Will Ezell

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William Ezell (December 23, 1892 – August 2, 1963), was an American blues, jazz, ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist and occasional singer, who was also billed as Will Ezell. He regularly contributed to recordings made by Paramount Records in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Ezell was noted by the music journalist Bruce Eder as "a technically brilliant pianist, showing the strong influence of jazz as well as blues in his work". Ezell's "Pitchin' Boogie" and Cow Cow Davenport's "Cow Cow Blues" were amongst the earliest boogie-woogie recordings. However, Pinetop Smith's "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" was the first to use the phrase in the title of a song. Two of Ezell's more notable solo recordings, "Heifer Dust" and "Barrel House Woman" (both 1929), have been noted for containing "elements of both blues and barrelhouse boogie-woogie in their form". User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Jazz Piano History (disc 4) [Blues & Boogie]

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Will Ezell (1927-1931)

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Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here

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The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)

Gin Mill Jazz

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Jazz Piano History, CD.04 of 20 (Blues & Boogie)

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Shake Your Wicked Knees

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The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)

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That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, 1895-1950 Volume 2 (Disc 5)

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Essential Blues Masters

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Complete Recorded Works (1927-1931)

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Broke, Black & Blue 2: Broke And Hungry Blues

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