Jazz or Blues?

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  1. water_baby

    water_baby Senior Member

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    The Blues.
     
  2. Bassist

    Bassist Gate crasher!

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    I perfer Jazz. It's not as redundant.
     
  3. soulrebel51

    soulrebel51 i's a folkie.

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    I like jazz more.. much more fun to play, for me at least.
     
  4. UnspokenThings

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    i voted for jazz coz it includes the blues and makes more out of it
     
  5. pansy

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  6. JanaXGIRL

    JanaXGIRL Senior Member

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    I go with blues..
     
  7. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    I like both, but I'm listening more to the blues and blues rock.
     
  8. localhippy

    localhippy Senior Member

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  9. gurney

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    i love both but i'm gonna go with blues
     
  10. TreeFiddy

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    blue-blue-blues
     
  11. the_dude

    the_dude Senior Member

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    Jazz! Blues can get pretty monotone.
     
  12. _chris_

    _chris_ Marxist

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    if you wants to be techinical, blues is just a style of jazz. but away from, that, id say its close, but id have to go for jazz.
     
  13. water_baby

    water_baby Senior Member

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    I love both, though I like the blues more. Rock wouldn't be rock without Jazz also. Blues, Jazz, Country etc... The roots of rock 'n' roll.
     
  14. Orsino2

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    Blues is jazz, so I choose jazz.

    I prefer intertwining the two with folk-rock and bluegrass.
     
  15. water_baby

    water_baby Senior Member

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    No, Blues is NOT Jazz. Blues musicians in the earlier half of the 20th century usually had a Jazz orchestra but Blues is not Jazz, they are both seperate genres.
     
  16. Orsino2

    Orsino2 Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    I like to consider blues a folked up version of jazz.

    But that's just my opinion... I have a big problem when it comes to intertwining the two. Sometimes I like the idea of doing it, other times, I don't. Derek Trucks does a great job of crossing them into one genre and Sonny Landreth does a great job of doing country/blues.
     
  17. blueeyedson

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    the blues all the way
     
  18. Tommy

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    Blues suits my ears better... I don't know exactly why either.
     
  19. water_baby

    water_baby Senior Member

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    Do you people know Robert Johnson?
     
  20. the_dude

    the_dude Senior Member

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    Do you peopel know Duke Ellington?
     
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