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The evolution of music is ongoing and where we are today is based entirely upon where we once were. The musical cornucopia that we call jazz is a spicy brew of global ingredients first simmered to artistic perfection in the USA, but subsequently shared across the planet for continuous reinvention. Without a doubt, the blues plays an important role in jazz. In this hour, we will dig the blue sounds that have and continue to influence the sound of jazz.
Artist | Track | Album |
Little Charlie & Organ Grinder Swing | Skronky Tonk | Skronky Tonk |
Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown | Gate Swings Again | American Music, Texas Style |
Milt Buckner | Fatstuff Boogie | 1946-1951 |
Don Byas | Jamboree Jump | Complete American Small Group Recordings |
Jimmy Rushing & Dave Brubeck | Blues in the Dark | Vocal Encounters |
Professor Longhair | Big Chief | New Orleans: the Original Sound of Funk 1960-75 |
Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim | That's My Baby | Willie's Blues |
Lightnin' Hopkins | The Walkin' Blues | Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins) |
James Cotton | Play with Your Poodle | Deep in the Blues |
King Pleasure | Red Top | King Pleasure Sings, Annie Ross Sings |
Jump Jackson & His Orchestra | Hey Pretty Mama | The Chess Story 1947-1975 |
Tiny Grimes & Coleman Hawkins | Blues Wail | Blues Groove |
T-Bone Walker | T-Bone Shuffle | T-Bone Shuffle |
Jimmy Smith | Blues for J | Organ Grinder Swing |