Originally Posted by
bluesviolin
I guess it depends on whether you want your jazz to be bluesy, your blues to be jazzy or your blues to be bluesy. an anecdote from a jazz violinist from England who went to one of the U.S. blues Capitals, either Kansas City or Chicago (I forget which) and went to one of the top blues venues, and was asked up to play. as is his wont he got jazzy, to what extent I don't know. The guy in charge politely complimented him on his playing and acknowledged the jazz influence and said...'but we don't do that here'.
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