Editing Louisiana blues (section)

==New Orleans blues==
{{Main|New Orleans blues}}
The blues that developed in the 1940s and 1950s in and around the city of [[New Orleans]] was strongly influenced by jazz and incorporated Caribbean influences, it is dominated by piano and saxophone but has also produced major guitar bluesmen.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Cub |last=Koda |authorlink=Cub Koda|title=New Orleans blues |work=[[AllMusic]]|url=http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/new-orleans-blues-d396 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623025731/http://allmusic.com/explore/style/new-orleans-blues-d396 |archivedate=June 23, 2011 |url-status=dead }}.</ref> Major figures in the genre include [[Professor Longhair]] and [[Guitar Slim]], who both produced major regional, national R&B chart and even mainstream hits.<ref name=Bogdanov2003AMLouisianBlues>Unterberger, R. (2003). "Louisiana blues", in V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra, S. T. Erlewine, eds., ''All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues''. 3rd ed. Milwaukee: Backbeat Books. pp. 687–688. {{ISBN|0-87930-736-6}}.</ref>