What Are The Blues?
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What is This Thing Called Blues?
The blues, perhaps more than any other music, is jazz's greatest influence. From the time when jazz evolved from the sounds of the Mississippi Delta a little over a century ago right up to the modern jazz of today, the blues has been a benchmark for jazz musicians.
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The blues and its influence on jazz (and vice versa) from its inception to today cannot be explained by mere words alone; one has to hear their sounds to truly comprehend their meaning.
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MACAVINE HAYES & LITTLE FREDDIE KING Porto, Portugal, 2006. “When these artists spend time together performing on the road, they are inspired to play their best, to pull out old material and write new songs.” Photo courtesy Tim and Denise Duffy
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Ellas McDaniel, known as BO DIBBLEY, was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll. He influenced many artists, including Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Animals, and the Clash. |Image: © Danny Bollinger/Flickr
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McKinley Morganfield, known professionally as MUDDY WATERS, was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-war blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues". His style of playing has been described as "raining down Delta beatitude".
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HOWLIN' WOLF, was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player. Originally from Mississippi, he moved to Chicago in adulthood and became successful, forming a rivalry with fellow bluesman Muddy Waters. With a booming voice and imposing physical presence, he is one of the best-known Chicago blues artists.
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WILLIAM DIXON was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he is perhaps best known as one of the most prolific songwriters of his time.
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Ellas McDaniel, known as BO BIDDY, was born in Mississippi in 1928 and moved to Chicago’s South Side with his family when he was just five years old. He was a success story of the Maxwell Street Market, where he played during the summer in the mid-1940s. By the early ’50s he had moved up on the Chicago blues scene, collaborated with big-name artists, and recorded an album that was in instant success. His upbeat and grooving sound is said to be one of the biggest connections to modern rock’n’roll music as he was a major inspiration to artists like Elvis Presley and The Beatles.
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What is This Thing Called Blues?
The blues, perhaps more than any other music, is jazz's greatest influence. From the time when jazz evolved from the sounds of the Mississippi Delta a little over a century ago right up to the modern jazz of today, the blues has been a benchmark for jazz musicians.
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