Great stuff man ! Jazz has evolved so much in a 100 years, from the Swing, New Orleans style, Bee Bop, Cool, Hard Bop, Free Jazz, Fusion and today's electro-jazz, It's safe to say that any pop song is inspired by a Jazz II V I
The Real Book of standards, improved the way musicians played music , by offering one official way to play a song that everyone had to follow.
Blues on the other hand , is a totally different specimen.Blues eventually evolved to Rhythm and Blues, then RocknRoll, Soul and Gospel , To Psychadelic Rock, Funk, Disco, Then Hip Hop and Neo Soul.