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how did R&B music get started?
who created it?
It came out of jump blues in the late '40s. R&B kept the tempo and the drive of jump blues, but its instrumentation was sparer and the emphasis was on the song, not improvisation. It was blues chord changes played with an insistent backbeat, People like Big Joe Turner, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Ruth Brown and many fathers & mothers of Jump Blues, Boogie Blues were the originators of this style. R&B went through many phases b4 it became the R&B music as we know it today ... at some period people like B.B. King , Buddy Guy & JR Wells were called R&B as well.
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Abdalla Mohamed Ali
Expertise
I'm Abdalla ,I can answer questions concerning American Blues Music & other music genres "jazz/R&B/Soul/Bop/Zydeco/Rock/Rock N Roll/Old skool hiphop. Have sound knowledge in world music too.
Experience
Everything about Blues music and its influences.
Organizations
Radio DJ/Presenter Mango96 FM Sudan.
Publications
I have a weekly musical show on Radio called the Saturday Night Fever it's mainly about music appreciation but concentrating on Blues/Jazz music.
Education/Credentials
Bachlor degree in English Literature.
Awards and Honors
Jazz Music Embassedor "American Embassy Sudan"
Young Arab Leader "World Economic Forum 2005"
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