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Boogie Woogie Stomp - Albert Ammons & His Music

by Christopher I. Page

 The Northeast Ohio Jazz Society - Cleveland, Ohio, 1997

"Of all living boogie woogie pianists today, Axel is the best. He has spent his life becoming knowledgeable about Al(bert Ammons), (Meade) Lux (Lewis) and Pete (Johnson), as well as each and every other blues and boogie player, whether known or unknown. To this enormous base he has added his own creativity and personality and has become the only player to successfully advance the boogie woogie frontier. ... It is easy to say boogie woogie has been carried to the end of its line. This is certainly so, as far as the big band boogie sound goes, but remember, they started saying that it was dead forty years ago, and then along comes Axel Zwingenberger who pushes the frontier even farther."

The Penguin Guide To Jazz

On CD, LP & Cassette  (1992 ff)

"... a dedicated revivalist with a solo technique that would sit comfortably alongside all the great boogie-woogie players. Zwingenberger has something of Pinetop Smith's ability to vary 'the sixteens' in the bass, and his right-hand figures, wich seem to combine Smith with Meade Lux Lewis, are impressively modulated. His concentration of energy is genuinely impressive and the music a great deal more varied than might ever have been expected."

The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz

 (1992 ff)

"... By the end of the 70s he had established a reputation throughout Europe and was featured at concerts and festivals, sometimes as a single and also with visiting jazz luminaries such as Lionel Hampton. In the 80s he continued his touring and recording, working with Sippie Wallace, Mama Yancey, Joe Newman and others. Although rightly praised for his remarkable technique, Zwingenberger has shown himself to be a sensitive accompanist to the blues singers with whom he has performed: this, allied to his mastery of his instrument, suggests that he has even more to offer the jazz world."

A Left Hand Like God - A Study of Boogie-Woogie

by Peter J. Silvester

Quartet Books London - New York, 1988

"These pianists from America and Europe are considered to be among the best contemporary exponents of boogie-woogie music ... The most creative of these pianists is undoubtely Axel Zwingenberger...."

rororo Jazz Lexikon

(1988 ff)

"Mit enormem Drive und Gespür für den Aufbau von Atmosphäre repräsentiert der junge Pianist Axel Zwingenberger den Gipfel der europäischen Boogie Woogie-Renaissance. In seinem technisch brillanten Spiel entstehen abenteuerliche Spannungsbögen zwischen dem Baß, den er rhythmisch wesentlich variantenreicher als seine europäischen Vorläufer einsetzt, und den perlenden Läufen, Tremoli, Akkordpassagen und Triolenketten."

Das Jazzbuch

Joachim E. Behrendt / Günther Hausmann

Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, 1989, 1996 und 2005

"... Ebenso vital wirken die Aufnahmen, die der Deutsche Axel Zwingenberger in den Achtzigern mit dem Blues-Sänger Big Joe Turner und dem Vibraphonisten Lionel Hampton machte. All diese Musiker spielten den Boogie-Woogie mit jener "kochenden" Intensität, wie sie in den alten Boogie-Kaschemmen im Chicago der zwanziger Jahre geherrscht hatte."

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