Right. And there's absolutely no overlap between the two genres.
Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz.......
I have been a music fan all my life and listen to classic Jazz and female vocals mostly. I did not see this throughout most of my life, but now some internet sites and more seem to lump Jazz and Blues into the same thought.
B.B. King is great, but he is not Jazz. Paul Desmond is great, but he is not Blues.
Perhaps next Buck Owens will be considered Blues, or Lawrence Welk or let's have Buddy Holly as a Jazz artist?
Trite, trivial and ill informed, it is all the rage in politics, why not music?
B.B. King is great, but he is not Jazz. Paul Desmond is great, but he is not Blues.
Perhaps next Buck Owens will be considered Blues, or Lawrence Welk or let's have Buddy Holly as a Jazz artist?
Trite, trivial and ill informed, it is all the rage in politics, why not music?
Showing 4 responses by twoleftears
Strange. I always thought Blues got lumped together with Rhythm, not Jazz. Anyway, this debate is about as productive as trying to arrive at universally accepted definitions of what is yellow and what is orange. Sure, the 12 bar blues is a classic blues form. A form that has been used ("appropriated"????) zillions of times by jazz players, who don't have the "credentials" to be considered blues players. So when the 12 bar blues are played by a jazz player, what is the music: blues, or jazz? And more importantly, does it matter? |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WPCBieSESI Start listening at 1.26. |