Original Title : Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Time : 85 Min
Genre : Documentary, Music
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 1993
Director : Ken Mandel
Writer : Ralph Meyers, Toby Byron, Ken Mandel, Albert Murray, Robert Palmer, Ralph Myers
Producer : Toby Byron, Richard Saylor, Hisao Ebine, David Steffen
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creation of rock 'n' roll in the '50s. The scales, chords, and progressions of blues as a musical form can be found in styles from jazz to rock to contemporary R&B.