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Blues: Topic PageSlow melancholy jazz music of Black American origin, a typical piece consisting of three four-bar phrases and making use of blue notes.
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Gospel Music: Topic Page
A kind of Christian music based on American folk music, marked by strong rhythms and elaborated refrains, and incorporating elements of spirituals, blues, and jazz.
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Rap Music: Topic PageRap music is a central feature of hip hop culture, comprising just one of hip hop’s four basic elements: graffiti, break dancing, DJing and rapping (or MCing).
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Jazz: Topic Page
An eclectic, expanding collection of 20th century styles, principally instrumental and of black American creation.
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Spiritual: Topic PageA religious folk song of American origin, particularly associated with African-American Protestants of the southern United States.
Instruments
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Drum: Topic PageA percussion instrument consisting of a hollow frame with a skin or other membrane stretched tightly across its opening, sounding when struck.
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Guitar: Topic PageA musical instrument with a body generally shaped like a figure eight, a long fretted neck and usually six strings that are plucked or strummed.
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Piano: Topic Page
Or pianoforte, musical instrument whose sound is produced by vibrating strings struck by felt hammers that are controlled from a keyboard. -
Trombone: Topic PageBrass wind musical instrument of cylindrical bore, twice bent on itself, having a sliding section that lengthens or shortens it and thus regulates the pitch.
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Trumpet: Topic Page
Brass wind musical instrument of part cylindrical, part conical bore, in the shape of a flattened loop and having three piston valves to regulate the pitch.
Artists
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Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971): Topic PageJazz trumpeter and singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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Chuck Berry (1926 - 2017): Topic PageMusician, born in St Louis, Missouri, USA.
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Ray Charles (1930-2004): Topic PageSinger, pianist, and composer, born in Albany, Georgia, USA. He lost his sight (from glaucoma) when he was six.
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Nat King Cole (1919-1965): Topic PageMusician, born in Montgomery, Alabama, USA.
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Miles Davis (1926-1991): Topic Page
Jazz trumpeter, born in Alton, Illinois, USA.
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Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925 - 1990): Topic PageSinger, actor, and dancer, born in New York City, USA. He began his career tap-dancing in vaudeville with his father, and went on to solo performing and recording success in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Aretha Franklin (1942 - 2018 ): Topic PageSoul singer, born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996): Topic Page
American jazz singer known for her scat singing and her interpretations of the work of important American songwriters. Her recordings include Ella Sings Gershwin (1950), The Intimate Ella (1960), and A Classy Pair (1979).
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Dizzy Gillespie (1917 - 1993): Topic PageJazz trumpeter and composer, born in Cheraw, South Carolina, USA.
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Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970): Topic PageRock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, born in Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Billie Holiday (1915 - 1959): Topic Page
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Whitney Houston (1963 - 2012): Topic PageSinger and film actress, born in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
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Michael Jackson (1958-2009): Topic PagePopular singer and songwriter, born in Gary, Indiana, USA.
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Scott Joplin (1868-1917): Topic PageComposer and pianist, born in Texarkana, Texas, USA.
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B.B. King (1925 - 2015): Topic PageMusician, born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, USA.
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Charlie Parker (1920 - 1955): Topic PageAmerican musician and composer. A leader of the bop movement in jazz, Parker is best remembered for his smooth, moody improvisations.
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Otis Redding (1941 - 1967): Topic PageU.S. soul singer and songwriter. His recordings include “Respect” (1965), Dictionary of Soul (1966), and “(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968).
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Diana Ross (1944- ): Topic PagePopular singer and film actress, born in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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Tupac Shakur (1971-1996): Topic Page
Briefly one of the nineties most popular and controversial rap stars, Tupac (or 2Pac) Shakur mixed successful gangsta rap recordings with film work.
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Stevie Wonder (1950- ): Topic PageMusician, born in Saginaw, Michigan, USA.
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Muddy Waters (1915 - 1983): Topic PageU.S. blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His songs include “Rollin' Stone” (1948) and “Got my Mojo Working” (1954).
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Stevie Wonder (1950 - ): Topic PageU.S. Motown singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. His recordings include Up-Tight (1966), “Superstition” (1972), Innervisions (1973), Songs in the Key of Life (1976), and “I Just Called to Say I Love You” (1985).