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Showing posts with label ACJ Music Academy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ACJ Music Academy. Show all posts
I uploaded my eleventh
music broadcast on “Spoon Radio.”
The theme of this week's broadcast
is the music of "India,"the birthplace of the ancient Indus
Civilizationand a historical trade route, among world music genres.
In this broadcast, I
introduced an overview of India, the characteristics of Hindustani musicand
Carnatic music, along with their representative instruments, and notable
singers from India.
You can listen to my
broadcast from the link below.
This week's lecture is “Musical
impact”, the 7th and last topic of “Blues”, which is a summary of the contents of “116. Blues: 7. Musical
impact” introduced on December 23rd, 2017.
The style, form, melody
of blues music and the blues scale have influenced many other genres of music,
such as rock and roll, jazz, and popular music. The blues scale is also
frequently used in popular songs like Harold Arlen's "Blues in the Night",
blues ballads such as "Since I Fell for You" and "Please Send Me
Someone to Love", and even in orchestral pieces such as George Gershwin's
"Rhapsody in Blue".
Harold Arlen
The blues scale can also be found in many places
in modern popular music, and the blues forms are used in the theme to teen idol
Fabian Forte's hit, "Turn Me Loose", country music star Jimmie
Rodgers' music and guitarist and vocalist Tracy Chapman's hit "Give Me One
Reason".
Fabian Forte
Jimmie Rodgers
Tracy Chapman
In the 1950s, soul
music by Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and James Brown used elements of gospel and
blues, and in the 1960s and 1970s gospel and blues were merged in soul blues
music. Funk music of the 1970s was influenced by soul, and funk can be seen as
a precursor to hip-hop and contemporary R&B, and R&B music can be
traced back to spirituals and blues.
Sam Cooke
Although the boundary
between blues and jazz wasn't clear before World War II, the jump blues of the
1940s mixed both styles. After World War II, blues had a significant influence
on jazz, and bebop classics such as Charlie Parker's "Now's the Time"
used the blues form.
Charlie Parker
Bebop brought a major
change in the role of jazz, from a popular music style for dancing to a high
art, less-accessible musician's music. As a result, the audience of both blues
and jazz split and the boundary between the two genres became clearer.
Blues
also had a major influence on rock and roll music, where "Hound Dog"
is a blues song adapted into a rock and roll song, and Jerry Lee Lewis' rock
and roll style was heavily influenced by the blues and its derivative
boogie-woogie.
Jerry Lee Lewis
Many early rock and
roll songs such as "That's All Right Mama", "Johnny B.
Goode", "Blue Suede Shoes", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin
On", "Shake, Rattle, and Roll", and "Long Tall Sally"
are based on blues.
The 12-bar blues structure is also found in novelty pop
songs such as Bob Dylan's "Obviously Five Believers" and Esther &
Abi Ofarim's "Cinderella Rockefella".
Bob Dylan
Esther & Abi Ofarim
Early country music was
infused with blues. Jimmie Rodgers, Moon Mullican, Bob Wills, Bill Monroe and
Hank Williams all described themselves as blues singers. In the 1970s, many of
"outlaw" country music by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings also
borrowed from the blues.
Willie Nelson
With the end of today's
lecture, “ACJ Music Academy” for over 3 years, started from the first lecture
of "Russian Romance" on June 15, 2019, will end. From the next time,
I will see you again with a new topic, “Interesting Music Stories,” introducing
the stories of music and musicians of various music genres. I would like to
express my sincere thanks to everyone who has watched my lectures with
interest.
This
week's lecture is “Since 1980s”, the 6th topic of “Blues”, which is a summary of the contents
of “115. Blues: 6. Since 1980s”
introduced on December 16th, 2017.
Since
the 1980s there has been a resurgence of interest in the blues among African-
Americans, particularly around Jackson, Mississippi, and other Deep South
regions.
Deep South, United States
Often referred to as "Soul blues" or "Southern
soul," the music at the center of this phenomenon had new life by
unexpected success of two recordings released by Jackson-based Malaco label,
such as Z. Z. Hill's “Down Home Blues (1982)” and Little Milton's “The Blues is
Alright (1984)”.
Malaco Records logo
Z. Z. Hill
Contemporary African-American musicians who make compositions
in this blues style include Bobby Rush, Denise LaSalle, Charles Jones, Bettye
LaVette, Marvin Sease, and Peggy Scott-Adams.
During
the 1980s, blues continued in both traditional and new forms, and Robert Cray
became a major blues artist with his 1986 album "Strong Persuader".
Texas-born guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan gained worldwide popularity with the
release of his debut album, "Texas Flood," in 1983, and John Lee
Hooker regained his popularity with his album "The Healer" in 1989.
Strong Persuader, Robert Cray (1986)
Texas Flood, Stevie Ray Vaughan (1983)
The Healer, John Lee Hooker (1989)
However,
since the 1990s, digital multitrack recording and other technological advances
and new marketing strategies including video clip production increased costs,
threatening improvisation, an important element of blues music.
In the 1980s
and 1990s, blues associations began to form in major cities in the United
States, outdoor blues festivals became more common, and more nightclubs and
venues for blues emerged.
Also
in the 1990s, previously largely ignored hill country blues gained some
recognition in both blues and alternative rock music scenes with
Mississippi-born musicians R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough.
R. L. Burnside
Blues
musicians explored various musical genres from the nominees of Blues Music
Awards, previously named W.C. Handy Awards, the Grammy Award for Best
Contemporary Blues Album and the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album,
and the Billboard Blues Album chart provides an overview of current blues hits.
Contemporary blues music has been bred by several blues labels such as
Alligator Records, Ruf Records, Severn Records, Chess Records, Delmark Records,
NorthernBlues Music, Fat Possum Records and Vanguard Records.
Chess Records logo
Some labels are
famous for rediscovering and remastering blues rarities, including Arhoolie
Records, Smithsonian Folkways, and Yazoo Records.
This
week's lecture is “1960s and 1970s”, the 5th topic of “Blues”, which is a summary of the contents
of “114. Blues: 5. 1960s and 1970s”introduced on December 6th (Wed), 2017.
Until
the early 1960s, genres influenced by African American music such as rock and
roll and soul were only a part of mainstream popular music. Although white
musicians such as the Rolling Stones and the Beatles introduced African
American music to new audiences, the blues wave, led by musicians such as Muddy
Waters, had stopped.
Blues musicians such as Big Bill Broonzy and Willie Dixon
began to find new markets in Europe, and Dick Waterman and the blues festivals
he organized in Europe played an important role in propagating blues music
abroad. British bands imitated legendary American blues players, and British
blues rock-based bands played an influential role throughout the 1960s.
Big Bill Broonzy
Blues
performers like John Lee Hooker continued to perform to audiences, mixing his
blues style with rock elements and playing with younger white musicians, and
Hooker created a musical style that can be heard on his 1971 album
"Endless Boogie".
Cover of John Lee Hooker's album, "Endless Boogie"
B. B. King's singing and guitar technique earned
him the title of "King of the Blues," and in contrast to the Chicago
style, King's band used strong brass instruments such as saxophone, trumpet and
trombone instead of using slide guitar or harp.
B.B. King
During this period, Freddie
King and Albert King had a major influence on those styles of music, playing
with rock and soul musicians such as Eric Clapton and Booker T & the MG’s.
Freddie King
The
Civil Rights Movement and Free Speech Movement in America revived interest in
American roots music and early African American music. Festivals such as the
Newport Folk Festival also brought traditional blues to a new audience, helping
to revive interest in prewar acoustic blues and performers such as Son House,
Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, and Reverend Gary Davis.
Son House
During
the 1960s, interest in the blues of white audiences was increased by the
Chicago-based Paul Butterfield Blues Band featuring guitarist Michael
Bloomfield and singer-songwriter Nick Gravenites, and the British Blues
movement.
Paul Butterfield
The British blues style was developed in the UK with musicians such
as the Animals, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, the Rolling
Stones, the Yardbirds, the Cream and the Irish musician Rory Gallagher, when
they performed classic blues songs from the Deltaor Chicago blues traditions.
The British and blues musicians of the early 1960s inspired many American
blues-rock fusion performers, including the Doors, Canned Heat, the early
Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Johnny Winter, The J. Geils Band, Ry Cooder,
and the Allman Brothers Band. One blues rock performer, Jimi Hendrix, was a
black man playing psychedelic rock, a rarity in his field at the time. Through
these musicians, blues music had a major impact on the development of rock
music.
Jimi Hendrix
In
the early 1970s, the Texas rock-blues style appeared, which used guitars in
both solo and rhythm roles. In contrast to the West Side blues, the Texas style
is strongly influenced by the British rock blues movement. Main musicians of
the Texas style are Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Fabulous
Thunderbirds, and ZZ Top.
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