... that blues became popular in the south (1890s), African Americans had mastered the piano. As a result, African Americans began to interpret and play classical music with "ragged or syncopated rhythms" (Shipton 33); with this, "Ragtime," was born. Ragtime became nationally popular fast because black pianist first really ... the 1920s, Ragtime had branched off into two styles, classical Rag and Jazz. Jazz was a more energetic and upbeat form of Ragtime music; it was a music that anyone and everyone danced to. Jazz made its way from "New Orleans and worked its way up the River [Mississippi]...

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... , rhythm and blues lost much of its black identity" (Ewen 676). Hugh Gregory illustrates the influence of R&B music on Rock "n" Roll in his book A Century of Pop. Artists like Fats Domino and Little Richard took the sounds of Rhythm and Blues and gospel to the pop music scene worldwide. They mad hits like "Tutti Frutti" and "Ain't that a Shame" true anthems of Rock "n" Roll ... . Being that Rock "n" Roll music had both black and white artists, it was a more diverse genre than R&B. Yet the majority of the artists were still white, and ... secular and sexual. In his article on Aretha Frank...

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... that rocks roots are in folk, jazz, and pop music. Musicians who first started rock and roll must have had something to base their music on which turned out to be primarily folk, jazz, and pop. They simple changed the pattern and style of that music and started forming rock. Assumption three states that ... little lasting impact on rock and roll, but occasionally will have real impact. Chapter eighteen is the final chapter and discusses Techno-funk/pop, Rap, MTV, Dance music, and the future. Techno-funk was the standard way of defining what was happening. The technology of the time create...

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... Singers: They have also received considerable musical instruction, and have been made familiar with much of our [white] best sacred and classical music, and this has modified their manner of execution. They do not attempt to imitate the grotesque bodily motions or the drawling intonations that ... the only song that Walker set to his own text. Of it, he says, "I always wanted to write something of a pop nature. I decided to write the music and the lyrics .""28 An example of blues intervals, which are functional harmonies used in non-functional ways, can be seen ... reflect what is con...

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... combos and big bands, conceived both as jazz and as popular music, many of swing's top musicians moved between both worlds and had a rejuvenated "old sound."" Ragtime became a pop hit, and was presented as a happy, good-time music, played on honky-tonk pianos, doctored to make them sound ... tinny. As jazz fans became curious about the old music, a few began to research the subject and write articles. ... rag festivals. The market was flooded with Joplin recordings in 1974. As his music achieved fame in the pop music world, classical performers and their audiences also loved him. Pianis...

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... jazz albums ever recorded. He continued to be successful throughout the 60's. The band expanded and as it expanded it grew to play different styles of music. The development of jazz-fusion is a combination of jazz and rock. The album Bitches Brew, became a best-selling album, which caused Davis to ... with Atlantic Records; he celebrated with an R&B hit single Mess Around. The following year, Charles' I Got a Woman reached No. 1 on the R&B charts. His music revealed an advanced musical style; he no longer imitated Nat King Cole. The combination of R&B and gospel formed the musical genre...

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