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Blues Evolution: Inspired

Read "Inspired" reviewed by Chris Mosey


Georgia White sang, “the blues ain't nothin' but a good woman feelin' bad." Duke Ellington came up with the music's most poetic definition. The blues, said Ellington, was “a dark cloud marking time." For a long time, musically, the blues wasn't nothin' but a simple 12-bar progression, one played and sung by blacks. Then, in the 1960s, whites got the blues. And they weren't just white, a great many of them were British to boot. It was ...

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Documentary: Blues Evolution

Documentary: Blues Evolution

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers


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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Inspired

Self Produced
2015

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