The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
Bessie Smith, the Empress Of The Blues, who was brought into the...
William Smith Monroe was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, who created the bluegrass music genre....
Arthur Blake (1896 – December 1, 1934), known as Blind Blake, was an American blues and ragtime singer...
Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen, July 10, 1904 or 1907 – February 13, 1941) was an...
Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson (September 24, 1893 – December 19, 1929) was an American blues and gospel singer-songwriter...
Blind Willie Johnson (January 25, 1897 – September 18, 1945) was an American gospel...
Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden (September 6, 1877 – November 4, 1931) was an African American cornetist who was...
Charley Patton (April 1891 (probable) – April 28, 1934), also known as Charlie Patton,...
Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani...
Gershwin (George Gershwin) was an American pianist and composer, whose compositions spanned both popular and...
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (September 20, c. 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally...
Joseph Nathan "King" Oliver (December 19, 1881 – April 10, 1938) was an American jazz cornet player and...
Huddie William Ledbetter (January 23, 1888 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage...
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey was an influential American blues singer and early blues recording artist. Dubbed the "Mother of...
John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1893 – November 2, 1966), better known as Mississippi John...
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and...
Scott Joplin (c. November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an African-American composer...
Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer,...
William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was an American composer and musician who...