St. Louis Blues

This article deals with the genre of music. For other meanings, see St. Louis Blues (disambiguation) .

The St. Louis Blues is a piano-stressed style of blues that is closely related to jump blues , ragtime and piano blues . Usually several singers are accompanied by a pianist and other musicians (mainly rhythm instruments).

" St. Louis Blues " is also the title of a piece of music by WC Handy .

Typical representatives

Jelly Roll Anderson Henry Brown Olive Brown Teddy Darby Walter Davis Tommy Dean The Delta Rhythm Boys Leothus Lee Green Stump Johnson

Lonnie Johnson Daddy Hotcakes Montgomery Robert Nighthawk Pinetop Sparks Henry Spaulding Roosevelt Sykes Henry Townsend Big Joe Williams