MUSI 2520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Staple Singers, Big Poppa, Johnnie Taylor
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Rhythm and blues: 12 bar blues- 12 measures of music, riff oriented- something playing over and over (ex. I feel good)- repetitive: solution to belop /complex jazz, transition out of swing as popular music, overt back beat, shuffle/triplet- 3 beats per beat. Songs: bebop: charlie parker, (cid:498)ko-ko(cid:499), (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:886)(cid:887, triplet in hip-hop: twista, (cid:498)talk to me(cid:499), category f(cid:887), (cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:882)(cid:891, blues in hip hop: twista, (cid:498)like a (cid:884)(cid:886)(cid:499), kamikaze, (cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:882)(cid:886) Key artists: chuck berry, james brown (early, little richard, fast domino, isley brothers (early) Memphis soul: produced in (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:888)(cid:882)"s-(cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:889)(cid:882)"s, characteristics of sounds, the instruments we use, william mitchel is the producer, all green is exactly a reflection of memphis soul. Stax records and hi records in memphis, tennessee. The ili records house band (hi rhythm section) and producer willi mitchell developed a surging soul style heard in the label"s (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:889)(cid:882)"s hit recordings. Some stax recordings fit into this style, but had their own unique style(cid:499). (cid:523)lecture slide)
