ISBN10: 1578068622, ISBN13: 9781578068623, [publisher: University Press Of Mississippi] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - A study that finds African influences of melody, harmony, rhythm, and form in the top 25 songs from each decade of R&BRhythm & blues emerged from the African American community in the late 1940s to become the driving force in American popular music over the next half-century. Although sometimes called 'doo-wop,' 'soul,' 'funk,' 'urban contemporary,' or 'hip-hop,' R&B is actually an umbrella category that includes all of these styles and genres. It is in fact a modern-day incarnation of a musical tradition that stretches back to nineteenth-century America, and even further to African beginnings.The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950-1999 traces the development of R&B from 1950 to 1999 by closely analyzing the top twenty-five songs of each decade. The music of artists as wide-ranging as Louis Jordan; John Lee Hooker; Ray Charles; James Brown; Earth, Wind & Fire; Michael Jackson; Public Enemy; Mariah Carey; and Usher takes center stage as the author illustrates how R&B has not only retained its traditional core style, but has also experienced a 're-Africanization' over time.By investigating musical elements of form, style, and content in R&B-and offering numerous musical examples-the book shows the ...
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