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“One Nation Under A Groove” “Peace, Unity, Love & Having Fun” “Each One, Teach One”. - Parliament/ Funkadelic. - Afrika Bambaataa. - Poe One. The Heterogenous Sound Ideal in African American Music . Olly Wilson - 1992. Rhythm based on implied metrical contrast
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“One Nation Under A Groove” “Peace, Unity, Love & Having Fun” “Each One, Teach One” - Parliament/Funkadelic - AfrikaBambaataa - Poe One
The Heterogenous Sound Ideal in African American Music Olly Wilson - 1992 • Rhythm based on implied metrical contrast • Playing/performing in a percussive manner • Call & Response • High density of musical events in a short time • Physical body motion
Blues & Jazz • Slavery – Cotton Fields - Saturday night parties • Personalized music to represent time, place, era • Brass instruments – instrumental blues (jazz) • Urbanization – New York, Chicago, Montreal! • Cotton Club – tap/hoofing
Miles Davis • May 1926-Sept 1991 • Most influential Jazz musicians • “Cool” jazz • “Musicians have to play the instruments that best reflect the times we’re in.”
Rhythm & Blues • 1940s – term developed by record companies • Replaced “race music” • Applied to blues, rock & roll, electric blues, gospel, soul & funk • People’s music • Not taken seriously – music for the uneducated & unrefined • Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley