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Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
(1993)

1h 25m

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Music

Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creation of rock 'n' roll in the '50s. The scales, chords, and progressions of blues as a musical form can be found in styles from jazz to rock to contemporary R&B.

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    Keith David

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  • Robert Palmer

    Self - Commentator

  • Albert Murray

    Self - Commentator

  • Chuck Berry image

    Chuck Berry

    Self (archive footage)

  • Louis Armstrong image

    Louis Armstrong

    Self (archive footage)

  • Count Basie image

    Count Basie

    Self (archive footage)

  • Big Bill Bronzy

    Self

  • Willie Dixon

    Self

  • W.C. Handy

    Self

  • John Lee Hooker image

    John Lee Hooker

    Self

  • Son House

    Self

  • Mick Jagger image

    Mick Jagger

    Self

  • Louis Jordan

    Self

  • B.B. King image

    B.B. King

    Self

  • Charlie Parker

    Self

  • Bessie Smith image

    Bessie Smith

    Self (archive footage)

  • Dinah Washington image

    Dinah Washington

    Self (archive footage)

  • Muddy Waters image

    Muddy Waters

    Self (archive footage)

  • Sonny Boy Williamson II

    Self (archive footage)

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