World Music
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Vernon Dalhart | recorded "Wreck of '97"- one of the first country music hits. |
| countrypolitan | term for country music as recorded in Nashville in the 60's and 70's. |
| Thomas Dorsey | Blues and Gospel composer. Author of Precious Lord. |
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Gospel guitarist and singer who was criticized for recording blues. |
| Mahalia Jackson | Gospel singer from Carrolton who became an international superstar. |
| bhodran | A frame drum used in Irish music. |
| Bill Monroe | Mandolin player who invented bluegrass music. |
| Earl Scruggs | Famous banjo player who played with Bill Monroe. |
| The Blind Boys of Alabama | Grammy Award winning gospel vocal group |
| Mother Maybell Carter | Country singer who invented "Carter family picking" a guitar style based on blues. |
| Bob Wills | The King of Western Swing, a blend of country and jazz music. |
| Old-Timey | A style of country music based on folk music from the British Isles. |
| Tammy Wynette | Country Western star. Former wife of George Jones. |
| Be-bop | Style of jazz made popular in the late 40's by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. |
| Lil Hardin | Early jazz arranger, composer, and pianist. Wife of Louis Armstrong. |
| Professor Longhair | New Orleans blues singer and pianist. |
| Zigaboo Modeliste | New Orleans drummer. Member of the Meters. |
| Tuts Washington | New Orleans pianist whose style blends ragtime, jazz, blues, and boogie-woogie. |
| Mardi Gras Indians | New Orleans groups who create elaborate costumes based on Native American themes. |
| Cachao | Cuban bass player. One if the creators of mambo. |
| Hermeto Pascoal | An albino Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. |
| Clave | Name for the underlying rhythm common in Cuban music. |
| Bossa nova | Sophisticated type of of popular music made famous by Tom Jobim. |
| Samba | Dance music from Brazil associayed with Carnival. |
| Merengue | Type of music and dance from the Dominican republic. Fast tempos and double rhythm. |
| Montuno | An improvised section in Cuban music, or a specific type of piano accompaniment. |
| Danny Barker | Jazz musician and composer from New Orleans. Played with famous swing bands and helped revive the brass band tradition. |
| Precious Lord | Song by Thomas Dorsey, sung by Mahalia Jackson at many civil rights rallies and at the funeral of Martin Luther King. |
| Trad | Name for the style of Jazz music developed in New Orleans in the early 20th century. |
| Jobim | Notable composer of bossa nova arrangements. |
| Condomble | Brazilian form of Yoruban religion. |
| Son | Early cuban style with African influence. |
| Tito Puente | Master of the timbales, most famous performer of Salsa. |
| Willie "the lion" Smith | Jewish stride pianist who played in speak easies in Harlem, as well as a Cantor at the Synagogue. |
| Charlie Parker | Famous be-bop alto saxophonist. Known for his incredible technique and drug use. |
| Dizzy Gillespie | Famous be-bop trumpet player. |
| Gene Autry | Great Cowboy singing star. Created by Cowboy Code. |
| Salsa | Americanized Latin Music. Regarded by Tito Puente as a marketing ploy. |
| Arsenio Rodriguez | Blind cuban guitar player heavily influenced on mambo. |
| Mamie Smith | Gutbucket blues singer, had a huge hit with "Crazy blues" in 1920/ |
| Duke Ellington | Great Composer, master of "swing" music. |
| Dockery Plantation | Huge plantation in Northern Mississippi. Home of Delta Blues |
| Gut-bucket | Type of blues with explicit lyrics, usually sung by women. Popular in the 30's. |
| Muddy Waters | Great blues singer, moved from the Dockery Plantation to Chicago and became world famous. |
| Bahia | Region in Brazil with strong African influence on music. |
| Caetano Veloso | Creator of a Brazilian style known as Tropicalismo. The Bob Dylan of Brazil, exiled for a time. |
| Irakere | Great Cuban that combines jazz and latin, led by Chuco Valdez. |
| Cool jazz | One of many styles originated by Miles Davis, played in an emotionally subdued manner. |
| Howling Wolf | Chicago blues singer who said, "If you thinkin' evil you got the blues." |
| Jimmie Rogers | Early country music star, famous for his Blue Yodel No. 1. |
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