12’ Bar Ramblin’ #43 'Back to the West Coast' with Stefan Matussek 19.11.2019
Cashmere Radio
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Description
This jazzy style of the blues that developed on the west coast of the US, has
its origins in the 1940s. During this decade many Texas blues musicians
relocated to California as part of the Second Great Migration. In this sense the
West Coast Blues is an offshoot of Texas Blues, a sub-genre defined by its jazz
and swing influences. West Coast Blues however also incorporates elements
of Jump-Blues which became popular around that same time. Piano is a dominant
instrument as well as guitar. Vocals tend to be more smooth and "honey-toned"
sounding.
