Bluesday: Doug Wamble Blues In The Present Tense
About This Event
At Dizzy's Club, Bluesday: Doug Wamble Blues In The Present Tense pairs Tennessee-born guitarist-vocalist Doug Wamble with Bluesday and Blues People. The set frames the blues as living repertoire, foregrounding songcraft, arrangement and close interplay; Wamble's Southern-gospel–inflected vocals and guitar favor direct storytelling and harmonic detail while Bluesday situates blues language alongside modern jazz phrasing.
About Blues In The Present Tense
“Blues In The Present Tense” arrives at Dizzy’s Club as a live set that treats the blues less as repertoire than as a working method inside jazz. Featured performers Bluesday, Blues People, and Doug Wamble move between song forms, open improvisation, and ensemble dialogue, tracing how blues language persists in contemporary New York playing. No specific NYC premiere history is publicly established, but the program sits in a local lineage where clubs function as laboratories. The earned point is restraint: it suggests that the blues can register as structure, not nostalgia.
About the Artists
Bluesday
Bluesday is a jazz artist heard in New York City at Dizzy’s Club, where the project frames themed sets such as *Bluesday: Piedmont Bluz* and collaborations like *Bluesday: Charenee Wade*. The series often centers on songcraft and lineage, placing blues language alongside modern jazz phrasing.
Doug Wamble
Doug Wamble is a Tennessee-born jazz guitarist and vocalist whose work sits between vocal jazz and Southern gospel traditions. In New York City, he appears at Dizzy’s Club, bringing a bandleader’s attention to arrangement and groove.