For ten years Sue Palmer has been the usual piano player in the band of great singer, amazing entertainer and show woman Candye Kane Together they have visited many countries in Europe including France, Greece, Turkey, Scandinavia, etc and have also travelled to Canada, Australia and many other countries, not to mention their extensive tours around United States Now Palmer comes with five excellent albums, where she shows she can play many different styles, with an special accent on swing, blues, rock and, of course, boogie woogie she has an especial taste for Before some followers of my reviews ask me to describe what boogie-woogie is and say something about the development of this musical genre, let me write a few lines about the technique and history of boogie-woogie to make listeners understand better the music Sue Palmer performs in some songs of these five albums Boogie-woogie is a kind of piano playing of an Afroamerican origin that exclusively uses the eight and twelve bars patterns of classic blues It employs a non-stop striking rhythm figures played with the left hand, while the right hand makes a constant series of quick, captivating evocative sticky notes and draws melodic patterns The result is a rich polyphony, with a vigorous rhythmic pulse and a powerful, swinging captivating expression, which sometimes reaches an irresistible and frantic climax difficult to control Boogie-woogie was born in the mid 20’s in the south of the USA and expanded to Midwest, especially in St Louis and Kansas City, to finally settle in Chicago until little by little and gradually disappeared at the end of the 40’s Among the many great piano players who represent this style, the most reputed and popular ones undoubtedly were Albert Ammons, Meade ‘Lux’ Lewis and Pete Johnson You will find In each and every one of these five cds an excellent rooster of songs, including very careful arrangements, perfectly performed by a bunch of very professional musicians who back her After Hours, becomes the exception because she plays alone only backed by an acoustic grand piano and gives us a selection of delicious blues and boogies, completely different from the music included in the other records, which are more focused on the forties and fifties swing In the album One Night In Belgium you will find Candye Kane as a singer, with a mixture of rock, rhythm and blues and Americana music, but always with the boogie-woogie surrounding the whole record, like in the song Boogie Woogie Country Girl You may know Sue Palmer is considered as one of the best actual players of this musical style, together with Wendy DeWitt, Lisa Otey, Doña Oxford, Marcia Ball and some other more, who have all reached the honor to be the 21st Century ‘Queens Of Boogie-Woogie’ In short words, here are five amazing cd’s, that bring us excellent samples of her personal elegance, whether playing alone, surrounded by a full orchestra or simply backing singer Candye Kane