Sadly, he's not much remembered now, but Gene Rodgers was a solid musician and arranger, who played piano with some great bands and soloists, including Chick Webb, Cab Calloway, and Coleman Hawkins.
And it is - naturally! - his mad, bad boogie-woogie style that appeals to me. Here he is in a clip from the 1947 movie Shoot to Kill.
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He's got a left hand like a jackhammer!
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It's got that express train feel.
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