... African American Baptist churches during the 1930's. By the 1940's and 1950's radio stations all over the country played songs sung by gospel singers as Rosetta Tharpe and Mahalia Jackson. Lyrics are based on the gospels and personal experiences. I cannot talk about gospel music without mentioning the father of gospel " Thomas A. Dorsey. Dorsey was the composer of the song "Precious Lord ... New Orleans around 1900. In jazz, the musicians improvise. This means that they take a melody and change it as they are playing or singing. They express what they feel, that moment the music is bein...

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