From Blues to Jazz

Since the first Blues recorded and sung by a black artist in 1920, in this case “Crazy Blues” by Mamie SMITH, the Blues, born from the songs of slaves on the plantations of the deep South of the United States, has continued to evolve. evolve by developing in parallel with other music to create new forms of modern musical expression, and primarily Jazz.

This work therefore deals with the contribution of Blues to Jazz and proposes to follow its musical evolution since this famous recording of 1920, detailing step by step all the elements which compose it with numerous examples and also simple exercises in application.

This book written in French is aimed at all types of musicians, wishing not only to understand Blues but to progress clearly in Jazz improvisation.