Bends, embellishments, arpeggios and more – from Charlie Christian to BB King and George Benson, how to unlock the genius of ...

Backed with “(Last Night) I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep,” the single went to No. 4 on the Billboard Most Played Juke Box Folk Records chart and ... melody over a 12-bar blues to create ...

Bechet was always aware of what struck a chord with the public ... Another joyful treat from that Decca session is the 12-bar blues “Sweet Patootie,” which features another flawless soprano ...

“Hand to heart, my favorite players were always the ones that had such an identifiable style and wrote songs in that very 12-bar blues framework,” Knowles told Cleveland.com and The Plain ...