|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Wird oft zusammen gekauft
Produktinformation
|
Mehr über den Autor
Entdecken Sie Bücher, lesen Sie über Autoren und mehr
› Besuchen Sie die Seite von Rickey Vincent auf Amazon
› Besuchen Sie die Seite von Rickey Vincent auf Amazon
Produktbeschreibungen
From Booklist
Funk, which with its sharp syncopation and improvisational freedom has had a lasting impact on all popular music, is finally the subject of a book-length study. Vincent provides substantial analysis of funk's musical elements, especially its unique harmonies and rhythms, and the social forces that shaped its development. He focuses on well-and lesser-known innovators since the 1960s and on how such diverse elements as jazz and African pop music fed into funk, and he concludes that rap and hip-hop have successfully continued to incorporate funk's beat and lyrical edge. His book is strongest when he argues for recognizing the cultural importance of George Clinton and the brigade of his Parliament-Funkadelic cohorts. Vincent shows that not only did Clinton establish a framework for the explosive talents of bassist Bootsy Collins, keyboardist Bernie Woffell, and others but "without polemics, militarism, or racially charged code words, Clinton's P-Funk placed the African-American sensibility at the center of the universe, and ultimately at the center of history." Aaron Cohen
From Library Journal
While it's usually easy to distinguish music that is funky from music that is not, it's much more difficult to say what funk actually is. In this book, Vincent, who has an all-funk show on KALX in California, attempts to arrive at such a definition and to provide a historical overview of "The Funk" (as he calls it) from its emergence as a recognizable element of black music in the 1960s to its varied manifestations in today's popular culture. He does a good job of demonstrating how funkiness celebrates various aspects of African American culture, many of which have historically not been valued by white society, and makes clear the broad impact of various funk styles on American music. Unfortunately, Vincent's encyclopedic knowledge of funk is not matched by a broad understanding of the larger musical context in which he wishes to place it; his stabs at music theory are weak and ill informed, and by the time he refers to the Rolling Stones as James Brown imitators and to Ronald Shannon Jackson as a guitarist, the reader has come to the uncomfortable conclusion that the author has bitten off far more than he can chew. Worst of all, Vincent's writing style borders on unreadable: the sentence "It would be a measure of any hip black act in the seventies to come with a funk bomb to get respect" is, unfortunately, typical. The book ends with a fine annotated discography, but it's not enough to justify purchase. Not recommended.?Rick Anderson, Contoocook, N.H.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Welche anderen Artikel kaufen Kunden, nachdem sie diesen Artikel angesehen haben?
Tags(Was ist das?)Bei einem Tag handelt es sich um ein Schlagwort, das zum Produkt passt.
Tags erleichtern allen Kunden die Suche und die Sortierung ihrer Lieblingsprodukte. |
Eine digitale Version dieses Buchs im Kindle-Shop verkaufen
Wenn Sie ein Verleger oder Autor sind und die digitalen Rechte an einem Buch haben, können Sie die digitale Version des Buchs in unserem Kindle-Shop verkaufen.
Weitere Informationen
Kundenrezensionen
Die hilfreichsten Kundenrezensionen
1 von 1 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Format:Taschenbuch
i love all types of music but it's nothing like the funk.you either have it or you don't.and i was happy and lit as a firecracker upon finding this book.i know all the groups and artist mentioned.i've been longing to find a book on these artist cuz you know the mainstream only cares about sampling and putting these acts in burger king commercials so it is a relief to get the funk uncut.i'd love a part two if possibly.i never get tired of the funk.from the 60's to the early 80's is when the best music was made and most of it was because of the funk.thank you ricky v.
1 von 1 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Format:Taschenbuch
This book is all of that. It is more than just a walk dowm memory lane, it breaks down just where it all started from and connects it to what's going on today. I come from a funk background, two parents who were musicaians in the Dayton, Ohio area funk scene and they have confirmed that this author did his homework. You may be into funk, but this book will make you understand funk. Your appreciation for funk will grow beyond belief. This is not a book that I have read and it stays on my bookshelf, I find myself going to it often. There are so many facts about this music in this book that a one time reading isn't enough. Bottom line get this book.
1 von 1 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Format:Taschenbuch
All I can say is get this book...if you need to know more about funk, if you already think you know all there is to know, or if you heard that funky voice in yo' behind calling out, this is the one for you!!
Möchten Sie weitere Rezensionen zu diesem Artikel anzeigen?
Waren diese Rezensionen hilfreich?
Wir wollen von Ihnen hören.
Die neuesten Kundenrezensionen
2FUNKY in hea!!!
My name is Tyrone( The ShowStopper)Triggs, Singer/Entertainer/Musician. Right out the Bay Area. My man Rick, threw down on this hea book. He knows what the hell he's talking about. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. März 1999 von cyberman5@hotmail.com
Too positive?
The idea of a whole book about Funk is a thrill. But somehow, Vincent just seems to like EVERYTHING a little too much. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. Dezember 1998 veröffentlicht
Pioneering, yet one-sided
Mr. Vincent knows his history well and tells the history of funk in great detail. However as he is obviously not a musician himself he seems to put more emphasis on the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 12. September 1998 veröffentlicht
Uncut... The Bomb
If you love funk, you MUST purchase this book. Vincent writes in an academic, yet fonkay style and emphasizes the roles of JB, Sly, and the P-Funk mob. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. August 1998 veröffentlicht
Kunden diskutieren
|
Das Forum zu diesem Produkt
Fragen stellen, Meinungen austauschen, Einblicke gewinnen Aktive Diskussionen in ähnlichen Foren
Kundendiskussionen durchsuchen
|
Ähnliche Foren
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lieblingslisten
Ähnliche Artikel finden
Anhand des Sachgebietes nach ähnlichen Produkten suchen:
Ihr Kommentar
Möchten Sie die Produktinformationen aktualisieren oder Feedback zu den Produktabbildungen geben?
|
