West Coast blues

This article is about the genre of blues music. For the Harold Land album, see West Coast Blues! For the Wes Montgomery song, see West Coast Blues.

West Coast blues is a type of blues music influenced by jazz and jump blues, with strong piano-dominated sounds and jazzy guitar solos, which originated from Texas blues players who relocated to California in the 1940s.^[1] West Coast blues also features smooth, honey-toned vocals, frequently crossing into rhythm and blues territory.

West Coast blues
Stylistic origins	Blues jazz blues jump blues Texas blues
Cultural origins	1940s, Texas, U.S.

Texas and the West Coast

Texans who played here included Pee Wee Crayton and T-Bone Walker.^[2]

Little Willie Littlefield was a R&B and boogie-woogie pianist and singer^[3] whose early recordings helped forge a vital link between boogie-woogie and rock and roll.^[3]

See also

• List of West Coast blues musicians