Dallas blues jams

Weekend Picks. Annual Events. Getting Around. Read Post. Chocolate Secrets Chocolate treats and jazz music make for the perfect combination at Chocolate Secrets. The Library The Library bar is a neighborhood staple with a great lounge environment. Some history about the blues: Classic female blues was an early form of blues music, popular in the s.

An amalgam of traditional folk blues and urban theater music, the style is also known as vaudeville blues. Classic blues were performed by female singers accompanied by pianists or small jazz ensembles and were the first blues to be recorded.

Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith who recorded and released the first Blues record , Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, and the other singers in this genre were instrumental in spreading the popularity of the blues. The classic female blues singers were pioneers in the record industry, among the first black singers and blues artists recorded.

They were also instrumental in popularizing the bar blues throughout the United States. According to LeRoi Jones, phonograph recordings of the classic blues singers "affected the existing folk tradition and created another kind of tradition that was unlike any other in the past". Daphne Duval Harrison wrote that the blues women's contributions included "increased improvisation on melodic lines, unusual phrasing which altered the emphasis and impact of the lyrics, and vocal dramatics using shouts, groans, moans, and wails.

If you are looking for an evening out to enjoy live blues tunes, these five clubs are just what you have been looking for. Photo Credit: Thinkstock. Photo Credit: pearlatcommerce. Photo Credit: brooklynjazzcafe. Photo Credit: Stumpy's via Facebook. Sherri Thornhill is a freelance writer who lives just east of Dallas. Her love of music began in her 70s childhood and her music tastes range from Pop to Rock and everything in between.

Sherri believes that Dallas offers some of the best music and nightlife in the country. Weekend Picks. Annual Events. Getting Around. Read Post. Chocolate Secrets Chocolate treats and jazz music make for the perfect combination at Chocolate Secrets. The Library The Library bar is a neighborhood staple with a great lounge environment.