CMST 3RR3 Lecture 20: 03:20 3RR3 Fight the power
4 Apr 2018
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Religious music an early & consistent tradition that persists now. Late 1800s birth of blues in the american south, inspired by everyday rhythms of black life. Blues can be seen as foundation for jazz, rock & roll, r&b, country. As w other forms of media we have looked at difficult to pull apart diff brands that influenced music. Look at the africanization of american music & vice versa, as well as, african & latin hybrids (salsa, calypso, samba) In the same way we talked about diaspora and the importance of the third space, Gioia describes new orleans as a setting where the most marginalized people produced the most creative music: slaves, farmers, workers difficult conditions populations come together. Minstrel shows sometimes mocked jazz as the music of the slave population: lower classes. This lack of appreciation for music made by minorities has been, arguably, a longstanding practice.
