VA - Blues Singers and Shouters (2015)

Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of "blue notes." It emerged in Black communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of African influence. "Blue notes," also known as "worried notes," are the typically flattened third, fifth, and seventh degrees in a major scale. This is what gives the blues its inherent minor tonality.

Tracklist:

01. Billie Holiday - I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (02:50)
02. B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (05:25)
03. Muddy Waters - You Cant Lose What You Aint Never Had (02:57)
04. Howlin' Wolf - Back Door Man (02:49)
05. Nina Simone - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (02:39)
06. Bobby ''Blue'' Bland - I Pity the Fool (02:41)
07. Otis Rush - I Cant Quit You Baby (Live) (05:06)
08. Etta James - At Last (03:02)
09. James Brown - Everyday I Have the Blues (04:25)
10. J.B. Lenoir - Voodoo Boogie (01:59)
11. Sippie Wallace - Women Be Wise (04:00)
12. John Lee Hooker - I'm In the Mood (02:42)
13. Albert King - Murder (02:54)
14. Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong - My Sweet Hunk O' Trash (feat Louis Armstrong) (03:19)
15. Koko Taylor - Dont Mess With the Messer (02:41)
16. Bobby ''Blue'' Bland - Driftin' Blues (03:27)
17. Victoria Spivey - Black Snake Blues (03:01)
18. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Too Young to Die (03:02)
19. Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You (02:39)
20. Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy - Feel Like Going Home (04:02)