Challenge #9 Music of New Orleans
7th Grade: I have learned about some new music generes and I want you to know about them too! The audio clip may or may not work here. You should still find out the answers to the question:
1. What is zydeco? Tell me at least three things about it. If you are able to hear the music clip, is this something that you like?
Dikki%20Du%20and%20the%20Zydeco%20Krewe%20-%20Let%27s%20Straighten%20It%20Out.mp3
2. Some very famous musicians have come from New Orleans. Name at least two and find out something interesting about them.
posted by Rebecca Lewis @ 7:45 PM
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Jalonda Harris & Latiya Goff-Thomas
1.What is a zydeco?
Zydeco music is a popular accordion-based genre hailing from the prairies of south-central and southwest Louisiana. In the late 1940's, Louisiana's Creole musicians became inspired by the rhythm of blues and jazz played on radio and juke boxes. Because of the growing popularity of Zydeco, clubs in New Orleans now book Zydeco groups mainly for the tourists and conventioners. New Orleans has great musical traditions of its own and the people take pride in their own music.
Ques. #1
a form of American roots or folk music, that evolved from the jure during the late 1800s call and response vocal music of the black and multiracial French-speaking Creoles of south and southwest Louisiana.
Has usually fast-tempo,played on the piano accordian and the music moved to Chatholic churches
Ques. #2
Allen Toussaint:the New Orleans native has been making hit records for over forty years.
1. Zydeco is a form of American roots or folk music, that evolved from the jure during the late 1800s call and response vocal music of the black and multiracial French-speaking Creoles of south and southwest Louisiana. Usually fast-tempo, and dominated by the button or piano accordion and a form of a washboard known as a rub-board or frottoir, zydeco music was originally created at house dances where the blacks and free people of color of south Louisiana would gather for socializing.
2. Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 - December 12, 1987) a Creole French speaking native of Opelousas, Louisiana, was an eminent performer and recording artist of Zydeco music, a blend of Cajun and Creole music with R&B, jazz, and blues influences. He played the accordion, and won a Grammy Award in 1983.
Wilson "Boozoo" Chavis (born 23 October 1930 in Lake Charles, LA and died 5 May 2001 in Austin, Texas) was a zydeco musician - music created by French speaking Creoles of South-West Louisiana. He was active from 1954 until his death during which time he largely sang and played the accordion. Mr Boozoo was also a prolific writer of zydeco songs. Many of his songs have become standards of the zydeco repertoire, in spite of, or perhaps because of, their generally idiosyncratic and quirky construction and subject matter.
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