Erwin Helfer, a Chicago boogie woogie innovator and master, has been
forging his own piano music legacy. Erwin has been playing and
performing for over forty years. The sounds and personalities of past
boogie woogie and blues pianists have nurtured Erwin's musical growth.
For many years, Erwin accompanied Mama Yancey, the wife of Chicago
blues piano patriarch Jimmy "Papa" Yancey, and later recorded one
album with her. He was also mentored and influenced by Cripple
Clarence Lofton, Speckled Red, and Sunnyland Slim. “a bona-fide
Chicago treasure” Howard Reich, The Chicago Tribune
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