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classic blues

British  

noun

  1. (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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Darius then added a missing note to the scale to form, like magic, a classic blues scale.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

In addition to classic blues tunes by Robert Johnson and Elmore James, the album contained five songs by Mr. Green and three by its second guitarist, Jeremy Spencer.

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2020

After another protracted layoff from music, Green weaned himself off his psychiatric medications; rejuvenated, he returned in 1996 with his Splinter Group, devoting himself largely to performing the classic blues repertoire.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2020

Creator-director Sheldon Epps helms an intimate revival of his revue featuring classic blues tunes, ballads and torch songs from the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s by Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer and others.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2018

I’m a well-educated intellectual who enjoys small arthouse movies, coffeehouses and classic blues.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2018