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Music Of AmericaPresentation by : Rachelle Tam
Negro Spirituals
• Year : 1720• Slight alteration of African scales• 1871 : Fisk Jubilee Singers(slave songs)
Blues
• First secular Black popular music• Origin : New Orleans• W. C. Handy : Father of Blues• Other artists : Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson
Jazz• Came from Blues played in Chicago• Spirituals + Blues +New Orleans marches + ragtime =
JAZZ!!• Congo Square• Louis Armstrong(swing)• Miles Davis(modal)
Bebop
• World War II(mid 1940’s)• More complex in rhythm, tempo, melody than
jazz• Charlie Parker(inserted blues-riffing, fused
other genres)
Gospel
• Traditional gospel + blues + jazz = GOSPEL• Thomas Dorsey : Father of Gospel• Mahalia Jackson : Queen of Gospel• Influenced rock and roll and country music
R&B & Rock and RollR&B
• Also known as Rhythm and Blues• Huge impact on introducing other
styles(pop, rock and roll, soul, funk, hip-hop, rap)
• Louis Jordan(Father of R&B)
Rock and Roll• Combination of blues, jazz,
gospel, and country music• Initially led by piano/saxophone.
Later led by guitar• Chuck Berry(Father of Rock and
Roll)• Multi-track recording
Popular Music
• More commonly known as “Pop”• Originated from rock and roll• Mix of urban, dance, rock and roll, Latin, and country
music• Michael Jackson : King of Pop• Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand