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Ted Curson - Playhouse March

The beginnings of Country Music and the beginnings of Blues are very similar. These genres were first recorded in the 1920s, and at the time the difference between country, then called hillbilly music, and the blues, then called race music, was really only the race of the artist.

Today I think that blues and country are closer than they have been in a long time. There has been a push towards more traditional ways for each genre while also having a modern spin. I am glad to see this trend because hearing new music from two of my favorite genres. Gary Clark Jr. is one of the artists keeping the blues alive and revolutionizing it at the same time... On the country side of things Chris Stapleton... is leading the movement back to a more roots based music with his own modern spin.

These two genres shared similar roots as traditional music that were initially recorded as hillbilly and race music. The genres grew up in the 1900s into very different types of music but due to their roots and changing tastes the genres are beginning to become more similar.


Ted Curson - Playhouse March
  • Release on: July 1, 1976
  • Duration: 7:09
  • Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop

"Ted Curson was featured in a profile on composer Graham Collier in the 1985 documentary Hoarded Dreams. He was a familiar face in Finland, having performed at the Pori Jazz festival every year since it began in 1966."

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