MUSIC 151 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Jeff Lorber, Giorgio Moroder, Brecker Brothers
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First emerging in the late 1950s, soul music was a powerful black expression. In the late 1960s, a new music came forth with renewed boldness - funk. Sly and the family stone, funk was characterized by intricate, hard pounding bass grooves, crisp-staccato guitar patterns and tight horn section lines. The father of funk, george clinton, began his career with the doo-wop group, the parliaments, in the 1950s. In 1968 he reincarnated his band into to a free-form psychedelic-style band that recorded under two different names: Funkadelic and parliament, depending on the record label they recorded for: listening example: thank you falettinme be mice elf agin) . Artist: sly and the family stone: listening example: funky stuff . Artist: kool and the gang: listening example: flash light . Mainstream funk band earth, wind, and fire, moved in the direction of jazz, soul, and african music.
