MUAR 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Appropriation, Timpani, Chess Records
20 Sep 2016
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Muar392 gospel music, r&b lecture notes strategies in black music to crossover into popular white music. Minstrel depiction na ve looking rationalizing the persona at that time reduced to a comic context. Golly-wog character poplar in children"s books: retired because kids no longer relate to the golly-wog . Louis jordan: after my records started to sell, we drew mixed audiences to clubs. The first time i played the adams theatre in newark, played with a fellow who sings like. Perry como, and the second time i played there, i appealed with a society band like. I was the negro a part and they played the white part. That"s how we did it in the early forties, so that we drew everybody. Recognized the divide in white and black music and tried to appeal to the whites: minstrel based character is a concession to more artistic styles.
