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