Evolution of the Delta blues can be seen by identifying specific elements of the Delta Blues in music genres that came after it. Rock ‘n’ Roll for example, is one of the modern genres that still exemplify elements of the Delta Blues. Many rock legends such as the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles were highly inspired by the Delta blues. Regan Wardensky writes, “The goal of both genres is to create music with raw emotion.” (Wardensky, 2012) .
The music during the 20th century reflected jazz and the other genres of music during the Harlem Renaissance. “…the massive amount of genres of music available today most thanks to the Harlem Renaissance. For instance in the 1920's genres such as, Ragtime, jazz, and the blues were very popular….. And
Faith Eleby-DR. KEAST JAZZ, POP, ROCK The Bop and Bebop era was filled with a variation of things that contributed to its success and flourishment. The Bebop era was based on nonfunctional music it was either played at a very fast or very slow pace, neither paces allowed its listener to dance. Bebop was mainly for the artist satisfaction of difficult rhythmic changes; its focus was entertainment. Bop was also known for its fantastic artists like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, it was also ideal because of the location of a performance.
The Harlem Renaissance brought the rebirth of music and social culture. One of the greatest musicians achieved influential accomplishments during this era; Kennedy Edward Ellington. The “King of Jazz” better known as Duke Ellington dominated the jazz era during the 1920s. During the Harlem Renaissance he exhibited his dedication to music and displayed impactful leadership characteristics. Ellington also established a legacy that swayed the future generations.
Musicians in the Harlem Renaissance. On the 1920’s there was a thing called the Harlem Renaissance, there was many artist, musicians, dancers, etc. It gave people a chance to explore and find what they really wanted to do in life. For example Louis Armstrong, Florence Mills, William Handy, Duke Ellington, Paul Robeson, Adelaide Hall, Nina Simone were all singers from Harlem.
He put an emphasis to the instrumental part of his tunes and used many disco instruments such as strings, winds and even the harp. With that being said, his influence to disco music was not as great as the latter music styles. Among those genres, Gospel music was not mentioned. He did not necessarily have an influence in Gospel music, but he did change the way it was structured. According to Iain Chambers (1985), “singers like Ray Charles and James Brown introduced the screams, shouts, sobs and grunts of the preaching and testifying singer.
In “A Defense of Abortion” Judith Jarvis Thomson argues that abortion is not always immoral, even when we assume for the sake of argument that a fetus is an innocent person. In cases of rape and even some cases of protected consensual sex, Thomson says it is not immoral for a woman to kill a fetus by denying it use of her body. There are two pieces to Thompson’s argument. First, she rejects the common assumption that to kill an innocent person is always morally wrong. And she uses a clever counterexample (the violinist) to show that even aside from the case where you would need to kill an innocent person to save your own life, it is not always morally wrong to kill someone by denying him use of your body when he needs it to live.
Duke Ellington The New Negro Movement or the Harlem renaissance was a time period in which negroes fought for equal rights. “It [The Harlem Renaissance] was a time of black individualism, a time marked by a vast array of characters whose uniqueness challenged the traditional inability of white Americans to differentiate between blacks” (BrainyQuote, 3 Clement Alexander Price) In this time period negroes lived freely upon themselves . They would stand up to racism and fight for equal rights through the arts. Duke Ellington expressed his feelings, thoughts, and emotions, through his art.
A sense of elitism has arisen within musical genes, stemming from rock, punk, folk, etc. believing that they are valid and true forms of music, but that due to the way disco is produced, it fails to be a genre. However, disco is much more than a genre- it is a whole unique culture that supports many marginalized identities. As Dyer states, ‘disco is also kinds of dancing, club, fashion, film, etc. – in a word, a certain sensibility’ (Dyer 20).
The novel, The Souls of Black Folk, written by W.E.B. Du Bois, illustrates the racial discrimination that was present amongst the whites and the African Americans following the Civil War. The readers follow Du Bois and the African Americans through their daily hardships of being people of color. Being a man of color himself, Du Bois, struggles existing amongst the two worlds; the world of white superiority and the world of cohesion as African Americans. Du Bois’ availability to these two worlds is known as “double-consciousness”, where he sees two sides of an idea. This ability can be both a blessing and a curse, and according to Du Bois he agrees, “He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American, without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without having the doors of Opportunity closed roughly in his face” (Du Bois 3).
Disco Music during the 1970s Pop culture during the 1970s originated as a consequence of the historical context of the era. The official end of the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, and the Bicentennial of the United States all occurred during this decade. As a result, a variety of social groups such as women, gays and lesbians, as well as racial and ethnic minorities confronted the American conservative ideals that had governed American society since the end of World War II. Conservative white Americans reacted to the civil rights gains that took place in the 1960s and moved to the suburbs of the city, leading to city deterioration. Ultimately the decline of the city allowed for the creation of cultural spaces (disco clubs) that in turn challenged normative American social values.
The way people lived changed dramatically during the 1930s due to the Great Depression. Many new musicians were founded during this era. There was a huge switch in the music industry and the genres that existed. For example, two of many new genres were introduced throughout the 30s. Hillbilly folk and Western.
As native Africans were forced ashore to the United States for hard labor in the fields, they brought with them sounds of their ancestors. This music became a way of adapting to a new language, a new religion, and a new, but difficult way of life. Often, the songs were a means for them to communicate with each other and express their troubles and hopes for a better life, and even to signal the flight to freedom. African-American music has been a fundamental part of the black experience in the U.S., primarily due to the cruel system of slavery. It then evolved into what we refer to today as gospel music.
Rhythm and Blues has been very popular since it was first thought of, but the time where it bloomed was in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. From the difference varieties of R&B. known as Rhythm and Blues, the way technology break through are rapidly growing, different sub-genres of R&B becoming mainstream and even a growing listening audience. R&B went from underground and underestimated to becoming one of the top listened and bought genres of the 21st century, R&B has made multiple names for itself over the last two to three decades. The transformation of the 90’s and 2000’s R&B music has drastically changed over the last two decades. However, one thing is for certain, the future for R&B will always change, yet it’s roots and past will remain the same.
The Music Revolution The Sixties were an exciting period with the beginning of a social, economic and Cultural Revolution, influenced by the music industry that was deeply involved into causes. This propensity took place in a turbulent period where some folks called it the "decade of discontent" because of the race riots and the demonstrations against the Vietnam War. However, other individuals called it the decade of "peace, love, and harmony", because of the peace movements and the emergence of Hippies, called “flower children.” This decade was about assassinations, unforgettable fashion, new styles of music, civil rights, gay and women 's liberation, Vietnam, peace marches, sexual freedom, drug usage, Summer of Love and Woodstock Festival. All of these factors caused a revolutionary transformation in the world of well-liked music, establishing melodies as a form of raise voices and express feelings.
