n.
A style of blues piano playing characterized by an up-tempo rhythm, a repeated melodic pattern in the bass, and a series of improvised variations in the treble.
[Possibly from Black West African English (Sierra Leone) bogi(-bogi), to dance, possibly akin to Hausa buga, to beat drums.]
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