classic blues

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noun

(functioning as singular or plural) jazz a type of city blues performed by a female singer accompanied by a small group

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How to use classic blues in a sentence

In the classic skillset of piloting, mental acuity, and its coordination with hand and foot movements, is equally vital.
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Monir is not interested in classic dances like tango or ballet.
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Ragtime, blues, country, jazz, soul, and rock and roll were all pioneered or inspired by black artists.
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Artists like Mick Jagger and Van Morrison obsessively revered and imitated African-American blues and rock musicians.
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Week after week, The Daily Beast features classic stories from the past that prove great writing is timeless.
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It is likely that in the classic days of Greece men began to make simple experiments of a chemical nature.
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The elegance of his stature and the pensive melancholy of his classic features invested him with a peculiar power of fascination.
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But these ripe and classic works will surpass everything we have heard since Glinka.
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The tall, slender Spaniard, swarthy and of classic feature, looks about him with suppressed disdain.
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There was, in classic times, a sacred character attached to all places set apart for the purposes of sepulture.
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