German blues/boogie-woogie pianist Axel Zwingenberger was born in Hamburg on May 7, 1955. Originally, Zwingenberger studied classical piano (for 11 solid years), before discovering such authentic blues artists as Albert Ammons, Meade "Lux" Lewis, and Pete Johnson, who served as an immediate influence on the pianist. Along with three other piano playing friends, Zwingenberger began playing blues concerts and festivals on a regular basis, including the 1974 First International Blues and Boogie Woogie Festival for a West German radio station in Cologne, as well as Hans Maitner's annual festival, Stars of Boogie Woogie, in Vienna.
By 1975, Zwingenberger received his first recording contract, issuing such solo recordings as Boogie Woogie Breakdown, Power House Boogie, and Boogie Woogie Live, as well as lending his talents to recordings by such artists as Lionel Hampton, Jay McShann, Big Joe Turner, Lloyd Glenn, Joe Newman, Sippie Wallace, Mama Yancey, Champion Jack Dupree, Sammy Price, Ray Bryant, Charlie Watts, Vince Weber, and the Mojo Blues Band, among others. In addition to issuing other solo recordings, Zwingenberger continues to tour all over the world and has also authored several publications about blues/boogie-woogie music and musicians.
1978 - Axel Zwingenberger - Boogie Woogie Breakdown (LP)
1980 - Axel Zwingenberger - Power House Boogie
1981 - Axel Zwingenberger & Big Joe Turner - Boogie Woogie Jubilee
1982 - Lionel Hampton Introduces Axel Zwingenberger in The Boogie Woogie Album
1985 - Axel Zwingenberger - Boogie Woogie Live
1989 - Axel Zwingenberger & Torsten Zwingenberger - Boogie Woogie Bros
1991 - Axel Zwingenberger & Jay McShann - Blue Pianos
1991 - Axel Zwingenberger - Boogie Woogie Breakdow (1978)
1992 - Axel Zwingenberger - Boogie Woogie Classics
1992 - Axel Zwingenberger Champion Jack Dupree - And The Friends Of Boogie Woogie Vol 7
1994 - Axel Zwingenberger - Boogie In The Barrelhouse
1995 - Axel Zwingenberger - Boogie Back to New York City
1996 - Axel Zwingenberger & Jay McShann - Swing The Boogie!
1999 - Axel Zwingenberger & Torsten Zwingenberger - Brothers In Boogie
1999 - Axel Zwingenberger - The Boogiemeisters
2004 - Axel Zwingenberger & Gottfried Bttger - Groovology
2007 - Axel Zwingenberger & Big Jay McNeely - Saxy Boogie Woogie
2009 - Axel Zwingenberg & Lila Ammons - Lady Sings The Boogie Woogie
2010 - Axel Zwingenberger - The Magic Of Boogie Woogie
2012 - Axel Zwingenberger & Keito Saito - The Joy Of Boogie Woogie
2012 - The A, B, C & D of Boogie Woogie - Live in Paris
