“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

• 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

Olly Wilson - 1992

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

Blues & Jazz

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

Rhythm & Blues vs Rock & Roll