Genre in Popular Music

238 Pages·2007·1.52 MB·English

by  Fabian Holt

genre in popular music

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genre in popular music
fabian holt
theuniversityofchicagopress
chicagoandlondon
fabian holtassociateprofessorofmusicandperformanceattheUniversityof
Roskilde.
TheUniversityofChicagoPress,Chicago60637
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for
Anja, Dante, and Victor
We’reallunderconstruction,tryingtorebuild,youknow,ourselves.
Hip-hopthatgainedrespectfrom,youknow,notevenrespectfrom,but
justlikerockandroll...andittookusalotofhardworktogethere.So
allthathatin’andanimositybetweenfolks,youneedtokillit,witha
skillet!Youdon’tseeBillGatesandDonaldTrumparguingwitheach
other’cuzbothofthemgotpaper,andtheygotbettershittodo.Gitmore
paper!SoallI’msayin’islet’stakehip-hopbacktotherope.Followme.
—MissyElliott,UnderConstruction(2002)
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contents
Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
1. Introduction 1
2. RootsandRefigurations 30
DoubleSessionI:ReactionstoRock
AModelofGenreTransformation 53
3. CountryMusicandtheNashvilleSound 63
4. JazzandJazz-RockFusion 81
DoubleSessionII:UrbanBoundaries
5. JeffParkerandtheChicagoJazzScene 105
6. ACloserLookatJeffParkerandHisMusic 129
7. MusicatAmericanBorders 151
Appendix:TheJeffParkerDiscography 181
Notes 185
References 201
Index 213

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illustrations
1 StillfromOBrother,WhereArtThou?2000 30
2 ElvisPresley,1956 52
3 PatsyCline,mid-1950s 61
4 PatsyCline,ca.1962 62
5 MilesDavis,1969 80
6 AdforNewportFestival,1969 93
7 CoverofMilesDavis’sBitchesBrew,1969 97
8 FrontdooroftheThrillJockeyoffices,2003 104
9 JeffParker,ca.2002 128
10 FrancesDensmoreandMountainChief,1916 150
11 Columbia“ForeignRecords”catalog,1906 155
12 RickyMartin,1999 162
13 BaptistcongregationinLouisiana,1934 167
14 FlacoJime´nez,1969 173
musical examples
1 JeffParker,“Watusi”(2003),theme 141
2 TheChicagoUndergroundQuartet,“TunnelChrome”(2001),
theAsectionofthetheme 142
3 Tortoise,“It’sAllAroundYou”(2004),groove 145
4 JimmyPetersandringdancesingers,“J’aifaittoutletourdupays”
(1934),firsttwobarsoffoursections 171
5 FlacoJime´nez,“Inditamia”(1976),accordionsolo 177
6 FlacoJime´nez,“Inditamia”(1976),secondphraseoffourthstanza
andaccordionfill 178
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