Abe Bolar

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Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra Pete Johnson's All-Stars Big Joe Turner And His Fly Cats Pete Johnson's Band Sam Price Trio The Pete Johnson Trio Walter Page's Blue Devils Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys Hot Lips Page And His Band

American jazz bassist.
Born : March 26, 1908 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Abe worked with Blue Devils, Hot Lips Page, Count Basie, Lucky Millinder, Benton Heath and others.His wife was the pianist Juanita Bolar.

ALBUMS

Kansas City - Jumping The Blues From 6 To 6

2007, CD, Comp, Saga

L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz: Part 1 (1911 - 1940)

2004, 10xCD, Comp, Le Chant Du Monde,

Louisiana Blues/Chicago Blues/Ragtime/Swing/Dixieland

Melancholy · Boogie Woogie & Piano Classics

1998, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Blue Note,

Boogie Woogie/Piano Blues

Roots Of Rhythm & Blues 1939-1945

1996, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés

Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra

Hot Lips Page And His Band

Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra

Hot Lips Page And His Band

Lafayette / South

1950, Shellac, 10", Brunswick

Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra

Big Fat Mama / Trouble In Mind

Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys

Baby, Look At You / Cherry Red

APPEARANCES +

Female Blues Singers (Milestones Of Legends)

2018, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Documents,

Boogie/Country Blues/Delta Blues/Dixieland/East Coast Blues/Chicago Blues/Jump Blues/Louisiana Blues/Memphis Blues/Piano Blues/Ragtime/Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Swing

Meade "Lux" Lewis

The Meade Lux Lewis Collection 1927-61

2016, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Mono, RM, Fabulous (3),

Swing/Boogie Woogie

Plug It In! Turn It Up! (Electric Blues The Definitive Collection! Part 1 1939-1954)

Boogie Woogie Piano Vol. 2 New York - Chicago - Los Angeles - New Orleans 1938-1954

2007, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Piano Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Boogie Woogie

Boogie Woogie And Blues Piano

2007, Box, Comp, Ltd + 3xCD, Comp, Mosaic Records (2),

Jazz In The Charts 40/100 (Something Tells Me 1938 (3))

2006, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Documents, Documents,

Picking The Blues - Boogie Woogie Pioneers

2006, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

The Gospel Of The Blues

Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues (A Musical Journey)

2003, 5x CD, Box Set,

Delta Blues/Chicago Blues/Electric Blues/Jump Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues

We're Gonna Rock! (A Collection Of Early Rock 'N' Roll)

2001, CD, Comp, Experience Music Project,

Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues

Sammy Price And The Blues Singers Vol. 2 (1939-1949)

2001, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Dick Wellstood / Cliff Jackson

Uptown And Lowdown

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Complete Sister Rosetta Tharpe Vol. 2: 1943-1947

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Country Blues/Gospel/Swing

1999, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Volume 2 - 1940-1941 - Complete Edition

1999, CD, Comp, Média 7,

Essential Masters: Gospel

1998, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2)

Radio Broadcasts, Film Soundtracks, Alternate Takes 1939-c. 1947

1997, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

1997, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Boogie Woogie/Piano Blues

Female Blues (The Remaining Titles Volume 2, 1938-1949)

1997, CD, Comp, RST Records

Bootin' The Boogie -- The Birth Of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 2

1997, 2x CD, Box Set Slipcase,

Jump Blues/Boogie/Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll

Gigante Del Blues

1996, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz

Jazz Voices - The Men

1996, CD, Comp, RM, Marshall Cavendish, Marshall Cavendish,

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Complete Recorded Works 1938-1944 In Chronological Order Volume 2 (1942-1944)

Jump Blues/Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Vocal

Blues In History IV

1994, 2xCD, Comp, RM, History,

Earl Hines, Pete Johnson, James P. Johnson*

Reminiscing At Blue Note

1994, CD, Comp, Blue Note,

Boogie Woogie/Piano Blues/Ragtime/Swing

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Gospel 1938/1943

Monkey Business

1993, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Hep Records (3),

1992, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

1992, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

1991, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz

The Blues Singer, 1938-1942

1991, CD, Comp, M/Print, Recording Arts (3)

Boogie Woogie/Piano Blues/Swing/Stride

Blue Note : The SP Days 1939-1952

1990, 8x CD, Box Set,

Stride/Swing/Boogie Woogie

Ernestine Anderson, Etta Jones, Mary Ann McCall, Annie Ross

Bop/Swing/Vocal/Ballad

Boogie Woogie And More

1988, LP, Comp, Official (3),

Boogie Woogie/Jump Blues

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Sincerely, Sacred & Secular Gospel-Blues-Jazz

Jump Blues/Chicago Blues/Big Band/Gospel

Pete Johnson / Earl Hines / Teddy Bunn

The Pete Johnson / Earl Hines / Teddy Bunn Blue Note Sessions

1987, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Gat, Mosaic Records (2),

Singing With Sammy - Vol 1 (1938-1944)

1986, LP, Comp, Swingtime

1984, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz

Jazz 5: Meet The Family Of Blues

1984, 5xLP, Comp + Box, CBS, Zeitmagazin,

Cotton Club Stars

1984, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Swing/Big Band/Jump Blues

Albert Ammons / Pete Johnson

Boogie Woogie Classics

'Big' Joe Turner*

Early Big Joe (1940-1944)

Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues

Lucky Millinder's Orch.* With Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Lucky Days 1941-1945

Hoagy Carmichael

A Legendary Performer & Composer

Pete Johnson, Cozy Cole

All Star Swing Groups

1977, 2x Vinyl,

Oran "Hot Lips" Page* & Roy Eldridge

Trumpet Time (1940-1946)

1976, LP, Comp, Mono, MCA Records, MCA Records, MCA Records

Il Blues: Rurale - Jazzistico - Urbano

1974, 3xLP, Comp + Box, Albatros (2), Albatros (2), Albatros (2), Albatros (2),

The Swinging Small Bands 3 (Trumpets In Action 1935-1940)

1974, LP, Comp, MCA Records,

"Boogie Woogie Mood" 1940-1944

Master Of Blues And Boogie Woogie 1904-1967

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Singin' The Blues

Rhythm & Blues/Piano Blues

The Original Boogie Woogie Piano Giants

"Hot Lips" Page* / Cootie Williams

Big Sound Trumpets

Feelin' High And Happy (Original 1938-1951 Recordings)

Don Redman, Claude Hopkins, Benny Carter, Lucky Millinder

Big Bands Uptown Volume 1 (1931 - 1943)

The Folk Stringers

Barry Kornfeld - Danny Kalb - Artie Rose

1964, LP, Album, Prestige,

Cliff Jackson's Washboard Wanderers / Dick Wellstood's Wallerites

Uptown And Lowdown

Pete Johnson And His Orchestra*

1958, 7", EP, Brunswick

Pete Johnson And Meade "Lux" Lewis

Original Boogie Woogie Piano

Big Joe Turner And Pete Johnson Trio* / Joe Turner And His Fly Cats*

I Got A Gal For Every Day Of The Week / Piney Brown Blues

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Jazz (Vol. 1)

1954, 10", Comp, RP, "X"

Boogie Woogie Classics

1952, 10", Album, Blue Note

Pete Johnson's All-Stars, Etta Jones

1946 Stomp / I May Be Wonderful

1946, Shellac, 10", National Records (2)

Perline Ellison

New That Ain't Right / Razor Totin' Mama

Oran "Hot Lips" Page And His Band*

A Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid / Walk It To Me

1940, Shellac, 10", Decca

Pete Johnson Blues Trio

Barrelhouse Breakdown / Kansas City Farewell

Pete Johnson Blues Trio

Vine St. Bustle / Some Day Blues

Boogie Woogie/Instrumental

Kansas City Jazz

Jump Blues/Swing/Bop

"Hot Lips" Page And His Orchestra*

Will You Remember Tonight Tomorrow? / (A Sky Of Blue, With You) And So Forth

1938, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

Cafe Society Swing And The Boogie Woogie

LP, Comp, Ltd, Swingfan,

Pete Johnson And His Boogie - Woogie Boys*

Cherry Red / Lovin' Mama Blues

Shellac, 10", Parlophon

Oran 'Hot Lips' Page And His Band*

Shellac, 10", Decca,

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra 1923-1929

Volume 1: I've Been To Kansas City