He would sing a line,and the guitar would answer. The blues are the essential part of the African American laborer, whose spirit is wed to these songs, reflecting his inner soul to all who will listen. Rhythm and blues, is the cornerstone of all forms of African American music. The ...
Soul music is a combination of R&B (Rhythm and Blues) and gospel music and began in the late 1950s in the United States. While Soul has a lot in common with R&B, its differences include its use of gospel-music devices, its greater emphasis on vocalists, and its merging of religious ...
Discover the origins of American blues music and how it influenced the evolution of rhythm and blues and jazz. Find details of the power of the blues.
Ska is a combined musical element of Caribbean Mento and Calypso with a bit of American Jazz and also Rhythm and Blues. It separates itself from other musical genres due to its walking bass line accented with rhythms on the upbeat. In the early 1960s, Ska was the dominant music genre of...
The Swing Era, spanning the 1930s and 1940s, witnessed the meteoric rise of big bands in the world of jazz. These large ensembles, often comprisingsaxophones,trumpets,trombones, anda rhythm section, brought a new energy to the genre. ...
Jazz is often thought to have been founded on the musical traditions of West Africa (rhythm, “feel,” blues) and Europe (harmonic chords, variety of instruments). Early jazz also incorporated church hymns, slave songs, field chants, and Cuban-style rhythm. ...
The history of Dixieland Jazz Dixieland is a classic form of the genre, and its origins are steeped in many different influences, including: Ragtime. Patriotic big-band marches like “Stars and Stripes Forever” and “Sound Off.” Early blues, such as Wabash Blues and Basin Street Blues. ...
Brazil is famous for the bossa nova, Caribbean countries for the merengue, and Argentina for the tango. So, how about America What kind of music is typical of America Does anyone know it Student A Uh, I think it must be jazz. The U.S. is known for jazz. Whenever you turn on the ...
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The Yardbirds (1965):Half Eric Clapton (on the live blues part), half Jeff Beck (on the more experimental pop stuff), this is the two sides of the Yardbirds reaching for a common ground. Take your pick: The electricity surging through both guitarists powers a band that had songs and ch...