Weissman Blues: The Basics

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-1-135-87711-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten

Reihe: The Basics

Blues: The Basics offers a concise introduction to a century of the blues. Organized chronologically, it focuses on the major eras in the growth and development of this popular musical style. Material includes:

- a definition of the blues and the major genres within it

- key artists such as Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson and Blind Lemon Jefferson

- key recordings

Complete with timelines and suggestions for further investigation, this fascinating overview is ideal for students and interested listeners.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weissman, Dick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS
Dedication
List of Tables
List of Figures
Figure Captions
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface: Warm-Up
Chapter 1
Dance: A Challenging Profession
Pushing the body image
Overuse and Overload: Practice does not make perfect
The show must go on: The Pressure to perform
Older dancers: Moving out or moving on?
Finding Balance: How Dance Medicine and Science Can Help
Finding Balance: The Dancer as Lifelong Learner
Finding a Place in the World of Dance

Profiles
Carrie Imler
Elizabeth Streb
Roxane d'Orléans Juste
David Parsons
David Zurak

Chapter 2
Injury and Injury Treatment

Types of Injuries in Dance and Risk Factors
Risk factors
The preadolescent and adolescent dancer - Some special considerations
Recommendations for training
Treatment and Rehabilitation
Multidisciplinary approaches and complementary therapies
Rehabilitation

Physical Therapy
Manual therapy
Complementary adjuncts
Pilates
Sample rehabilitation program
Achilles tendinitis
Low-back disorders
Transitional class
Full function
Introduction

Some Caveats
1 The Roots of the Blues

Timeline: 1619-1919

History and Origins of the Blues

African Musical Traits in African-American Music
African-American Spirituals
Early Black Secular Music

The Minstrel Show

The Early Blues

Social Conditions at the Birth of the Blues: 1870s-1900
The Blues: 1890-1920

Ragtime and Early Jazz

Blues Structure

Learning to Play or Sing the Blues
Summary

2 THE TWENTIES: RECORDED BEGINNINGS OF THE CLASSIC AND RURAL BLUES

Timeline: The 1920s

Ma Rainey and Her Influence on the Blues

Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues

The recordings and importance of Bessie Smith

He Done Me Wrong: Classic Blues Subjects
Other Blues Women of the '20s

Women and the Folk Blues

Jazz Influences on the Blues

Summary

3 The Folk Blues: The Country Comes to the City, 1920-1940

Timeline: 1920-1940

African-American Musical Styles

Why the Classic Blues Were Recorded Before the Folk Blues

Blind Lemon Jefferson

The Jug Bands

Delta Blues

Charley Patton

Robert Johnson: His life, the Music, the Controversies, and the Legend
The impact of Robert Johnson
Other Mississippi artists

Piedmont and Other Regional Styles
Leadbelly and Lonnie Johnson

Mr. Charley's Blues: White Blues Performers
Holy Blues

The Role of Individual Instruments

Memphis Minnie and the Folk Blues

Summary
4 RHYTHM & BLUES AND THE BEGINNING OF ELECTIC BLUES: 1940-1960

Timeline: 1940-1960

Chicago Blues: 1935-50

Rhythm and Blues

The Blues Go Electric: T Bone Walker

Muddy Waters and the Chicago delta sound

John Lee Hooker & B.B. King

The Record Business in Postwar America

Rhythm and Blues vs. the Blues

Texas goes to California: The LA R&B Scene

New York and the doo-wop groups

New Orleans

Rock and Roll and the Blues; 1954-1960

Summary

5 THE BLUES REVIVAL: 1960-80
Timeline: 1960-1980

The Folk Revival
The Strange Career of Josh White

Blues Scholarship and Rediscovered Blues Singers

Protest Music and the Blues

The Young, White Blues Singers

The New Independent Record Labels

Why the Blues Became Popular

The Blues Goes Abroad
American Blues-Rock Bands

Jimi Hendrix

Black Gospel Music

Soul Music

Building a New Blues Audience
Louisiana Blues: The Sound of the Swamp
The Blues Roll on in Chicago

B. B. King's Career and Influence
Blues Music Economics

Artistic Control

Summary

6 THE NEW GENERATION OF BLUES ARTISTS: 1980-TODAY

Timeline: 1980-2003

The Late '70s: The Blues Hiatus

Bonnie Raitt

Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Austin Blues Scene

Independent Labels Fill the Void

The Return of Robert Johnson

The Emergence of Young, Black Blues Artists

Blacks, Whites, and the Blues

Women of the Blues
The Young Turks: The Blues Rockers
Zydeco

Regional Music

The International Blues

Current Outlets for the Blues

The Martin Scorcese Blues Series
Summary

APPENDIX

Bibliography

Social Histories

The Blues and Africa
The Minstrel Period
Ragtime
Social and Musical Background of the Blues

Classic Blues
Black Country Blues
Gospel and Holy Blues
Urban blues, Rockabilly, Rock Blues, the Folk and Blues Revivals, British Blues

Protest music
R&B and Soul
Cajun, Zydeco, and Swamp Pop
The Blues Today

Biographies and Autobiographies

Collections of Lyrics

Songbooks (Words and Music)

Record Companies and the Music Business

Miscellaneous: Record Guides, Regional Blues, etc.

Discography
Boxed Sets
Black Secular Music Before the Blues
Classic Blues Singers: Women of the 1920s
Holy Blues
Jug Bands
Piedmont Blues
Mississippi Delta Blues
Texas Blues

Songsters
White Country Blues
Urban Blues of the '30s
Various Instruments
Social Protest and Commentary

Chicago: Early Electric Blues
R&B and Soul
Chicago: Classic Electric Blues
White American and the British Blues Revivalists
Rock and Roll
Cajun, Zydeco, and Louisiana Swamp Rock
The New Black Blues Artists
Young Guns
Beyond Category
Instructional Materials and Videos
Books
Audio and Visual Materials
Performance and Documentary Videos

Über Autor(innen)

Dick Weissman was Associate Professor of Music and Music Industry Studies from 1990-2002 at the University of Colorado at Denver. He has published many books on music, notably The Music Business: Career Opportunities and Self-Defense, now in its third edition. He lives in Portland, OR.