The blues have been
an important part of New Orleans, USA music since the
earliest years of the 20th century. Buddy Bolden's band was
noted for playing blues before 1906, and white bands are
documented as playing the blues here at least by 1908. New
Orleans jazz is heavily
inflected with the blues, as exemplified by Louis Armstrong.
The phrase New Orleans blues is sometimes used to refer to a type of blues or R&B music that is characterized by extensive use of piano and horn sections, complex rhythms and celebratory lyrics. The lazy, plodding rhythms are perhaps most distinctive of all of Louisiana blues.
Artists in this style include:
Johnny Adams
James Booker
Sugar Boy Crawford
Champion Jack Dupree
Snooks Eaglin
Guitar Slim, Jr.
Guitar Slim
Earl King
Smiley Lewis
Professor Longhair
Tommy Ridgley
Tuts Washington
Katie Webster