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Jazz Pac

"If you want to sing the Blues..."
Blues - African Roots
Classic Blues Singers
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Ma Rainey
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Bessie Smith
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Clara Smith
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Chippie Hill
Work Songs
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Call and response
Field Hollers
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inflection
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pitch changes
1910
Country (Delta) Blues
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Charley Patton
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Son House
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Robert Johnson
Texas Blues
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
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First great urban Blues Singer/Player
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1940
Post-War Female Blues Singers
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Big Maybelle
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Big Mama Thornton
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Little Esther Phillips
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