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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
ebm
9,311 posts
 
Wow nothing to say again.
orpheus10
8,668 posts
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n3VJQIKduU
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daveyf
2,858 posts
 
Blues and jazz are simply two different ways to express feelings...in music. Blues can have some Jazzy aspects, just like Jazz can have some Bluesy aspects..Neither have to be exclusive to one another, so long as the vibe is there...if this makes sense.
orpheus10
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What you said made all the sense in the world, but in a hazy sort of way.

I prefer precise terminology, but only in math and science is terminology precise, never in music, and therein lies "this" problem. Therefore it can not be truly resolved.


frogman
7,427 posts
 
Orpheus10’s Grant Green clip illustrates perfectly both the obvious overlaps between Blues and Jazz and the problem and futility of attempts to make a strict distinction between the two genres. Not to mention that it answers beautifully his own question “Tell me what the two have in common?”. The answer, of course, is “a lot”.

What I mean is that I would be willing to wager my mint condition Muddy Waters records (or Miles records, your pick 😎) that at least half of all listeners, if asked whether that clip is Blues or Jazz without knowing the title, would say “Jazz”.

Nice clip.
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