A few legendary Artists of Motown records : Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Many More The term soul emphasizes the culture and pride of the African American community. The instrumentation is stripped down, the playing is unbridled and abundant, at the crossroads of rhythm and blues, soul and jazz.Īccording to AllMusic, “soul music is the result of the urbanization and commercialization of rhythm and blues.” The phrase “soul music” itself, referring to gospel-oriented music with secular lyrics, is first attested in 196124.

Brown was closely followed by groups such as Dyke and The Blazers or Archie Bell and The Drells, Sly and the Family Stone, The Counts, The J.B.’s, Wilson Pickett, as well as The Meters, a group from New Orleans, a formerly French city whose musical history and annual carnival predisposed it to be one of the cradles of funk. James Brown is considered the originator of urban, protest funk, first with the 1965 King Records track Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag, followed by the famous Sex Machine in 1970. In the mid-1960s, funk came alive from its rhythm and blues and soul roots, with lyrics emphasizing black advocacy and ghetto hardship. Coming mainly from Soul and Jazz, funk is characterized by the predominance of the rhythm section (guitar, bass, drums) which plays syncopated patterns, the frequent presence of brass or saxophones on rhythmic punctuations (riffs) or solos and, in general, by the large place given to instruments.

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