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Award winning Blues and Boogie Woogie pianist Arthur Migliazza began playing the piano professionally at the age of 13. It was through his love of Blues music and his dedication to the piano that he came under the wing of such mentors/teachers as Henry Butler, Ann Rabson and Mr. B.
Arthur has been inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame, was a finalist at the 2010 and 2014 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN, and in his 30+ years of performing has played on some of the world’s greatest stages, including Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow as part of the sold out Kings of Boogie Tour, Birdland Jazz Club in New York City, Benaroya Hall in Seattle, as well as on National Public Radio in the US.
In 2014 he received the Best of the Blues Award for Best Keyboardist in Washington State and his album Laying It Down, resided at #1 on the Roots Music Report charts for Washington State for the summer of 2014, and reached #20 on the national chart. Laying It Down also appeared on the GRAMMY Entry List for the 2015 Grammy award nominations. Arthur released his latest album, Bumble Boogie, independently in Jan 2018.
As a star of the critically acclaimed Off Broadway show BOOGIE STOMP!, Arthur performed at the Elektra Theater in Times Square, NYC for five months in 2015. His first instructional book, considered by many to be a benchmark in blues and boogie woogie piano instruction, is entitled How to Play Boogie Woogie Piano and is available for purchase worldwide through publisher Hal Leonard.
In 2016, Arthur started the world’s first online boogie woogie piano school, School of Boogie, to provide people around the world with access to free boogie woogie piano lessons.
Arthur currently resides in Rhode Island.
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*Arthur can be seen regularly in Westerly, RI performing pre-show music at the Granite Theater for 1 hour prior to every show*
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Teaching is one of my biggest passions. Many professionals in the Blues world were so kind to me growing up, and taught me many things with exceeding patience. I love passing on the tradition and teaching people to play and enjoy this wonderful music!
Learn Boogie Woogie Piano with Arthur's book!
BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO LESSONS
“Blues and Boogie Woogie Piano in 8 Licks”
During the past 22 years of teaching, I made an amazing discovery - aside from the various left hand patterns, the Blues and Boogie Woogie piano style can be boiled down to eight main “licks”, of which almost everything else is a derivation, variation or combination. This realization led me to begin developing the systematically progressive teaching method that I use with so much success today. Students are led through a series of steps, each one building on what came before, until they are playing Blues and Boogie Woogie.
I teach beginners as well as professionals, and no sheet music is used. Instead, I pass on the music by the same “oral tradition” from which I was taught by several of the masters. The information is explained and broken down in a way that is understandable to the individual student. In addition to teaching private lessons, I have 20 years of experience teaching piano classes at the world renowned Augusta Blues Week in Elkins, WV, and at the similarly world famous Centrum Blues Week in Port Townsend, WA.
My method includes:
Common left hand patterns in both Blues and Boogie Woogie styles
The eight common right hand licks/riffs and their variations
Achieving left hand independence so that the right hand is free to improvise
Ear Training and playing by ear
Improvisation
Playing solo and with a band
Music Theory - as it applies to these topics
RATES and AVAILABILITY
Lessons are offered online (Skype, Zoom) or in person in Westerly, RI.
Rates:
$100/hr
Please email arthur@arthurmigliazza.com to set up a lesson!
Instructional Book
My entire method for teaching, as described above, is available in my first instructional book, "How To Play Boogie Woogie Piano". The book includes over 150 musical transcriptions and over 130 audio tracks (downloadable) that I personally recorded for the book. To order online please click here.
New online Boogie Woogie Piano school
In 2018 I created the first ever website to teach yourself how to play boogie woogie piano. The School of Boogie is completely free and the courses are self-guided. Give it a shot and in no time you too will be playing boogie woogie!
Excited to be playing again in NYC!