Rhythm and blues (in English: Rhythm and Blues, referred to as: R & B or RnB, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, Malaysia new for R & B), also known as rhythm blues. Is the first African-American performance artist, and fusion of jazz, gospel music and blues music, rhythm and blues musical form (R & B) in the 20th century, when the mid-40s, it was not even name. However, before the word appeared, it quickly spread widely to. Today, R & B has become a synonym for black popular music, although it more as a kind of different from rap (Rap), soul (Soul), Urban Song (Urban) is a special type of music listeners and mentioned in the records industry. Early rock and roll is to R & B based, it is affected by pop music, "country and western music" extension from. R & B than blues and rock in an important transition between the music, it was blues and soul music between the most important branch. ? Blues R & B is undoubtedly an important part, but the jazz elements are equally important. The first is the R & B artists from the "Big Band" (Big-Band) and "swing jazz" (Swing-Jazz) in the field. In "World War II" before the popularity of jazz than today, then it is a play for the dance and music, but usually there will be singers in the band. "World War" period, many important jazz artists began to develop "superior Jazz" (Be Bop) and the "cool jazz" (Cool Jazz), that fewer elements of jazz dance. But by the wartime economy, military and other factors and constraints, "big band" began to decrease. But the audience, especially those in large cities in the rapidly growing audience of African-American community, they still want to hear to dance music. So musicians in order to meet the audience, it made the volume more, use more acoustic instruments, and to "restore" (Riff)-based "Phuket's" (Boogie).
Beginning the popular R & B style usually refers to "jump blues" (Jump Blues). It is not only absorbed the rhythms and jazz in the swing to the allocation of numbers based approach, and absorbed Bulusili back section of commonly used and most important harmonic structure of the pioneers of this style may be considered 卡布卡洛维 ( Cab Calloway). In the "jump blues", the singer's voice is more strident, and the pace faster and playing musical instruments are not the same - playing piano for more intensive, more long-Saks and sharp voice. ? Most important and epidemic of "jump blues" star was Louis Jordan (Louis Jordan), his record in black and white listeners in the audience to achieve the same success.
"Jump Blues" which was translated into several different styles. Those who have been called "the big voice who" (Shouters) concerts in the "big band" concert restrained added a more dynamic way of a "Gospel Music" (Gospel music) and "soul" (Soul). ")." Fat "Joe Turner (Big Joe Turner) is a Kansas artist began his jazz career. He is a R & B and" jazz "dual legend, he not only easily from the" Jazz " turning R & B, and even created some of the early classic rock songs.
Harrison's "Kansas City" (Kansas City) is a widely-known "jump blues" song. ?
Some 50's R & B singer began to be more popular than ever before - adding the obvious "Gospel Music" and church music elements. Today, we can still remember those great names: Ray Charles (Ray Charles), James Brown (James Brown), Jackie Wilson (Jackie Wilson), a small Weiliyuehan (Little Willie John) strong nyays (Johnny Ace), Jessie Bell Man (Jessie Belvin), and Clyde Fitow (Clyde McPhatter). As a "soul" of the Fathers, some of these people later in the 60's became the "soul music" superstars such as Charles and Brown
For R & B is now being given to commemorate the significance and cheers late does not change the original dilemma it faces - the early R & B album full of new listeners difficult to accept. The 40's and 50's R & B singer and record company is to focus on more aspects of entertainment, not a commitment to promote a wide range of works of art. Therefore, in the heyday of R & B, songs heard by a similar sound, and arranged to form patterns. However, despite the birth of R & B from the beginning has been changed a lot, but it still retains the rock, soul and rap music in the most important part, and play a role behind the music.
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