abstract:The term blues ballad is used to refer to a specific form of popular music which fused Anglo-American and Afro-American styles from the late 19th century onwards. Early versions combined elements of the European influenced "native American ballad" with the forms of African American music.
Here are the pleasures any jazz lover would expect elegant scatting from Ella Fitzgerald, an incomparably rich Ellington ballad by Sarah Vaughan, and Jimmy Rushing shouting the blues.