内容简介
1930 年代芝加哥城市蓝调的兴起。
- 介绍一下二战前 A&R 的基本工作
- A&R 制造/推进的一些音乐:answer song 和 event song
- 几个 A&R,J Mayo Williams,Aletha Dickerson,和 Lester Melrose,看他们如何打造城市蓝调
- 几组承起启后的重要艺人,Hokum Boys,Memphis Minnie,Harlem Hamfats
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参考阅读
Kelley, N. (2005). R&B, rhythm and business: the political economy of Black music. New York: Akashic Books.
Ward, B. & Huber, P. (2018). A&R pioneers: architects of American roots music on record. Vanderbilt University Press and the Country Music Foundation Press.
Garon, P. & Garon, B. (1992). Woman with guitar: Memphis Minnie's blues. New York: Da Capo Press.
Birnbaum, L. (2013). Before Elvis: the prehistory of rock 'n' roll. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press.
Santelli, R. & Guthrie, N. (2012). This land is your land: Woody Guthrie and the journey of an American folk song. Philadelphia: Running Press.
相关录音:
Shake that thing, Papa Charlie Jackson 词曲/演奏, 1925, Paramount
God Bless America,Irvin Berlin 词曲,Kate Smith 演唱,Jack Miller 指挥乐队和合唱队,1939, Victor
This Land is Your Land, Woody Guthrie 词曲/演奏, 1944, Asch Recordings
[Little Darling, Pal of Mine(https://youtu.be/F_dRyqNPlUw), A.P. Carter 词曲,Carter Family 演奏,1928,Victor
When the World's On Fire,A.P. Carter/Virginia Suber 词曲,Carter Family 演奏,1930,Victor
The Death of Floyd Collins,Andrew Jenkins 牧师词曲,Vernon Dalhart/Lou Raderman/Carson Robison 演奏,1926,Victor
When the Levee Breaks,John Bonham/John Paul Jones/Memphis Minnie/Jimmy Page/Robert Plant 词曲,Led Zeppelin 演奏,1971,Atlantic
When the Levee Breaks,Kansas Joe McCoy/Memphis Minnie 词曲/演奏,1929,Columbia
Back-Water Blues,Bessie Smith 词曲,Bessie Smith/James P Johnson 演奏,1927,Columbia
Your Mother's Son-In-Law,Alberta Nichols/Mann Holiner 词曲,Billie Holiday/Benny Goodman 乐队演奏,1933,Columbia
Summertime,DuBose Heyward/Ira Gershwin 词,George Gershwin 曲,Bellie Holiday 演唱,1936,Vocalion
Selling That Stuff,Thomas Dorsey 词曲,The Hokum Boys 演奏,1928,Paramount
Bumble Bee,Memphis Minnie 词曲,Memphis Minnie/Kansas Joe 演奏,1930,Vocalion
Me and My Chauffeur Blues,Memphis Minnie 词曲,Memphis Minnie/Son Joe 演奏,1941,OKeh
Oh! Red,Joe McCoy 词曲,Harlem Hamfats 演奏,1936,Decca
The Weed Smoker's Dream,Joe McCoy 词曲,Harlem Hamfats 演奏,1936,Decca
Why Don't You Do Right?,Joe McCoy 词曲,Lil Green/Big Bill Broonzy/Simeon Henry/Ransom Knowling 演奏,1941,Bluebird
Why Don't You Do Right?,Joe McCoy 词曲,Peggy Lee/Benny Goodman 乐队演奏,1942,Columbia
I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town,Casey Bill Weldon/Roy Jacobs 词曲,Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 演奏,1941,Decca
We Gonna Move (To the Outskirts of Town) ,Casey Bill Weldon 词曲/演奏,1936,Vocalion
Ration Blues,Louis Jordan/Antonio Cosey/Collenane Clark 词曲,Louis and the Tympany Five 演奏,1943,Decca
Rock Around the Clock,Max C. Freedman/James E. Myers 词曲,Bill Haley & His Comets 演奏,1954,Decca
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