MUSI 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Hank Ballard, Nelson George, Rhinoplasty

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Costumes that represented, according to white audiences, typical black people. Sweet commercial (white) vs hot swinging jazz (black) White jazz is colder, cleaner and more conscious. Black jazz is richer, looser and more relaxed. Freedman realizes relationship between race and musical style. But doesn"t distinguish if its social or biological differences. White or black is difference in musician but difference in music. Socio cultural realm is cause of difference in music. Creativity of jazz is not due to measure of blackness. Meaning of terms on slides are taken to be common knowledge but it is not. Agrees that there is no biological core to black culture. But that doesn"t meant there is no black culture or music. Music esthetics were separated for commercial purposes (separate billboard charts). Whites usually reduces r&b to hyper sexual and instinctual perceptions of blacks. In 1950"s many black musician had whitened their sound to cross over.

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