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- corntoole0
Well differnt genres always mixed and combined and influenced each other.
Negro Spirituals spawned blues.
Blues was influenced by early folk and country.
Blues and folk spawned Ragtime.
Jazz evolved from Ragtime and blues.
Jazz developed into subgenres thru influence from various forms, from classical to folk to blues and so on.
Early rhythm & blues was a combination of blues with danceble rhythms. Some considered it stripped down jazz.
Many jazz musicians came out of R&B. I could go on for quite some time.Jimmy Smith is considered one the greatest jazz organists and an originator of acid jazz.
- Hypo0
Jimmy Smith was Classically trained, and was a pianist first off. He "was" the first to do what he did with the B3 hammond. which he practised on at his local church!/.. yes Hammond was first destined as a church organ!
- brooke0
Good stuff.
- Blofeldt0
Acid Jazz is also a blanket term for jazz funk, UK soul, Latin step modern afro cuban, 60's garage and well, pretty much anything funky and sort of jazzy.
In the UK the be bop guys wore sharp suits and took influence from American artists, whereas beatniks were more into UK trad and tended to wear sandals.
I didn't say I don't considerer him a jazz musician, but used him as a demonstration of Jazz's breadth.
- Blofeldt0
A lot of you guys are into a lot of modern stuff. What do think of Peter Erskin's solo stuff.
- ********0
Erskine has to be one of the greatest drummers known to the style, not one of my personnal favorites, but I still admire the guy. Didn't quite pay attention to what he's doing at the moment but this guy played with to many great jazz legends.
total respect.