Avant Garde/ Rythym and Blues Flashcards
What were the avant-garde?
People or works that are experimental, radical and unorthodox, with respect to culture, art and society
How do you enter the avant-garde?
If you take the ideals of free jazz and extend them
What was a key exponent of avant-garde?
Ornette Colemen’s double quartet
What does avant-garde music have the ability to do?
Illicit an emotional response from the listener
What was the chitlin circuit?
The name of a string of venues dotted along the Eastern, Southern and Upper Mid-West areas of the US
What did these venues provide?
A safe place for entertainers and musicians to perform
What was the chitlin circuit named after?
Chitterlings, the name of an African American soul food dish made of pig intestines
What did the Chitlin circuit give a direct route to?
Florida and back
What did musicians do during rhythm and blues?
Took a popular form of blues and converted it into a dance tempo
What were band sizes restricted to?
Numbers who could fit into one or two cars
What were rhythm and blues bands constructed of?
A rhythm section, a singer, a few horns, sometimes a dancer, and most importantly, an electric guitar
Who was seen as the father of rhythm and blues?
Louis Jordan
What was rhythm and blues seen as?
Extremely popular music that was morally questionable
