Most pop music is influenced, to a greater or lesser degree, by the blues.

大多数流行音乐或多或少都受布鲁斯音乐的影响。

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Music critics have consistently defined James P. Johnson as a great early jazz pianist, originator of the 1920's Harlem "stride" style, and an important blues and jazz composer.

音乐评论家一直将詹姆斯·P·约翰逊定义为伟大的早期爵士钢琴家，20世纪20年代哈林区“跨步”风格的鼻祖，也是重要的蓝调和爵士乐作曲家。

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For the uninitiated, Western Swing is a fusion of jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and country music.

可以向不懂西部摇摆乐的人解释，这是融合了爵士乐，节奏布鲁斯，摇滚乐和乡村乐的一种音乐形式。

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Koko Taylor gave her last performance on May 7 at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis.

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This week we play music by blues great Koko Taylor, who died last week at the age of eighty.

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In the weeks before her death she won her twenty-ninth Blues Music Award, the most for any artist ever.

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Last month, Taylor was named Traditional Blues Artist of the Year at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis.

NPR: Blues Queen Koko Taylor Dies At 80

Taylor toured and performed extensively through her career, making her last appearance on 7 May this year at the Blues Music Awards.

BBC: 'Queen of Blues' Koko Taylor dies

Mr. MONROE: Today's youth commonly express the blues through music like rap and rock.

NPR: Young People and the Future of the Blues