The World's Finest Boogie-Woogie Pianist
Bob Seeley has been a fixture at the piano bar at Charlie's Crab in suburban Troy, Michigan, just outside of Detroit, where he entertained the locals and visiting dignitaries for over 32 years. His most conspicuous influence was Meade Lux Lewis, one of the three giants of boogie-woogie (along with Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson), and a great friend of Seeley's. Seeley is an all-around pianist whose interest and repertoire span piano music from the entire twentieth century. It includes the music of Kern, Gershwin and Debussy as well as the standard works of ragtime, stride, blues and of course boogie-woogie.
A reviewer, after witnessing Bob in a European tour where he was the
only American invited to attend, said "Seeley turned the piano into a
conflagration with his hard-driving blues and boogie pieces." Another
titled his review "A Terrifying Left Hand." Bob rarely travels far from
Detroit so we at Tri-State Jazz Society are always honored when he
appears for us. For more information on Bob go to
www.boogiebob.com
Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 7:30 PM
FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH
730 Halstead Road off Concord Pike (Route 202)
Wilmington, DE 19803
$20 Admission, $15 Members of TSJS, $10 Students
From Detroit, Michigan
BOB SEELEY
TRI-STATE JAZZ SOCIETY PROUDLY PRESENTS
