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Jazz, Hip-Hop, Blues

America, the big melting pot, has always been				with it.Around the time of Napoleon,
influencing the music of the whole world. It				military bands increased in popularity
gave birth to many different styles and music
traditions. Jazz, Hip-Hop and Blues are the				and were all very well received by the
three most known and most popular traditions				French. This led to an
that also originated in the US.One of the
most famous of musical traditions is that of				increased importation of brass band
the Blues. It				instruments to all the French

has also been one of the most influential,				settlements, including those in New Orleans
paving the way for many				and other parts of

other new styles of music. Blues, a distinct				America. Creoles ("mixed breeds"- usually
style of music, began to				part black, part French and

emerge around the 1860's. After the civil				sometimes part Indian) who were usually
war, the newly freed				well-educated freemen became

Afro-American people were presented with a				infatuated with these instruments and the
new difficulty. They had				sounds that they could make.

been removed from the lives that they had				The migrating Southern Afro-Americans soon
previously known and thrown				caught on to these new

into a new life, a life of segregation and				instruments as they socialised with the
contempt. The American				Creoles on their journey

culture could no longer condone the use of				North. Incorporating the sounds of blues and
slavery, but it was not				the same non-western

ready to accept the new free men and women				syncopated rhythms that had been brought
into their society either.				from Africa, a new breed of

Many had to travel the country in search of				music began to grow. It was simply a
work. These people were				variation of traditional marching

mostly men and those of whom music appealed				band music, but it began to change as blues
to most took up				became more and more

instruments such as the guitar and harmonica				prevalent. First Ragtime, and then Jass, or
because these instruments				Jazz.From New Orleans, jazz moved up river
				with the Black Americans
were cheap and easy to travel with. It was
in this setting of a sense				travelling North, and in the house parties
				of the 20's and 30's it
of deep segregation that the blues was
born.The distinction that made Blues so				gained momentum. Where the Blues was the
different from other music was it's				"devil's music" to many of

clear roots from the work song of the olden				the black middle class, Jazz was acceptable.
days. The early blues				"Black music" was

artists and even the later Jazz musicians				extremely popular in the clubs and parties
used their instruments as				of the 20's. Jazz also made

extensions of their voice. The rhythms that				it possible for Afro-American music to be
they made were in the same				imitated for the first time

non-syncopated form as the work song had				by white musicians, which was a sign of
been and the sounds were				things to come. The broad

meant to mimic the human voice. It was in				emotional meaning of the genre allowed such
this way that the blues				cross-cultural

became even more significant and even more				developments without being 'watered down'.
successful in their effort				Free Jazz and Hard Bop were

to convey emotion.Travelling Blues shows,				all examples of the experimentation the
Minstrelsies, began to tour the country. As a				musicians of the time were

result, Blues began to be heard everywhere,				making to elevate the sound. It became more
and it began to influence				and more popular and as

more and more people. It was still primarily				time went on more and more musicians began
black music listened to				to try new ideas with Jazz,

by black people, but that soon began to				increasing its popularity along the way.
change.The first seeds in the roots of Jazz				Jazz is still popular today,
music were sewn in the early
				and exists in many different forms and
1900's around 1914 when Afro-Americans began				styles e.g. Be Bop, Hard Bop,
to migrate north. There
				Free Jazz, Modern Jazz, Avant Garde, Swing,
were a number of reasons for this; many				Fusion and Latin Jazz.The third and final
blacks were attracted by the				American musical tradition is Hip-Hop/Rap
				music.
opportunity of good jobs and a better and
freer life in the North;				Hip-Hop/Rap came into being around about
				1978. Rock n' Roll music was
while others simply sought to flee the
poverty, slavery, and				extremely popular and was very much a part
				of American culture, but it
segregation of the South. The American dream
was drawing these				had long lost its Afro-American association
				and the Blacks were eager
particular Americans forth much as it did
with the early pioneers of				for another style of music to call their
				own. Funk's sound and rhythms
the west. Up the river went the new Blues
and a new kind of music went				did not evolve into Hip Hop, but it did set
				the ball rolling.

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