Blues Time features old and new creators of the great African American music. It is always present on Musica Jazz.
Blues Time
Sam Cooke: “Mr. Soul” between Church and Nightclub
The life, career and tragic end of one of the greatest voices of the 20th century – and not just an African-American one.
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Arthur Prysock: the crooner with deep blues shadows
Arthur Prysock, born exactly one hundred years ago, was one of the warmest and most seductive voices of a forty-year period of black music, moving with elegance and depth between jazz, blues, R&B, country and even disco tracks, without ever losing its powerful magnetic force on the most mature and demanding African-American audiences.
Tina Turner: The Blues Years
Over the course of her decades-long career, the celebrated singer, who has just passed away, was first the darling of the ghetto people, then the architect of the rapprochement between black and white popular aesthetics and the idol of the Woodstock generation, and finally a diva without adjectives. An almost unique and unrepeatable case.
Bill Henderson: Swing and wit of a great Chicago voice
An excellent actor, but an even more remarkable singer, the Chicago master left a deep mark on the history of jazz singing: here we recall his very long career, lest he be forgotten.
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Nancy Wilson: Sound and Style
For African-American audiences, the magnificent voice from Ohio has long been the quintessential jazz singer, the only one who has managed to maintain a constant popularity and her own diva status through the changing musical scenes.
Charley Patton: The Voice of the Delta
Charley Patton: The Voice of the Delta. A dandy with a huge ego and a mix of Black, white, Cherokee, and Mexican ancestry.
America in the Early Blues Era
America in the early Blues Era. Splendor and Misery Between Bluesiness, Industrial Boom, and the Great Depression
Street Singer, Bluesmen and Griot
Traveling musicians and the African tradition of storytelling, from griots to bluesmen. Minstrels, medicine shows, and vaudeville. Guitar techniques, from the bottleneck to the diddley bow.
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