Jazz for aficionados
Rok, this time it's about the evolution of music from Africa since the time of slavery, and how it's represented in this hemisphere; that would also include a comparison of evolution in the reverse direction, meaning from here to Africa. It's really beautiful when you think of artists like Hugh Maselela, and Miriam Makeba where the evolution went in the reverse direction of my original post. Enjoy the music. |
**** I want to trace African music from slavery to the present, beginning with music from Brazil.**** So far, I don't think we have dug deeply enough, and skipped a few rungs on the ladder. It all began with something like this: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nKgCJCvY5Vo Around 1450, the Portuguse brought African slaves to Brazil. Their music mixed with the indigenous music and resulted in something like this (notice the typically African "call and response" nature of the music, and the name "Macumba"): Add the Portuguese/European melodic and harmonic tradition to the mix of Afro/Brazilian approach to rhythm and we get, among other things, the choro; the first popular Brazilian music style: [URL]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtI-uq8R1yo>http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2YiMtWFfydo[URL] Add the Portuguese/European melodic and harmonic tradition to the mix of Afro/Brazilian approach to rhythm and we get, among other things, the choro; the first popular Brazilian music style: [URL]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtI-uq8R1yo |
**** I want to trace African music from slavery to the present, beginning with music from Brazil.**** So far, I don't think we have dug deeply enough, and skipped a few rungs on the ladder. It all began with something like this: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nKgCJCvY5Vo Around 1450, the Portuguse brought African slaves to Brazil. Their music mixed with the indigenous music and resulted in something like this (notice the typically African "call and response" nature of the music, and the name "Macumba"): http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2YiMtWFfydo Add the Portuguese/European melodic and harmonic tradition to the Afro/Brazilian approach to rhythm and you get something like this; the "choro", the first popular Brazilian style: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=46M-Eor8D08 |
Gentlemen, Gentlemen, Let's not move so fast of this 'African" stuff. It's not as simple as you are making out. The most important and significant thing said so far, is that there is no African, in African-American music. It is unquely American. This includes Jazz. Cultural forces don't move that fast. More like glaciers. The only possible African influence would have been from people arriving here directly from Africa during the slave trade. Importation of slaves into this country ended in 1810, if I recall correctly. Once here, the influences were Euro-American. Primarily music inspired by The King James version of the Holy Bible. Please don't make me have to fight off VooDoo!!! And to think, someone once chastised me for saying you have to DEFEND the music! :) And finally, O-10, this drum nonsense, is just that. Cheers |
