Blues and

Jazz Music
Presentation by Ashley, Moin, Yashna,
Megan and Justin
PRESENTATION
OVERVIEW
In this presentation, 3 Blues
musicians will be introduced with
resources related to them. Extra
facts about the genres: Jazz and
Blues music are also included.
Hope you enjoy learning about the
Blues music! :)
BESSIE SMITH
BESSIE SMITH
An American Blues singer/vocalist.
Born: April 15th 1854
(Chattanooga, Mississippi,
United States)
Died: September 26th 1937
(Clarksdale, Tennessee, United
States)
Lived in: New Jersey and
Chattanooga
BESSIE SMITH: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Bessie Smith grew up in poverty and obscurity. She was one of seven
children and sang at a very young age. Smith grew up as a street singer and
was accompanied by the guitar by one of her brothers. In 1912, she began
performing as a dancer in the “Moses Stokes” minstrel show.

By 1920, she was living in Philadelphia and married Jack Gee in 1923. In the
February of that same year, she made her first recordings, including
“Downhearted Blues”. Due to her powerful singing she became a successful
artist and toured the world.

However, on 1937, she died from car accident wounds at the age of 43.
 BESSIE SMITH: SONGS
Backwater Blues
Down Hearted Blues
St.Louis Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ob_sW2_2Zw
BESSIE SMITH: 5 INTERESTING FACTS
1. Bessie Smith was known for her bold and fearless personality.
2. Bessie Smith had a tumultuous personal life.
 MCKINLEY
MORGANFIELD
MCKINLEY
MORGANFIELD
McKinley Morganfield is also
known as Muddy Waters.
Born: April 4, 1913 (In Rolling
Fork, Mississippi)
Died: April 30, 1983
MCKINLEY MORGANFIELD: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
McKinley Morganfield adopted the stage name of Muddy Waters, which was
inspired by deep muddy waters of the Mississippi river that ran near his
childhood home.

He taught himself how to play the harmonica as a child and took up guitar at
age 17.
In 1943, he moved to Chicago to become a full-time professional musician.
In 1944, he bought his first electric guitar.
By 1946, he had grown so popular that he begun making recordings for big
companies such has RCA, Columbia and Aristocat.
By 1951, Waters had established a full band with Otis Spann on piano, Little
Walter on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on second guitar and Elgin Evans on
drums.
 MCKINLEY MORGANFIELD: SONGS
Some of McKinley Morganfield’s famous songs include: My home is in the Delta,
Rollin’ stone and I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man.
Link to Rollin’ stone- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVmEMv8rcCA
MCKINLEY MORGANFIELD: 5 INTERESTING FACTS
B.B. KING
 E DID HE LIVE?
WHER
He originally lived on a plantation
near Itta Bena, Mississippi, King
was one of five children. His
parents separated when he was
four, and he moved with his mother
to the hill country town of
Kilmichael, Mississippi.
 B.B. KING : A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Riley B. King, better known by his stage name B.B. King, was an American guitarist and
vocalist who was a key role in the development of the blues and from whose style other
prominent popular musicians drew influence. He was born on September 16, 1925, close
to Itta Bena, Mississippi, and passed away on May 14, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada.King
was raised in the Mississippi Delta, and his early exposure to gospel music in the church
had a significant impact on his vocals. King, whose guitar style was influenced by jazz
guitarists Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian as well as T-Bone Walker, played
poetic single-string guitar replies to his own passionate vocal pleas with a
characteristic vibrato. His name "B.B." (for "Blues Boy") King came from his time spent
working as a disc jockey in Memphis, Tennessee.
 B.B. KING : SONGS
In 1951, King had a success with "Three O'Clock Blues," and he began what
would become a lifetime of practically continuous travelling around the
country and, subsequently, the world. With his 13-piece band, he frequently
performed 300 or more one-night stands per year. His reputation grew as a
result of a string of singles, including "Woke Up This Morning" (1953), "Every
Day I Have the Blues," and "Sweet Sixteen." He recorded the legendary album
Live at the Regal in 1964 in Chicago, and his 1969 single "The Thrill Is Gone"
earned him the first of 15 Grammy Awards. By the 1960s, rock guitarists
recognised his influence; they brought King and his guitar, Lucille, to a wider
white public, who had previously only heard blues in imitation versions.
 B.B. KING : 5 INTERESTING FACTS
1)King performed all around the world far into his 80s, recorded more than 50
albums, and received 15 Grammy Awards. In 1987, he was admitted to the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2)He had fifteen kids.
3)In 2006, President George W. Bush presented him with the Presidential
Medal of Freedom.
4)King's biggest success, "The Thrill is Gone," from 1969 was a rendition of a
heartbreak song by Roy Hawkins from 1951.
5)He was married twice but his greatest love was his guitar, which he
affectionately called Lucille.
BLUES MUSIC INSTRUMENT
Guitar
This music instrumental is often used to carried
on play the string, and create a sound effect with
human characteristics.

Piano
This musical instrumental has
wire strings that sound when
struck by felt-covered hammers
operated from a keyboard.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JAZZ
AND BLUES MUSIC
Jazz music usually focuses on a more lively melody with
more human characteristic while blue music focus on sad
melodies which make us feel gloomy.
HOW DID THE GENRE OF JAZZ AND BLUE
MUSIC EVOLVE? WHAT INFLUENCED THEM?
Both Jazz and Blues music have
evolved with the African musical
traditions brought to the United
States by the Africans. Jazz has
elements of European classical
music, including the instrumental
while the blue is most influenced
by the mix of emotion and unique
significant roles such as sadness.
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