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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816617403321

Autore

Ripani Richard J

Titolo

The new blue music : changes in rhythm & blues, 1950-1999 / / Richard J. Ripani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2006

ISBN

1-282-55559-6

9786612555596

1-60473-730-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

American made music series

Disciplina

781.643

Soggetti

Funk (Music) - History and criticism

Rap (Music) - History and criticism

Rhythm and blues music - History and criticism

Soul music - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234), discography (p. 234-239), and index.

Nota di contenuto

The new blue music and rhythm & blues -- The blues system -- Blues with a beat : 1950-1959 -- The soul era : 1960-1969 -- Funk and disco reign : 1970-1979 -- The old and the new : 1980-1989 -- Rap goes mainstream : 1990-1999 -- The transformation of rhythm & blues.

Sommario/riassunto

Rhythm & blues emerged from the African American community in the late 1940's to become the driving force in American popular music over the next half-century. Although sometimes called ""doo-wop,"" ""soul,"" ""funk,"" ""urban contemporary,"" or ""hip-hop,"" R&B is actually an umbrella category that includes all of these styles and genres. It is in fact a modern-day incarnation of a musical tradition that stretches back to nineteenth-century America, and even further to African beginnings. The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950-1999 traces the development of R&B from 1950 to 1999