How Black Music Took Over the World
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 4 June 2026
- ISBN 9781399433280
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages304 pages
- Size 234x154x30 mm
- Weight 380 g
- Language English 700
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Short description:
An exploration of the vibrant world that underlies Black musical creation, blending memoir, cultural history and musical analysis.
MoreLong description:
Why do Bob Marley, John Coltrane, Aretha Franklin, and Nina Simone move us the way they do? What drives the soulful notes of the Delta blues? What makes Beyonc-'s Cowboy Carter inescapably great?
How Black Music Took Over the World takes readers inside the vibrant world that underlies Black musical creation, demonstrating the impact that the musical inheritance of Africa has had on music today. Beginning with two rhythmic building blocks he calls the cell and the frame, musician, composer and cultural theorist Melvin Gibbs reveals Black music as an organised system of knowledge. Blending cultural history and musical analysis, he explores how Black music has shaped nearly every music genre on the planet, from carnival music in Brazil to rap ciphers in New York and global pop. How Black Music Took Over the World explores rhythm, vibration and movement to challenge Western musical hierarchies and offer new tools for understanding our musical heritage.
Table of Contents:
Prelude
Introduction
Chapter 1: Barretta
Chapter 2: Frequencies and Decibels
Chapter 3: On the Subway
Chapter 4: The Bassics
Chapter 5: Stono's Children
Chapter 6: Can't Stop
Chapter 7: Problem Solvers
Chapter 8: Changing Time with the Times
Chapter 9: Paths Diverge
Chapter 10: The Art of Dub and the Science of Groove
Chapter 11: The Gringo Mestre
Chapter 12: One Inimitable Sound
Chapter 13: The Music of Black Science
Chapter 14: Penumbras
Chapter 15: The Future of Black Music / Recombination Continues
