The blues is a distinctly American music genre. (SOUNDBITE OF JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA & WYNTON MARSALIS' "MEMPHIS BLUES (2015)") SHERMAN IRBY: I've been listening to the blues ever since I've ...
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to jazz musician Sherman Irby about his new show at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, "Birth of the Blues," exploring the origin of the blues and its continued ...
SHERMAN IRBY: I've been listening to the blues ever since I've been born, basically. I'm from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. RASCOE: That's Sherman Irby. He's lead alto saxophonist in the Jazz at Lincoln Center ...