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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?




whatjd
orpheus10
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"Fake" was a bad word. A "derivative of Delta Blues" would have been more appropriate.
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three_easy_payments
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@whatjd 

As much as I like B.B. King, I do not consider him Jazz

I think the lines can be more blurred that you're giving credit to.  You do realize there's an immense body of work of BB King recording with the Jazz Crusaders, right???
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ejlif
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I have had the same thought before and wondered why they get lumped together.  I agree two totally different vibes.  When I think of what I like about jazz it's the core concept of it.  When I think about what I don't like about blues it's the core concept of it.  
whatjd OP
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A link to some "internet info" on Mr. King.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.B._King

Jazz and Blues have been such a help in the esoteric end of better recordings and software...records, CDs...etc.  

Most music forms can continue the growth and excellence of recorded music,....with some potential exceptions.  

Although I have to admit KC and the Sunshine Band were quite influential.
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three_easy_payments
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Don't get me wrong, the blues and jazz are completely different genres...but, there is an incredible library of jazz music covering the blues and based on the standard 12 bar blues structure...and immense amount in fact.  
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