So, in a way, what makes a blues song blue is its lyrics. Billie Holiday's "Gloomy Sunday", a song so unhappy it apparently drove some of its listeners to suicide, would be a jazz ballad if it ...

The blues is a style of music created by African Americans at the end of the 19th Century. It developed out of folk music, spiritual songs and work ... up the last line. Some notes used in blues ...

Singing is very important in blues music too. The words in blues songs usually explain how the singer is feeling. These feelings are often sad. There are many different instruments used in jazz ...