![]() ![]() Jazz has historically incorporated a “sophisticated” blues style, from W.C. Most musicians would say that jazz is not jazz without blues. ![]() Although it is a distinct genre, blues has always been a tremendous influence on jazz, and an integral part of it (jazz, in turn, has also influenced blues). It is safe to say that blues grew out of various antecedent African American music forms (spirituals, work songs, “songster” styles, church music, ragtime).īlues as popular music has its own history and evolution, from sheet music tunes of the 1910s, to the first recordings of female blues singers in the early 1920s, to the Delta players recorded in the late 1920s and early 1930s, to boogie-woogie piano styles, to the Chicago players first recorded in the 1940s, to the R&B of the 1950s, to the vocal and guitar styles of rock and funk. As with jazz, the details of its origins are hazy, since the music was not recorded, and was barely documented in any way. Remember also that all the titles in this series are playable with reduced instrumentation.By Peter Spitzer - Jazz Author, Musician, and Instructorīlues as a genre took shape around or shortly before the beginning of the 20th Century, at about the same time as jazz. The popularity of this tune has not dimmed over the years, and with Calvin's impeccable voicings, the chart sounds harder than it actually plays. 'Down and dirty' best describes this solid Calvin Custer arrangement of a great old standard.
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