MUS 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Livery Stable Blues, Pinetop Smith, African-American Culture
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Early jazz: marching band provides basic instrumentation, cornet, clarinet, trombone, brass bass, banjo, piano, drums, african-derived elements, dense syncopation, thick, interdependent texture, riffs, blues-inspired melodic in uences. Country/delta/down home blues: solo male singer with guitar, robert johnson - come on in my kitchen , non-verbal sounds intensify intended feeling, guitar sometimes matches vocal melody, creating heterophony, blind lemon jefferson - matchbox blues . Hokum blues: urban style, salacious lyrics, blended experiences of recent migrants into a city. Boogie on to rock: joe turner and pete johnson - roll em pete (1938: boogie woogie at a faster tempo, shuf e rhythm transforms to 8-beat rhythm, chuck berry drew on such songs in creating his guitar style. James reese europe: innovated band leader, organized the clef club, a ny black musicians", led the syncopated society orchestra, the rst. African american ensemble to land a recording contract union: associated with vernon and irene castle.
