AMCULT 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Big Band, Beat Generation, Nonconformist
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Lecture #7: the golden age of hip, pt 1. The birth of bop: the soundtrack to the beat generation. Context: end of wwii, musicians began to believe that big band swing (25+ people) was stuck in a rut, wanted room for improvisation, believed style was harmonically empty. Beat meets bop: golden age of hip as the converge of: Image: projected ethos/aesthetic: art: art for the same of art, finding truth within mediums. 2: dope: altered consciousness, clothes: look like what you want to look like, celebrity: being just famous, empty and superficial (not celebrating talent, creativity) 6: rebel grace: self-marginalized person who is aware of absurdity but still believes: coolness, spirit, sit back, understand, know, be hip. Jk described this convergence as defiant affirmation: a whole generation nodding yes, that there is still beauty out there, it"s not hidden, it can be found. 2 self-marginalized groups (beats and bop musicians) new approaches to art, language, identity.
