stephanie (nnine@yahoo.com)
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 08:59:14 -0800 (PST)
While the history of african influence on this
continent is fascinating, I'd be especially interested
in reading something with a scope limited to maybe the
last 10 or 15 years, and limited to direct influences
between africa and the americas, or even how different
parts of the african diaspora influence each other
(think cesaria evora, the 'adventures in afropea'
series, etc); instead of, say, how african influences
trickled down from colonial times and landed in house,
jazz, tropicalia, etc. Fela would be a perfect case
study for this. I wonder if King Sunne Ade would lead
you in the right direction?
how fun! in any case, let us know how it turns out!
--- Steve Catanzaro <stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com>
wrote:
> Hmm, "impact of african music on the western world."
> A little piece?
>
> Well, I think it's safe to say that the African
> influence is the single most
> important thing that happened to music in the 20th
> century, and it goes way
> deeper than Fela. Any gospel, any ragtime, any
> blues, any jazz, any R&B, any
> rock&roll, any hip hop piece you can name (not to
> mention quite a few 20th
> century classical pieces) is what it is only because
> of the African
> influence.
>
> Anyway, as far as African funk tracks, well, Fela
> was heavily influenced by
> African-American music, which is not the same thing
> as African music. Funk
> is Afro-American all the way; so, the more
> interesting thing about Fela is
> how Afro-American music influenced African music,
> which isn't the title of
> your paper (yet!)
>
> Maybe you should just pick one artist and describe
> how they were influenced
> by African styles... Duke Ellington, John Coltrane,
> Miles Davis, James
> Brown, and Paul Simon come immediately to mind...
> but there are thousands
> more.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Adam Cohen <adam_cohen@hotmail.com>
> To: Acid Jazz <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 12:27 AM
> Subject: African info?
>
>
> > I've gotta do an essay for my music class and was
> thinking about writing a
> > little piece about the impact of african music on
> the western world..
> Maybe
> > talk about the resurgence of african funk tracks
> by house remixers and
> > such.. Anyways, just wondering if anyone knows of
> any good links for
> > information on Fela, manu dibango or anything else
> related to african
> music.
> > Or even better, if someone already has an essay on
> this subject (or an
> essay
> > on any other music related subject at the
> University level !!! :) Thanks
> > for any info/essays..
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Adam Cohen <adam_cohen@hotmail.com>
> To: Acid Jazz <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 12:27 AM
> Subject: African info?
>
>
> > I've gotta do an essay for my music class and was
> thinking about writing a
> > little piece about the impact of african music on
> the western world..
> Maybe
> > talk about the resurgence of african funk tracks
> by house remixers and
> > such.. Anyways, just wondering if anyone knows of
> any good links for
> > information on Fela, manu dibango or anything else
> related to african
> music.
> > Or even better, if someone already has an essay on
> this subject (or an
> essay
> > on any other music related subject at the
> University level !!! :) Thanks
> > for any info/essays..
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
>
>
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