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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.
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)
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]
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 ...
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]
Pages in category "Documentary films about blues music and musicians" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ]
Blues rock is a fusion genre and form of rock music that relies on the chords/scales and instrumental improvisation of blues. [3] It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock (electric guitar, electric bass guitar, drums, and sometimes with keyboards and harmonica).