O-10, I hope that there can be disagreement without things turning sour.
That is a premise that you have expressed many times here. I don’t understand why you make such an assertion. While it is true that African musical traditions were transported by slaves to the countries you mention (and others), it is highly unlikely that those traditions would then simply be erased from native African culture. While millions of Africans were removed from their homeland, many millions more remained behind to continue those musical traditions. It defies logic that those traditions would disappear.
I hear the impact of those traditions in current African music; and I am no expert on African music, nor have I been to Africa to walk around the villages on a Saturday night. We can disagree about that, but consider the fact that there is no reason that the music in Africa would not have evolved just as Jazz, America’s ethnic music, did; incorporating those old traditions into a more modern sound. This is the way it always is with any ethnic music. Moreover, just as there are “retro” Jazz artists still playing Ragtime and Dixieland, I have no doubt that there are drummers in Africa that can still play in the style of those centuries old drumming traditions.
Interesting stuff.
That is a premise that you have expressed many times here. I don’t understand why you make such an assertion. While it is true that African musical traditions were transported by slaves to the countries you mention (and others), it is highly unlikely that those traditions would then simply be erased from native African culture. While millions of Africans were removed from their homeland, many millions more remained behind to continue those musical traditions. It defies logic that those traditions would disappear.
I hear the impact of those traditions in current African music; and I am no expert on African music, nor have I been to Africa to walk around the villages on a Saturday night. We can disagree about that, but consider the fact that there is no reason that the music in Africa would not have evolved just as Jazz, America’s ethnic music, did; incorporating those old traditions into a more modern sound. This is the way it always is with any ethnic music. Moreover, just as there are “retro” Jazz artists still playing Ragtime and Dixieland, I have no doubt that there are drummers in Africa that can still play in the style of those centuries old drumming traditions.
Interesting stuff.