Much of jazz is rooted in the blues, which started as field hollers' and as a folk music, especially in Mississippi and Texas, and today jazz educators like Dr. Taylor often intorduce their students to the art of jazz improvisation through the blues. What was the role of blues in the development of jazz, and what is the continuing influence of the blues form on jazz in the contemporary era?

• How is jazz important to American culture?

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• Why are particular major artists associated with particular jazz styles?

• Is there a "blues scale"?

• What is the difference in the feel of 8 bar compared to a 12 bar blues?

• Is there a structural difference between blues?

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