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James Cotton (1935–2017) – blues harmonica player and singer-songwriter ( Tunica) Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (1905–1974) – Delta blues singer and guitarist ( Forest) George Cummings (born 1938) – guitarist and songwriter ( Meridian) Rona Barrett (born 1981) Country Singer Violinist Fiddle Player Songwriter ( Pearl River County, Mississippi)
Jazz musicians from Mississippi (62 P) M. Musical groups from Mississippi (3 C, 16 P) S. Singers from Mississippi (2 C, 107 P)
Music of Mississippi. Mississippi is best known as the home of the blues which developed among the freed African Americans in the latter half of the 19th century and beginning 20th century. The Delta blues is the style most closely associated with the state, and includes performers like Charley Patton, Robert Johnson (buried in Greenwood, MS ...
James Cotton (July 1, 1935, Tunica, Mississippi – March 16, 2017). Harmonica blues player and singer who began as a Delta blues musician and later moved to Chicago and began playing Chicago blues in acoustic and electric settings. [ 12] Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (August 24, 1905, Forest, Mississippi – March 28, 1974).
The Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, headquartered in Clinton, Mississippi, honors Mississippi's famous musicians. It is a "Who's Who" of the blues, rock and roll, and jazz from their beginnings to present day. The organization's museum is located in the Jackson–Evers International Airport in Jackson, Mississippi. [1]
Mississippi Slim (country singer) Ruby Jane Smith. Warren Smith (singer) George Soulé (musician) Ric Steel. Lisa Stewart. Marty Stuart.
Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. [1] She is one of the most successful female jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins [2] as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field" by incorporating blues, country, and folk music into her work.
Little Milton. Mississippi Slim (blues musician) McKinley Mitchell. Johnny B. Moore. Blind Mississippi Morris. Muddy Waters. Matt "Guitar" Murphy. Charlie Musselwhite. Sam Myers.