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Vor 5 Tagen · Rhythm and blues, term used for several types of postwar African-American popular music, as well as for some white rock music derived from it. Perhaps the most commonly understood meaning of the term is as a description of the sophisticated urban music that had been developing since the 1930s.
- Ed Ward
The precursors of rhythm and blues came from jazz and blues, which overlapped in the late-1920s and 30s through the work of musicians such as the Harlem Hamfats, with their 1936 hit "Oh Red", as well as Lonnie Johnson, Leroy Carr, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, and T-Bone Walker.
Rhythm and Blues (auch Rhythm & Blues oder Rhythm ’n’ Blues, abgekürzt R&B, R & B, R ’n’ B oder auch RnB) bezeichnet den in den 1940er Jahren vorherrschenden Stil afroamerikanischer Popmusik: eine rhythmisch stark akzentuierte Form des Blues, aus der später Rock ’n’ Roll wurde, die von Weißen gespielte und produzierte ...
Rhythm and blues is a form of Black dance music that has its origins in the post-World War II era (1939–1945); the term itself is attributed to Jerry Wexler, a writer for Billboard, who coined it in 1949 for the magazine’s Black music chart to replace the term “Race Music” (a term in use since 1920). Rhythm and blues performers ...
20. Sept. 2016 · Hear “Rhythm & Blues,” a Smithsonian Folkways playlist. One important stylistic prototype in the development of R&B was jump blues, pioneered by Louis Jordan, with his group Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five. Originally from Arkansas, Jordan was a former member of Chick Webb’s swing band that had dominated New York City’s ...
27. Sept. 2018 · Rhythm & Blues (abbreviated R&B) is a term used to describe the blues-influenced form of music which has been predominantly performed by African-Americans since the late 1930s. The term 'Rhythm and Blues' was first introduced into the American lexicon in the late 1940s: the name's origin was created for use as a musical marketing ...
In den 1960er Jahren wurde aus dem Rhythm & Blues-Begriff der Soul und heute wird der übergroße Anteil zeitgenössischer, schwarzer Popmusik mit R&B bezeichnet. So ist R&B alles andere als die Benennung einer einheitlich ausgerichteten Musikströmung. Vulgäres No-Go.
