HIUS 3490 From Motown to Hip-Hop Exam #1, Key Terms
"Fingertips, Part 2"
"The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie" Album released in 1962 by Stevie wonder
Aretha Franklin
"The Queen of Soul," she began singing gospel music at an early age and had several hit records with Atlantic, including "Respect" in 1967 and "Think" in 1968.
Charles Hughes
"The memphis sound was a musica; disticnition designed to separate Stax recordings -- and others produced in the south -- from their counterparts at northern based labels like motown" Wrote "Country Soul"
D'Angelo
#BlackLivesMatter, the most high-profile grassroots black liberation movement in more than two decades to emerge on the national scene Black Messiah by D'Angelo was the first major album directly linked to the movement Many Lawnies had put lyrics to D'Angelo's "The Charade" song from his album "Black Messiah" Conveyed their frustration with administration but also conveyed their hope after Martese Johnson's attack
Frederick Douglass
(1817-1895) American abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became a leading African American spokesman and writer. He published his biography, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and founded the abolitionist newspaper, the North Star. Frederick Douglass goes deeper into the meaning of the spirituals. He addresses the idea that the slaves were the most contented and happy laborers in the world because of their dancing and singing The dancing and singing represented their sorrows, rather than their joys. They were like tears, which were relief to aching hearts.
Al Bell
- 1965 he was hired to be Stax's sales manager, but he eventually became a partner -He was one of the most important black music executives in the country. -Eventually drove Stax into bankruptcy
Suzanne Smith's 10 arguments
1. The Motown Record Company was a product of and an agent within a unique and distinctively urban cultural formation. 2. Exploring Motown's formation in Detroit reveals how the development of a strong black urban community created unique opportunities for the development of an independent black commercial culture and how this independent commercial culture then participated in the larger struggle for racial equality. 3. Music, particularly music created in Detroit's black community during the 1960s, could rarely, if ever, transcend the politically and racially charge environment in which it was produced or on the stage it was produced. 4. Music in Detroit's black community constituted daily life rather than acted as a diversion from it. 5. Motown emerged from a city that was known not for racial harmony and civic peace but rather for chronic patterns of racial discrimination that often led to violent disorder. 6. A tangible sense of place characterized the record company from its founding in 1959. 7. Motown's music which sold to white audiences completely transformed popular ideas about what black music was or could do. 8. The meaning of the Motown sound during the Civil Rights era cannot be separated from Motown's other identities as a successful black business and an independent producer of black culture. 9. By the late 1960s, Motown Records offered once example of how black Capitalism in practice did not always guarantee racial, social or economic justice for black Americans. 10. The political climate at Motown record was highly variable.
Martin Luther King
1929-1968. Pivotal leader of the American Civil Rights movement. Non-violent leader, became youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his efforts to end segregation and racial discrimination. Led Montgomery Bus Boycott, helped found Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and led March on Washington in 1963 where he delivered "I have a Dream" speech.
Little Girl Blue
1958 - released her debut album Little Girl Blue Featured three songs that would become her signature songs: Mood Indigo I loves you Porgy My baby just cares for me
"Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair"
1959 song by Nina Simone R&B/Soul
1st and 2nd phase of Stax History
1960-1967 Interracial cooperation and harmony Musical aspects mirrored the developments in civil rights movement 1967 -- Ottis Redding died in plane crash Peter Guralnick is interested in this period 1968-1974 Upon Redding's death the owners of Stax raeliEd they did not own any of their masters so they had to start over Black power phase Al Bell came in as president of Stax Issac Hayes' "Hot Buttered Soul" Issac Hayes known as Black Moses The Staples Singers "I'll take you there" Richard Pryor "That N*****'s Crazy"
Marvelettes' "Mr. Postman"
1961 song released in "Please Mr. Postman" album by the Marvelette's
Live at Birdland
1964 John Coltrane album
"Old Jim Crow"
1964 song by Nina Simone jazz song
Aretha Now
1968 album influence by MLK
Young Gifted and Black
1972 album contained rock steady
W.E.B. Dubois
1st black to earn Ph.D. from Harvard, encouraged blacks to resist systems of segregation and discrimination, helped create NAACP in 1910 Referred to the spirituals as the greatest gift to american history from african americans Established a tradition and understanding of african american music criticism that would be follow by Langston Hughes and other musicians like him
Malcolm Cecil
A British jazz bassist and grammy award winning record producer. He joined Robert Margouleff to form the duo TONTO's Expanding Head Band, a project based around a unique combination of synthesizers which led to them collaborating on and co-producing several of Stevie Wonder's Grammy-winning albums of the early 70s.
Stevie Wonder
A child prodigy, he is considered to be one of the most critically and commercially successful musical performers of the late 20th century. "Fingertips"-1963
Soul Music
A combination of the intensity of African American gospel with popular R&B styles, exemplified in the late 1960s recordings of Aretha Franklin and James Brown. Three architects of soul music Ray Charles James Brown - "Godfather of soul" Sam Cooke - "The Man Who Invented Soul" Form of urban black popular music and derived from the rhythm and blues of the 50s that crystallized in the late 60s and peaked in the mid 70s Its distinctive sound is characterized by the incorporation of the rhythms, musical and formal structures and vocal stylings of black gospel It didn't just appear, it was developed Marriage of R&B and Gospel
Soul Music
A combination of the intensity of African American gospel with popular R&B styles, exemplified in the late 1960s recordings of Aretha Franklin and James Brown.Three architects of soul musicRay CharlesJames Brown - "Godfather of soul"Sam Cooke - "The Man Who Invented Soul"Form of urban black popular music and derived from the rhythm and blues of the 50s that crystallized in the late 60s and peaked in the mid 70sIts distinctive sound is characterized by the incorporation of the rhythms, musical and formal structures and vocal stylings of black gospelIt didn't just appear, it was developedMarriage of R&B and Gospel
The Lord Will Make a Way
AL Green 1980 album
Robert Christgau
According to Robert Christgau, "Modern Sounds in Country and Western" "transfigured pop, prefigured soul, and defined modern country and western music."
Robert Christgau
According to Robert Christgau, "Modern Sounds in Country and Western" "transfigured pop, prefigured soul, and defined modern country and western music."
Modern Sounds in Country and Western (1962)
According to Robert Christgau, this album " transfigured pop, prefigured soul, and defined modern country and western music."
Ida B. Wells
African American journalist. published statistics about lynching, urged African Americans to protest by refusing to ride streetcards or shop in white owned stores
Craig Werner
African american music is characterized by three impulses, blues, jazz, and gospel Gospel permeates all genres of african american music Three step Acknowledge the burden Bear witness Find redemption Musicians in the gospel impulse response by bearing witness to the troubles they've seen Jazz is innovation Individual voice Music never played the same way once Three levels Individual Member of community Keeper of the tradition Author of "A change is gonna come"
Ralph Ellison
African-American writer who explored the theme of the lonely individual imprisoned in privacy. The blues represent the philosophy of life Not something one can change but something you have to deal with Reaffirms the value of life "invisible man" was a book in which He puts hip hop in conversation with a novel considered one of the greatest novels in american history "Native son, speaking in native tongue" Referencing a deeper tradition
Belle
Al Green 1972 album
I'm Still in Love With You
Al Green 1972 album
Let's Stay Together
Al Green 1972 album
Call Me
Al Green album 1873
I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
Album released in 1967. Instant hit crowned her as the Queen of Soul Contained respect and Dr. Feelgood
Curtis
Album released in 1970 through RCA by Curtis Mayfield
Giant Steps
Album released through Atlantic Records by John Coltrane in 1960
Little Richard
An African American rock-n-roll singer and recorded hit songs in the 50's including Tutti Fruiti - jimi hendrix was influenced by him
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin album for 1968 Contains Chain of Fools and Natural Woman
Intertextuality
Artists often recall from their youth and call back to their origins Black musicians constantly in conversation with each other. Sampling is not stealing, it is intertextuality Ways in which artists borrow from those who came before them Through sampling they can connect us to the past, the issues and the people who came before them. There is an expectation that comes from being a part of this musical tradition and lineage You have to acknowledge those who came before you, those who shaped you and those who paved the way for you
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" is considered by many as the greatest protest song of all time Recorded in 1939 Frank Sinatra said that every major pop singer in the US during her generation has been touched in some way by her genius Also known as Lady Day She is one of the most influential singers in pop music history Frank Sinatra called her his single musical inspiration Written by Abel Meeropol, jewish school teacher Critics Jerry Wexler From Atlantic Records Pushed the name R&B instead of black records The song had too much of an agenda according to him
Isaac Hayes
Black Moses Hot buttered soul -- album
"Mississippi *******"
Bomb hits 16th street baptist church in Birmingham killing 4 school-age girls: Addie Mae Collins; Cynthia Wesley; Carole Robertson; Carol Denise McNair Inspired Nina Simone to write "Mississippi Goddam"
"Strange Fruit"
Book by David Margolick where he talks about the origin of the song/poem Abel Meeropol wrote a poem by the same title under the name Lewis Allan and later gave to Billie to sing Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" is considered by many as the greatest protest song of all time Recorded in 1939
Otis Redding
Born in makin, dawton, GA "Try a Little Tenderness" Stax records (signed in 62)
1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Black Lives Matter
Civil rights movement sparked by a series of incidents of police brutality and lethal force against people of color. started a musical revolution #BlackLivesMatter, the most high-profile grassroots black liberation movement in more than two decades to emerge on the national scene Black Messiah by D'Angelo was the first major album directly linked to the movement
Clara Ward
Clara Mae Ward was an American gospel artist who achieved great artistic and commercial success during the 1940s and 1950s, as leader of The Famous Ward Singers Friend of Aretha
The Temptations
Classic Five: David Ruffin, Paul and Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Eddie KendricksDavid Ruffin (Lead singer)Dennis Edwards (Replaced David Ruffin)Hits include "Ball of Confusion", "My Girl (1965)"
Nina Simone
Commitment to civil rights struggle and black power movement could never be questioned Assailed the arrogance of white privilege, shunned the politics of apathy and constantly reminded listeners of the transformative power of self love and respect Vibrating truths that transcended geographical boundaries, provided a soundtrack for a global, pan african movement for social justice From North Caroline Her ,music verbalized pains and longings frequently relegated to the private realm only firmly rooted artist with a deep love of self and community would dare buck the system by saying "no" to a money making industry in which the powers-that-be frequently admonished folks of dark hue to leave politics alone "Feeling good" "Mississippi *******" "Old Jim Crow" 1959 - released Little Girl Blue
Michael Eric Dyson
Critic of marvins Gaye (mercy mercy me) - made arguments that he still sung w political tinge after what's going on
The Impressions
Curtis Mayfield was a member "For your precious love" 1958 - first big hit "It's alright" "Gypsy woman" "Woman got soul" "Keep on pushing" Part of the 1964 period Captured spirit and ethos of the civil rights movement "Amen" Part of the 1964 period Captured spirit and ethos of the civil rights movement "People get ready" Part of the 1964 period Captured spirit and ethos of the civil rights movement
DRUM
Dodge Main Plant formed the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM) and was meant to be the voice of black auto workers who felt that the United Auto Workers (UAW) was not voicing their needs They staged a picket line on July 12 1968
Feedback
Feedback became for hendrix a means of expanding the instrument's sustaining capacity as a violinist does with her bow or a horn player with her breathing
SAR Records
Founded by Sam Cooke, It showed his commitment to the black culture and people he found with Soul Stirrers manager Roy Crain and gospel singer JW Alexander of the Pilgrim Travelers
SAR Records
Founded by Sam Cooke, It showed his commitment to the black culture and peoplehe found with Soul Stirrers manager Roy Crain and gospel singer JW Alexander of the Pilgrim Travelers
Gospel
Gospel permeates all genres of african american music Three step Acknowledge the burden Bear witness Find redemption Musicians in the gospel impulse response by bearing witness to the troubles they've seen Helps people experience themselves in relation to rather than on their own Makes the feeling of human separateness which is what the blues are all about, bearable The gospel impulse found its strongest american voice in the gospel churches, mostly poor and almost entirely black
Gospel
Gospel permeates all genres of african american musicThree stepAcknowledge the burdenBear witnessFind redemptionMusicians in the gospel impulse response by bearing witness to the troubles they've seenHelps people experience themselves in relation to rather than on their ownMakes the feeling of human separateness which is what the blues are all about, bearableThe gospel impulse found its strongest american voice in the gospel churches, mostly poor and almost entirely black
the jazz impulse
Grover Washington Jr, is the unsung pioneer of the smooth jazz sound Individual voice Music never played the same way once Three levels: Individual, Member of community, Keeper of the tradition
Louis Jordan
Heavily influenced Ray Charles Also influenced James Brown Had been a groundbreaking black artist in the 40s but had vanished into obscurity by the 50s
Louis Jordan
Heavily influenced Ray CharlesAlso influenced James BrownHad been a groundbreaking black artist in the 40s but had vanished into obscurity by the 50s
ARP synthesizer
Heavily used instrument by Wonder
4 Major reasons Sam Cooke was Important
Helped build the foundation of soul music Revolutionized black pop singing Provided a model of cross-over success Exercised a great deal of economic control over his art
4 Major Sam Cooke was Important
Helped build the foundation of soul musicRevolutionized black pop singingProvided a model of cross-over successExercised a great deal of economic control over his art
David Margolick
His book strange fruit looked at the song/poem and its effects on the world One of the most persistent political themes in african american music, from the blues songs of the first half of the 20th century to the radical anthems of the hip hop era has been the hyper and excessive policing of the african american body politic. Especially within the popular music industry african american performers have been long concerned with the whie supremacist logics and practices undergirding the US criminal justice systems
Superfly
In album "Curtis|Live!" and released in 1971 reached number 2 in Top Twenty Represented a chance to communicate the realities of urban life to a large audience Based on movie of the same name
PK German
In the days before the University Programs Council, it fell to a small group of students known as PK German to bring the big name rock acts to town
Al Green Gets Next To You
Inspired by the Temptations 1971
Motown
Integration meant power Crossing over into the white market Complicated company Well oiled machine that worked for many but was troublesome for other artists Founded in 59 and incorporated in 1960 Formative years 1960-1963 Some big hits every once in a while 1959 - "Money" big hit 1961 - "Please Mr Postman" 1962 - "Do you love me" Cross-over period 1964-1966 "My girl" The supremes battle with the beetles for chart dominance Motown dominates the pop charts Expansion Period 1967-1972 1972 - company leaves detroit for LA 1969 - Jackson 5 are signed Post-Detroit Phase post-1972 New folks and sounds
Sly and the Family Stone
Issues with lateness and no shows were common Revolutionary in terms of sound, lyrics, and fashion Black and white players women and men Made music no one had ever heard before Racial and gender mixed in band Evolved funk
"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"
James Brown 1965 Funk
"Say It Loud"
James Brown Funk
"Night Train"
James Brown & The Famous Flames
Boston
James Brown thought it was best to still have show that year to divert people from the streets during riots in 1968. The Night James Brown saved _____
The JBs
James Brown's band Alfred "Pee Wee" Elilis Fred Wesley Maceo Parker Jimmy "Chank" Nolen Alphonso "Country" Kellum "Sweet Charles" Sherrell Bernard Odum John "Jabo" Starks - Drummer Clyde Stubbefield - Drummer The JBs Used to be called the Pacesetters William "Bootsy" Collins "Catfish" Collins
"Cold Sweat"
James Brown, 1967
James Cleveland
James Edward Cleveland was an American gospel singer, musician, and composer. Known as the King of Gospel music, Cleveland was a driving force behind the creation of the modern gospel sound by incorporating traditional black gospel, soul, pop, and jazz in arrangements for mass choirs. Influenced Aretha
"Night Train"
James brown & the famous flames
Axis Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix album 1967
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix album 1968 He lets the world know his mastery of every style of modern guitar playing and songwriting --jazz, blues, and country, soul, rock-- and the inventive variations and expansions he could wring from them all.
Seattle
Jimi Hendrix was born here
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane 1965 album
Kalamu ya Salaam
Kalamu ya Salaam is an American poet, author, filmmaker, and teacher from the 9th Ward of New Orleans. A well-known activist and social critic, Salaam has spoken out on a number of racial and human rights issues. For years he did radio shows on WWOZ. Wrote about Nina Simone
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar's Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst calling back to Grant Green's Maybe Tomorrow Lamar touches on the idea of wanting to be remembered He wants to have felt like he has made some kind of change or connection with someone else You think about the past moment and the emotions connected to it from Grant Green's song
Bootsy Collins
Key JB band member Bass player who revolutionized funk bass playing
Slap Bass
Larry Graham's slap bass sound would be essential in shaping the sound of funk technique in which the bass player percussively hits the low strings of the instrument while picking melodies on the higher ones
"Please, Please, Please"
Made by James Brown and the Famous Flames Their first record "please, please, please" recorded as a demo in a radio station was released nationally bby Cincinnati based King records under the name James Brown and the Famous Flames This launched his career in 1955
"Please, Please, Please"
Made by James Brown and the Famous FlamesTheir first record "please, please, please" recorded as a demo in a radio station was released nationally bby Cincinnati based King records under the name James Brown and the Famous FlamesThis launched his career in 1955
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye 1971
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye 1973
I Want You
Marvin Gaye 1975
Stax Records
Memphis record label and studio that was the production center of Memphis Soul and Funk. Atlantic Records still owns the rights to most of the music produced from 1959-1968. started by Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Mitch mitchell -- Drummer Noel Redding -- Bass Jimi Hendrix
The Supremes
Most popular Motown group in the 1960's Diana RossFlorence BallardMary Wilson
Detroit
Motown emerged from a city that was not known for racial harmony and civic peace and instead for chronic patterns of racial discirmination that often led to violent civil disorder In response, the black community forged a place for itself using every means possible, this produced Mottown but also a host of cultural, economic, political, religious, and historical institutions
Great March to Freedom
Motown produced The Great March to Freedom in 1963, the first spoken-word recording which preserved MLK's speech and demonstration in detroit june 23 1962 Also produced the Black Forum label
"I Got A Woman"
One of the foundational songs of the soul tradition released in 1954 by Ray Charles
"This Little Girl of Mine"
One of the foundational songs of the soul tradition released in 1955 by Ray Charles
"What I'd Say"
One of the foundational songs of the soul tradition released in 1959 by Ray Charles
"I Got A Woman"
One of the foundational songs of the soul tradition released in 1954 by Ray Charles
"This Little Girl of Mine"
One of the foundational songs of the soul tradition released in 1955 by Ray Charles
"What I'd Say"
One of the foundational songs of the soul tradition released in 1959 by Ray Charles
"Respect"
Otis Redding original, Aretha took it and made it hers
"I've Been Loving You"
Otis Redding's first number 1 hit
OutKast
OutKast, American rap duo, formed in 1992, that put Atlanta on the hip-hop map in the 1990s and redefined the G-Funk (a variation of gangsta rap) and Dirty South (often profane form of hip-hop that emerged in the U.S. South) music styles with their strong melodies, intricate lyrics, and positive messages.
"Keep on Pushing"
Part of the 1964 period Captured spirit and ethos of the civil rights movement
"People Get Ready"
Part of the 1964 period Captured spirit and ethos of the civil rights movement
ABC Records
Ray Charles left Atlantic Records for ABC Records in 1960 and released "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music" which was a huge album
Atlantic Records
Ray Charles signed with Atlantic records in 1952 until 1960 when he left it for ABC Records He realized his first hit "baby let me hold your hand"
Atlantic Records
Ray Charles signed with Atlantic records in 1952 until 1960 when he left it for ABC RecordsHe realized his first hit "baby let me hold your hand"
"Lovable"
Released by Sam Cooke in 1956 Was an attempt to step into the secular music genre Rip off of "He's so Wonderful" also released by him and the Soul Stirrers
"Lovable"
Released by Sam Cooke in 1956Was an attempt to step into the secular music genreRip off of "He's so Wonderful" also released by him and the Soul Stirrers
Curtis Mayfield
Released hits between 1968 and 1971 We're a winner We're rolling on This is my country Choice of colors If there's a hell below we're all going to go immersed in black power and civil right movements people get ready amen
C.L. Franklin
Reverend, New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit
Soul Stirrers
Sam Cooke joined them and replaced the lead singer RH Harris he found his voice with them Released "Wonderful" with them which was a hit within the gospel community
Soul Stirrers
Sam Cooke joined them and replaced the lead singer RH Harrishe found his voice with themReleased "Wonderful" with them which was a hit within the gospel community
Chicago
Sam Cooke was raised here and got a firsthand look at the transient from Southern to north forms of African American culture
University of Virginia
Sly and the Family Stone came to play to JPJ in 1973
"Four Women"
Song about four different women. Aunt Sara was the slave; Safronia was the light-skinned rape baby; Sweet Thing was a prostitute who sold her body; Peaches was a bitter African American woman who was fed up with oppression, suffering, and rage
"Alabama"
Song by John Coltrane in the album Live at Birdland inspired by the 16th street church bombing that killed four girls: Addie Mae Collins; Cynthia Wesley; Carole Robertson; Carol Denise McNair
Sam and Dave
Soul Man (67) Hold on I'm comin Switched over from Atlantic to stax
Maceo Parker
Soul Sax long time saxophonist in James Brown band
Richard Pryor
Stax comedian "That N*****'s Crazy"
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder 1972 important in disability studies first cover without glasses played clavinet (Superstition, you and I, big bro)
Innervisions
Stevie album 1973 Social critiques "Living for the city" Migration narrative
Fulfillingness First Finale
Stevie album, Him being grateful for life bc of previous car crash
Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie album, 76 - said to b blueprint for future music
Sixteenth Street Church Bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963 killed Addie Mae Collins; Cynthia Wesley; Carole Robertson; Carol Denise McNair
Are You Experienced
The Jimi Hendrix Experience debut album 1966
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone"
The Temptations, 1972
Jimi Hendrix
The most original, inventive, and influential guitarist of the rock era, and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Live at the Apollo
This album established James Brown as a soul innovator Live album released in 1963
Live at the Apollo
This album established James Brown as a soul innovatorLive album released in 1963
"I Can't Stop Loving You"
This song was certified gold. Released by ray Charles through ABC Records
"I Can't Stop Loving You"
This song was certified gold. Release by ray Charles through ABC Records
Hitsville USA
This was a nickname for the early Motown headquarters, located at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan
the gospel impulse
Three step: Acknowledge the burden, Bear witness, Find redemption. Musicians in the gospel impulse response by bearing witness to the troubles they've seen Helps people experience themselves in relation to rather than on their own Makes the feeling of human separateness which is what the blues are all about, bearable It half-remembers the values brought to the new world by the men and women uprooted from West Sfrican cultures: the connection between spiritual and material worlds; the interdependence of self and community; the honoring of the elders and the ancestors; the recognition of the ever changing flow of experience that renders all absolute ideologies meaningless The gospel impulse found its strongest american voice in the gospel churches, mostly poor and almost entirely black
Daphne Brooks
We are experiencing a new golden age of black protest music ***Black protest music should sting and burn, be hard to digest for some, leave an aftertaste for others, make us feel more rather than less - whether it's hate or love - make us recognise our conflicted passions, and the contradictions of our strange, post-civil rights and post-black power movement lives.*** Professor of african american studies, ethnomusicology at Yale University
Holland-Dozier-Holland
Were the key writing team for Motown. Their hits included "Come See About Me," "Baby Love", "Stop in the Name of Love," "Heatwave," etc. (Responsible for Supreme's first 3 hits)
Berry Gordy
Worked at Ford factory in Detroit. Smokey Robinson suggested to Berry about get himself a record label. Created Motown from an $800 loan from family.
Peter Guralnick
Writer who compared Motown to stay
James McBride
Wrote kill 'em and leave the book was in part about James Brown and how he chased the story of James Brown in an effort to write about his life, something that had been really hard for many journalists
James McBride
Wrote kill 'em and leavethe book was in part about James Brown and how he chased the story of James Brown in an effort to write about his life, something that had been really hard for many journalists
the blues impulse
a) Fingering the jagged grain of your brutal experience b) Finding a near-tragic, near-comic voice to express that experience c) Reaffirming your existence impulse to keep the painful details and episodes of a brutal experience alive in one's acting consciousness, to finger its jagged grain, and to transcend it, not by the consolation of philosophy
Nina Simone In Concert
album by Nina Simone Series of 3 live concerts made at Carnegie Hall, New York 1964
Otis Blue
album was a melding of all the nuances of music during that time, 65
Sly Stone
architect of funk known for blending jazz, soul music, San Francisco psychedelia, and the socially engaged lyrics of folk rock.
Amazing Grace
arehta album 72
Spirit in the Dark
aretha (70) album Includes bb king's "the thrill is gone"
Larry Graham
bass player for Sly and the Family Stone Larry Graham's slap bass sound would be essential in shaping the sound of funk
Charlottesville, Virginia
city where city strikes wre happening about the same message marvin gaye's "whats going on" was about (1970)
The Chitlin Circuit
collective name given to a number of performance venues throughout the eastern and southern United States that catered to African American artists and audiences during the period of racial segregation - where Jimi Hendrix performed b4 going to London
Greil Marcus
critic of sly stone (mystery train)
The Isley Brothers
group jimi hendrix played backup for
Al Green
he Deepens Memphis sound, but with a predominately black band Switch to the gospel that enabled him to stay in southern soul tradition - soul adlibs with sensual notes
Marvin Gaye
helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of hits, including "Ain't That Peculiar", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", and duet recordings with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Diana Ross and Tammi Terrell, later earning the titles "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul".
Funk
is the urban form of dance, party music emerging in late 60s. Not limited to one style. Themes of party, romance, political/social commentary, and social relationships. Emphasis on the rhythm Takes black pop to another level, and borrows elements from wide range of genres
Beyonce
mentioned in Brooks' #BlackLivesMatter started a musical revolution Beyoncé's is a different kind of protest pop than that of either D'Angelo or Lamar. Hers is the most elaborate and aesthetically innovative of the three in that it calls on audiences to passionately engage and grapple with pop spectacle
R&B
music of the African American emphasizing rhythm and blues marriage of R&B to gospel led to soul
R&B
music of the African American emphasizing rhythm and bluesmarriage of R&B to gospel led to soul
James Brown
one of the aquitects of soul "please, please, please" "try me" "Say it loud, im black and im proud!"
James Brown
one of the aquitects of soul"please, please, please""try me""Say it loud, im black and im proud!"
Sam Cooke
one of the architects of the soul movement 1953 was the night that Sam Cooke discovered his voice He died from gunshots in a south central los angeles motel in december 1964 He marked the paths available to singers trying to bring the gospel impulse into the interracional marketplace He had begun his career in gospel during the formative years of the freedom movement Recorded hits such as "Jesus Give Me Water," "Cupid," "Wonderful World," and "You Send me" "a change is gonna come"
Sam Cooke
one of the architects of the soul movement1953 was the night that Sam Cooke discovered his voiceHe died from gunshots in a south central los angeles motel in december 1964He marked the paths available to singers trying to bring the gospel impulse into the interracional marketplaceHe had begun his career in gospel during the formative years of the freedom movementRecorded hits such as "Jesus Give Me Water," "Cupid," "Wonderful World," and "You Send me""a change is gonna come"
Booker T. and the MGS
one of the first racially integrated rock acts, this group was the core group of studio musicians for Stax Records and also played the backup band in the Blues Brothers movie. "Green Onions"
"Try Me"
one of the foundational songs in the soul tradition made by James Brown in 1958
"Try Me"
one of the foundational songs in the soul traditionmade by James Brown in 1958
Ray Charles
one of the three architects of soul Released "I got a woman" "this little girl of mine" "what'd I say" Mixed R&B sounds, Jazz and Gospel music "This little light of mine" "come back" "what would i do without you" Robert Christgau wrote "Charles was a titan. His intelligence, vitality, and will were heroic, his phenomenal musicality was intensified by his enforced intimacy with the world of sound, and his spiritual resources defied comprehension. His father a no-show, how mother so frail she died when he was 15, he witnessed the playtime death of his beloved younger brother at 5, just in time to be blinded by undiagnosed glaucoma" Marker but not defined by the blues
Ray Charles
one of the three architects of soulReleased "I got a woman" "this little girl of mine" "what'd I say"Mixed R&B sounds, Jazz and Gospel music"This little light of mine" "come back" "what would i do without you"Robert Christgau wrote"Charles was a titan. His intelligence, vitality, and will were heroic, his phenomenal musicality was intensified by his enforced intimacy with the world of sound, and his spiritual resources defied comprehension. His father a no-show, how mother so frail she died when he was 15, he witnessed the playtime death of his beloved younger brother at 5, just in time to be blinded by undiagnosed glaucoma"Marker but not defined by the blues
John Coltrane
one of the three figures who changed the jazz genre played the saxophone Live at the Village Vanguard 1964 Live at Birdland
Dictionary of Soul
otis album, 66 top of r&b charts - try a little tenderness
"You Send Me"
over a million sales released 1957 by Sam Cooke one of the foundational songs in the soul tradition
"You Send Me"
over a million sales released 1957by Sam Cookeone of the foundational songs in the soul tradition
Staple Singers
part of Stax sung "ill take you there" Lead singer was Mavis Staples
Robert "Bob" Margouleff
producer Most noted for his work with electronic music synthesizer programming for Stevie Wonder (beginning in the 1970s) for award-winning albums including Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale
Columbia Records
record company aretha gets signed to in 1960, where she gets training (queen in waiting)
"Wonderful"
released by the Soul Stirrers in 1959
"Wonderful"
released by the soul stirrers in 1959
There Is a Riot Goin' On
sly and family stone album 71 Captures the frustration of a post-civil rights/king era
Stand
sly, 69 big hit album - everyday people
Memphis
stay was founded where Aretha was born theres a sound created by stax distinctive of this place
Craig Werner
talked about Curtis Mayfield, Black Power, Black Women's liberation in his book "Higher Ground" Also wrote "A Change is Gonna Come"
Smokey Robinson
the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer. Robinson led the group from its 1955 origins as the Five Chimes until 1972 when he announced a retirement from the group to focus on his role as Motown's vice president.
Funk Modernism
this musical concept was used by marvin gaye. it Probes the political issues that shape black life and associated with urban realism
Ellenton, South Carolina
town where brown's ancestors and family lived until it was demolished to build a nuclear bomb site
Fred Wesley
trombone player and member of the JBs
The Funk Brothers
were a group of Detroit-based session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972.They are considered one of the most successful groups of studio musicians in music history.
Martha and the Vandellas
were an American all-female vocal group formed in 1957. The group achieved fame in the 1960s with Motown. Formed in 1957 by friends Annette Beard, Rosalind Ashford and Gloria Williams. Hits include "Come and Get These Memories", "Heat Wave"
"Dancing in the Street
written by Marvin gaye and performed by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Greg Tate
wrote Eulogy for Black Caesar Being a poet, a boxer, and a one time Pentecostal supplicant, the Godfather knew a thing or two about being hit with the spirit and hit with the quickness; he also knew how to hit back, how to respond in kind in a New York minute. Mr. Brown was one of those iconic figures we all thought of as family first, and as with family, we took his every success and setback as our reflection, illumination, and humiliation too.
Greg Tate
wrote Eulogy for Black CaesarBeing a poet, a boxer, and a one time Pentecostal supplicant, the Godfather knew a thing or two about being hit with the spirit and hit with the quickness; he also knew how to hit back, how to respond in kind in a New York minute.Mr. Brown was one of those iconic figures we all thought of as family first, and as with family, we took his every success and setback as our reflection, illumination, and humiliation too.
Mark Anthony Neal
➢ Black Popular Culture Scholar, especially the history of Black music ➢ Popular Works: New Black man, Looking for Leroy, What The Music Said, That's The Joint, Songs N The Key of Black Life, Soul Babies ➢ Host of Left of Black
Mark Anthony Neal
➢ Black Popular Culture Scholar, especially the history of Black music➢ Popular Works: New Black man, Looking for Leroy, What The Music Said, That's The Joint, Songs N The Key of Black Life, Soul Babies➢ Host of Left of Black