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blues

blues: what it is, how it sounds and 139 musicians associated with it.

Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture. The blues form is ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll, and is characterized by the call-and-response pattern, the blues scale, and specific chord progressions, of which the twelve-bar blues is the most common. Blue notes (or "worried notes"), usually thirds, fifths or sevenths flattened in pitch, are also an essential part of the sound. Blues shuffles or walking bass reinforce the trance-like rhythm and form a repetitive effect known as the groove. Blues music is characterized by its lyrics, bass lines, and instrumentation. Early traditional blues verses consisted of a single line repeated four times.

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blues musicians

Bhumibol Adulyadej 1927–2016 · former King of Thailand (1927–2016) Frank Sinatra 1915–1998 · American singer and actor (1915–1998) Ray Charles 1930–2004 · American singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004) Eric Clapton b. 1945 · British musician Billie Holiday 1915–1959 · American jazz singer (1915–1959) Nina Simone 1933–2003 · American singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights… Norah Jones b. 1979 · American musician (born 1979) Oscar Peterson 1925–2007 · Canadian jazz pianist (1925–2007) Etta James 1938–2012 · American singer (1938–2012) Tom Waits b. 1949 · American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1949) Glenn Miller 1904–1944 · American band leader, arranger, and composer (1904–1944) Jeff Beck 1944–2023 · English guitarist (1944–2023) Wynton Marsalis b. 1961 · American jazz musician and educator Sammy Davis Jr. 1925–1990 · American entertainer (1925–1990) Bobby Darin 1936–1973 · American singer and actor (1936–1973) Katie Melua b. 1984 · English-Georgian singer and songwriter Dinah Washington 1924–1963 · American singer (1924-1963) Dr. John 1941–2019 · American singer-songwriter (1941-2019) Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1915–1973 · American gospel musician (1915–1973) Al Jolson 1886–1950 · American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950) Yoko Kanno b. 1964 · Japanese composer, arranger, keyboardist, music producer Lou Rawls 1933–2006 · American singer (1933–2006) Tommy Emmanuel b. 1955 · Australian guitarist Eva Cassidy 1963–1996 · American singer (1963–1996) Pino Daniele 1955–2015 · Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1955-2015) Larry Coryell 1943–2017 · American guitarist (1943–2017) Eric Johnson b. 1954 · American guitarist and recording artist Kenny Burrell b. 1931 · American jazz guitarist (born 1931) Big Joe Turner 1911–1985 · American singer (1911–1985) Larry Carlton b. 1948 · American guitarist (born 1948) David Sanborn 1945–2024 · American saxophonist (1945-2024) Charles Lloyd b. 1938 · American jazz musician Louis Jordan 1908–1975 · American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician… Joe Williams 1918–1999 · American jazz singer (1918–1999) Ethel Waters 1896–1977 · American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress… Jimmy Witherspoon 1923–1997 · American jump blues singer (1920–1997) W. C. Handy 1873–1958 · American blues composer and musician (1873–1958) Charley Patton 1891–1934 · American Delta blues musician (1891–1934) Dave Van Ronk 1936–2002 · American musician (1936–2002) Mose Allison 1927–2016 · American jazz blues pianist and singer (1927–2016) Guy Marchand 1937–2023 · French actor, singer and musician (1937–2023) Philip Bailey b. 1951 · American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter… Jay McShann 1909–2006 · American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and… Jeff Healey 1966–2008 · Canadian musician (1966–2008) Neal Schon b. 1954 · American guitarist The Manhattan Transfer 1972– · American vocal music group Tom Scott b. 1948 · American jazz musician (born 1948) Lonnie Johnson 1899–1970 · American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and… James Blood Ulmer 1942–2026 · American jazz and blues guitarist and singer Nathan East b. 1955 · American jazz, R&B and rock bassist, guitarist and singer… Jason Moran b. 1975 · American jazz pianist, composer, educator (born 1975) Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 1924–2005 · American blues musician (1924-2005) Alberta Hunter 1895–1984 · American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse (1895-1984) Champion Jack Dupree 1909–1992 · American blues pianist (1910–1992) Lee Aaron b. 1962 · Canadian rock singer (born 1962) Gordon Haskell 1946–2020 · British singer (1946-2020) Gregory Porter b. 1971 · American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actor Ana Popović b. 1976 · Serbian blues guitarist and singer Miss Li b. 1982 · Swedish singer and songwriter Jimmy McGriff 1936–2008 · American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio… Leon Redbone 1949–2019 · musician, songwriter, arranger, producer (1949-2019) Duke Robillard b. 1948 · American blues musician Mamie Smith 1891–1946 · American vaudeville singer (1891–1946) Freshlyground 2002– · South African band (2002-) Ed Thigpen 1930–2010 · American jazz drummer (1930–2010) Knut Reiersrud b. 1961 · Norwegian musician, composer, blues guitarist James Booker 1939–1983 · American musician and singer (1939–1983) Jean-Jacques Milteau b. 1950 · French blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter Barbara Dane 1927–2024 · American singer Danny Thompson 1939–2025 · English double bassist (1939–2025) Jon Hiseman 1944–2018 · English drummer and sound engineer (1944-2018) Vladimir Kuzmin b. 1955 · Russian musician (born 1955) Jimmy Rushing 1901–1972 · American blues shouter and swing jazz singer (1901-1972) Gene Harris 1933–2000 · American pianist (1933–2000) Colin James b. 1964 · Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer Earl King 1932–2003 · American songwriter and guitarist (1934–2003) Alphonse Mouzon 1948–2016 · American musician (1948-2016) Gary Lucas b. 1952 · American musician Joe Chambers 1942–2022 · American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer Slim Gaillard 1916–1991 · American musician (1916–1991) Liane Foly b. 1962 · French singer Marion Harris 1896–1944 · American singer (1896-1944) Earl Palmer 1924–2008 · American drummer (1924–2008) Richard Bennett b. 1951 · American musician and record producer Charnett Moffett 1967–2022 · American jazz bassist (1967–2022) Danny Gatton 1945–1994 · American guitarist (1945–1994) Alison Brown b. 1962 · American banjo player, guitarist, composer, and producer Barbara Morrison 1949–2022 · American singer (1949–2022) Wynonie Harris 1915–1969 · American blues singer (1915–1969) Sammy Price 1908–1992 · American pianist (1908-1992) Helen Humes 1913–1981 · American jazz and blues singer (1913–1981) Ronnie Earl b. 1953 · American blues guitarist Mickey Baker 1925–2012 · American jazz and rock guitarist (1925–2012) Eric Reed b. 1970 · American musician Phil Upchurch 1941–2025 · American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist Salome Bey 1933–2020 · American-born Canadian singer-songwriter, composer, and… Fenton Robinson 1935–1997 · American Chicago blues singer and guitarist Sippie Wallace 1898–1986 · American blues and jazz singer (1898–1986) Sonohra 2003– · Italian musical group Harry Tavitian b. 1952 · Romanian musician Alan Rubin 1943–2011 · Jazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member (1943–2011) George Cassidy 1936–2023 · Northern Irish jazz musician Snooks Eaglin 1936–2009 · American musician (1936–2009) Eddie Taylor 1923–1985 · American electric blues guitarist and singer Little Brother Montgomery 1906–1985 · American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer… David Sánchez b. 1968 · Puerto Rican musician Jay Beckenstein b. 1951 · American musician Marla Glen b. 1960 · German singer Paul Barrere 1948–2019 · American musician (1948-2019) Albert Nicholas 1900–1973 · American musician (1900-1973) Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne b. 1944 · American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and… Ricky Lawson 1954–2013 · American drummer (1954–2013) Chris Cain b. 1955 · American blues and jazz guitarist Barb Jungr b. 1954 · UK singer, songwriter and writer Eric Harland b. 1978 · American musician Jason Rebello b. 1969 · British musician Alfred Aloysous Bernard 1888–1949 · American singer (1888–1949) Alan Skidmore b. 1942 · British saxophonist Lizzie Miles 1895–1963 · African American blues singer (1895-1963) Ernie Andrews 1927–2022 · American singer (1927–2022) Vi Redd 1928–2022 · American jazz altosaxophonist, singer and educator… Tuba Skinny 2009– · American jazz band formed in New Orleans Richard Tee 1943–1993 · American musician (1943–1993) Charles Pasi b. 1984 · French singer-songwriter Cousin Joe 1907–1989 · American blues and jazz singer (1907-1989) Trixie Smith 1900–1943 · African American blues singer, recording artist… James Crawford 1934–2012 · New Orleans R&B musician (1934-2012) Reuben Rogers b. 1974 · American musician Deacon John Moore b. 1941 · American musician, singer and bandleader June Richmond 1915–1962 · American singer (1915–1962) Mildred Anderson b. 1953 · American jazz singer Rana Farhan Iranian musician and singer Freddie Waits 1943–1989 · American musician (1940–1989) Colin Allen b. 1938 · English blues drummer Stuart Zender b. 1974 · British bass guitarist Demi Evans b. 1965 · American singer Rosa Henderson 1896–1968 · American vaudeville, jazz and blues singer (1896-1968) Blind John Davis 1913–1985 · American musician (1913–1985) Teddy Bunn 1910–1978 · American musician (1910–1978)