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  2. List of films about blues music - Wikipedia

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    Warming by the Devil's Fire (Charles Burnett): fiction on a blues-based theme; Godfathers and Sons : about Chicago blues and hip-hop; Red, White & Blues (Mike Figgis): about British blues-influenced music (e.g., Tom Jones, Van Morrison) Piano Blues (Clint Eastwood): focuses on blues pianists such as Ray Charles and Dr. John; Ray (2004)

  3. The Blues (film series) - Wikipedia

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    The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a different director explores a stage in the development of the blues. The series originally aired on PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States. [1]

  4. Blues - Wikipedia

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    A well-known big band blues tune is Glenn Miller's "In the Mood". In the 1940s, the jump blues style developed. Jump blues grew up from the boogie-woogie wave and was strongly influenced by big band music. It uses saxophone or other brass instruments and the guitar in the rhythm section to create a jazzy, up-tempo sound with declamatory vocals.

  5. Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey

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    It is the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese PBS documentary series The Blues. [2] The box set attempts to present a history of the blues from the dawning of recorded music to the present day. It offers a survey of many different blues subgenres and tangential music styles, as well as a survey of almost all the most notable blues performers over ...

  6. Origins of the blues - Wikipedia

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    Some characteristics, however, were present prior to the creation of the modern blues, and are common to most styles of African American music. The earliest blues-like music was a "functional expression, rendered in a call-and-response style without accompaniment or harmony and unbounded by the formality of any particular musical structure". [6]

  7. List of blues musicians - Wikipedia

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    Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording blues music. [1] They come from different eras and include styles such as ragtime - vaudeville , Delta and country blues , and urban styles from Chicago and the West Coast . [ 2 ]

  8. Category:Blues musical groups - Wikipedia

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    Blues music supergroups ... (14 P) Pages in category "Blues musical groups" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... The Fake Leather Blues ...

  9. The Blues Band - Wikipedia

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    The Official Blues Band Bootleg Album (1980). Number 40 UK; Ready (1980). Number 36 UK; Itchy Feet (1981). Number 60 UK; Brand Loyalty (1982) Bye-Bye Blues (1983) These Kind of Blues (1986) Back for More (1989) Fat City (1991) Homage (1993) Wire Less (1995) Live at the BBC (1996) 18 Years Old and Alive (1996) The Best of The Blues Band (1999 ...