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Jazz, Hip-Hop, Blues

America, the big melting pot, has always Blues and a new kind of music went
been influencing the music of the whole with it.Around the time of Napoleon,
world. It gave birth to many different military bands increased in popularity
styles and music traditions. Jazz, and were all very well received by the
Hip-Hop and Blues are the three most French. This led to an
known and most popular traditions that increased importation of brass band
also originated in the US.One of the most instruments to all the French
famous of musical traditions is that of settlements, including those in New
the Blues. It Orleans and other parts of
has also been one of the most America. Creoles ("mixed breeds"-
influential, paving the way for many usually part black, part French and
other new styles of music. Blues, a sometimes part Indian) who were usually
distinct style of music, began to well-educated freemen became
emerge around the 1860's. After the infatuated with these instruments and
civil war, the newly freed the sounds that they could make.
Afro-American people were presented with The migrating Southern Afro-Americans
a new difficulty. They had soon caught on to these new
been removed from the lives that they instruments as they socialised with the
had previously known and thrown Creoles on their journey
into a new life, a life of segregation North. Incorporating the sounds of blues
and contempt. The American and the same non-western
culture could no longer condone the use syncopated rhythms that had been brought
of slavery, but it was not from Africa, a new breed of
ready to accept the new free men and music began to grow. It was simply a
women into their society either. variation of traditional marching
Many had to travel the country in search band music, but it began to change as
of work. These people were blues became more and more
mostly men and those of whom music prevalent. First Ragtime, and then Jass,
appealed to most took up or Jazz.From New Orleans, jazz moved up
instruments such as the guitar and river with the Black Americans
harmonica because these instruments travelling North, and in the house
were cheap and easy to travel with. It parties of the 20's and 30's it
was in this setting of a sense gained momentum. Where the Blues was the
of deep segregation that the blues was "devil's music" to many of
born.The distinction that made Blues so the black middle class, Jazz was
different from other music was it's acceptable. "Black music" was
clear roots from the work song of the extremely popular in the clubs and
olden days. The early blues parties of the 20's. Jazz also made
artists and even the later Jazz it possible for Afro-American music to
musicians used their instruments as be imitated for the first time
extensions of their voice. The rhythms by white musicians, which was a sign of
that they made were in the same things to come. The broad
non-syncopated form as the work song had emotional meaning of the genre allowed
been and the sounds were such cross-cultural
meant to mimic the human voice. It was developments without being 'watered
in this way that the blues down'. Free Jazz and Hard Bop were
became even more significant and even all examples of the experimentation the
more successful in their effort musicians of the time were
to convey emotion.Travelling Blues making to elevate the sound. It became
shows, Minstrelsies, began to tour the more and more popular and as
country. As a time went on more and more musicians
result, Blues began to be heard began to try new ideas with Jazz,
everywhere, and it began to influence increasing its popularity along the way.
more and more people. It was still Jazz is still popular today,
primarily black music listened to and exists in many different forms and
by black people, but that soon began to styles e.g. Be Bop, Hard Bop,
change.The first seeds in the roots of Free Jazz, Modern Jazz, Avant Garde,
Jazz music were sewn in the early Swing, Fusion and Latin Jazz.The third
1900's around 1914 when Afro-Americans and final American musical tradition is
began to migrate north. There Hip-Hop/Rap music.
were a number of reasons for this; many Hip-Hop/Rap came into being around about
blacks were attracted by the 1978. Rock n' Roll music was
opportunity of good jobs and a better extremely popular and was very much a
and freer life in the North; part of American culture, but it
while others simply sought to flee the had long lost its Afro-American
poverty, slavery, and association and the Blacks were eager
segregation of the South. The American for another style of music to call their
dream was drawing these own. Funk's sound and rhythms
particular Americans forth much as it did not evolve into Hip Hop, but it did
did with the early pioneers of set the ball rolling.
the west. Up the river went the new




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