The connections between country, blues and early jazz are clear. Where some forms of modern jazz fit in the the larger landscape is less clear. The key...
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Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown was an extraordinarily gifted musician. Most folks are aware that he was a great and influential blues guitarist. I...
A good start of a list of American musical geniuses includes Louis Armstrong, George Gershwin, Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Jerry Garcia and...
A list of Duke Ellington songs is like a list of those from the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Bob Dylan and a few others. The song are so familiar and deeply...
