Music That Would Not Exist Without Black People

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MUSIC
Dirty Money
Speedy Sam
Keep Rolling
Gran Torino
Old New School

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STILLS
Something’s Fishy
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B.B. King Early Portrait
Michal Ochs Archives / Getty Images

Reverend Pearly Brown Performs At The ‘Ham & Egg Show’
Ed Clark / Getty Images

Cream
GAB Archive / Getty Images

Mississippi John Hurt
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Muddy Waters
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Rolling Stones
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Photo of AMERICAN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL and Skip JAMES
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Photo of Charlie Parker
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Dizzy Gillespie
Allan Grant / Getty Images

Photo of Dizzy Gillespie
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

Photo of Duke ELLINGTON
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Ellington Performs
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Jazz Musicians
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Jazz
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Wally Rose At The Tin Angel
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Montgomery Brothers
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Jitterbug Dancers
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

1950s, U.S.A., Jitterbug Dancing
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Jazz Club Dancers
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Louis Armstrong
Eliot Elisofon / Getty Images

A Harlem street scene in the 1920s
New York Daily News Archive / Getty Images

Big Mama Thorton
Val Wilmer / Getty Images

Chuck Berry Portrait
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

Elvis Presley
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Fats Domino Recording
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Howlin’ Wolf Portrait Session
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Louis Jordan
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Photo of Louis JORDAN
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Ray Charles Portrait In NY
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

Wynonie Harris
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Photo of FUNKADELIC
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Paul Natkin Archive
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James Brown Performs At Wembley Arena in London
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Photo of KOOL & THE GANG
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Photo of Miles DAVIS
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Photo of SLY & The FAMILY STONE
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Photo of Stevie WONDER
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Disco
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Couple Disco Dancing
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Oxford ’88-90
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Africa Bambaataa at The Venue, London. 23.11.1982
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An asian man throwing shapes on the dance floor, Talking Loud, Dingwalls, London 1988-1990
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A group of ravers in the queue at The Trip at Astoria, London 1988
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Clubbers Dancing at Leigh Bowery’s club Taboo, London, UK, 1986
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Ravers on the dancefloor at The Trip at Astoria, London 1988
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Clubbers at Leigh Bowery’s club Taboo
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Two girls having fun in a club. Wembley, UK Fresh, London, UK, 1986.
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SOURCES
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/freedom/1917beyond/essays/jazz.htm
http://americasmusic.tribecafilminstitute.org/session/view/swing-jazz
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_parker_charlie.htm
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_ellington_duke.htm
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_gillespie_dizzy.htm
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6480128/dave-davies-kinks-origins-technology-interview
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15333469
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/history_of_jazz.htm
http://www.pbs.org/theblues/classroom/essaysblues.html
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/music/jazz/ch/07/outline.aspx
http://nmaam.org/rock-roll-b/
http://www.nysun.com/arts/who-really-invented-rock-n-roll/2037/
https://rockhall.com/inductees/louis-jordan/bio/
http://www.britannica.com/art/funk
https://books.google.com/books?id=6Vy26TGdauEC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=flea+dizzy+gillespie&source=bl&ots=CRn_exFJAz&sig=AV-GV6xv68AZOkI5_tGkkfW9v4E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwipysvSkMjKAhVC9WMKHfylB9YQ6AEIPDAG#v=onepage&q=flea%20dizzy%20gillespie&f=false
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/frankie-knuckles-godfather-of-house-music-dead-at-59-20140401

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