Posts about blues

Django Reinhardt (born Jean Reinhardt, January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953) was a Belgian-born, Romani-French guitarist and composer who became one of jazz’s first[…]

Art Tatum (1909–1956) is widely regarded as one of the most astonishing pianists in jazz history—an improviser whose technique, harmonic imagination, and rhythmic command reset[…]

Art Blakey (1919–1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader—one of the defining architects of hard bop—whose group, the Jazz Messengers, doubled as a finishing[…]

Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893–1929) stands as one of the first country-blues superstars and a defining architect of the Texas blues sound. Emerging in the mid-1920s[…]

Sleepy John Estes (John Adam Estes) was one of country blues’ most expressive singer-songwriters, famed for a high, pleading vocal delivery and story-songs drawn from[…]

Nehemiah Curtis “Skip” James (1902–1969) was a singular voice in American music—a Delta blues guitarist, pianist, and singer whose eerie falsetto, complex guitar figures, and[…]

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973) was a gospel singer, electric-guitar trailblazer, and one of the most consequential architects of early rock ’n’ roll. Long before the[…]

Wynonie Harris was a flamboyant and charismatic blues shouter whose high-energy performances and risqué lyrics left a lasting impact on American music. Known for his[…]

Wynton Charles Kelly was a masterful jazz pianist whose vibrant, blues-infused playing style left a lasting imprint on modern jazz. Best known for his lyrical[…]

Buster Benton was one of the last true torchbearers of the classic Chicago blues tradition. Though not as widely recognized as some of his contemporaries,[…]