th edition. Penguin Books, 2006ISBN 978-0-14-102327-4
• Kernfeld, Barry.The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition, Vol 2. London: Grove, 2002ISBN 1-56159-284-6
• Larkin, Colin.The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz. Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Books, 1992ISBN 0-85112-580-8
• Silvester, Peter J.The Story of Boogie Woogie – A Left Hand Like God. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2009ISBN 978-0-8108-6924-0

• Axel Zwingenberger's homepage
• Interview with Axel Zwingenberger
• Axel Zwingenberger atIMDb

• 1955 births
• Living people
• Musicians from Hamburg
• Boogie-woogie pianists
• Blues pianists
• German jazz pianists
• 21st-century German pianists

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