St. Louis blues (music)

The St. Louis Blues is a piano accented blues style, which is closely related with jump blues, ragtime and blues piano. Normally, several singers from a pianist and other musicians (mainly rhythm instruments) accompanied.

" St. Louis Blues " is also the title of a song 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

• Blues style