#Martin scorsese presents the blues series

Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey is also the title of a 2003 companion book to the series. The previous year it was number 2 on the Billboard 's Top Blues Albums chart. In 2004, the box set won two Grammy Awards for Best Historical Album and Best Album Notes. Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues Same as the U.K. It offers a survey of many different blues subgenres and tangential music styles, as well as a survey of almost all the most notable blues performers over time.

The box set attempts to present a history of the blues from the dawning of recorded music to the present day.

#Martin scorsese presents the blues series

It is the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese PBS documentary series The Blues. A companion to the groundbreaking PBS documentary series, this volume is a unique and timeless celebration of the blues, from writers and artists as esteemed and revered as the music that moved them. Peter Guralnick and Others 5.0 1 Rating 7.99 7.99 Publisher Description. With much of the material consisting of excerpts from other sources, and the lack of an index, the tome seems more like a fluffed-up set of liner notes for the accompanying. Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey is a 2003 box set released on Hip-O Records. Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey. Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey is an idiosyncratic, well-produced, and relatively cheap introduction to a quintessentially American musical invention.