Combined with the African rhythms, these musical styles were the foundation of blues. The Delta blues, first recorded in the 1920s, was one of the earliest types of blues music and originated in ...

Guitar legend T-Bone Walker, top, pioneered the jump blues style of the 1940s, and BB King, above, headed the blues revival in the 1960s Chattanooga-born Bessie Smith, nicknamed the Empress of the ...

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Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions The blues legend, still on the road at 83, talks about the chequered history of the blues in America. Always an admirer of the big jazz bands, BB explains ...