The development of Ragtime into Jive by the Blacks in the US after the Emancipation is very well documented. It has been agreed by both Blacks and Whites, it did not come from Africa. It evolved in the US from Blacks in the fifth or even sixth American born generations. The music they were most commonly exposed to was the Indian music and the street Marches of the day. And they learned to love that kind of music. Combining both in their simple ragtime with plenty of syncopation and they were on their way.
“Social dancers believe that dance may be god's miracle. There are no explanations.
The records mostly by Spanish, were not the same in Latin America. As far as the Spanish were concerned, the Indians had no language or culture, they were nothing. The Tango, the Samba and all the Latin music and dance comes from Africa. And you can read plenty of Spanish and Black writers with their opinion of where in Africa it came from. The truth of the matter is that the Blacks in Latin America learned the native Indian music like everyone else and were even able to make small changes along the way. The great Indian civilizations in Mexico (they had "professional" dancers and musicians) were ignored until the 19th century. .
Most changes in the native Indian music were made by the European poor separately from the Blacks for the first three centuries, then as the Blacks gained their freedom, the amalgamation of all of the music and the movements to that music standardized in the different sectors of Latin America. For the native Indians too but only in the bigger towns and cities. No one in Africa danced the Mambo before the 1950's and where did they get it from? Heh heh heh.
“Social dancers believe that dance may be god's miracle. There are no explanations.
You have to experience it and it may be a long happy journey.”
The records mostly by Spanish, were not the same in Latin America. As far as the Spanish were concerned, the Indians had no language or culture, they were nothing. The Tango, the Samba and all the Latin music and dance comes from Africa. And you can read plenty of Spanish and Black writers with their opinion of where in Africa it came from. The truth of the matter is that the Blacks in Latin America learned the native Indian music like everyone else and were even able to make small changes along the way. The great Indian civilizations in Mexico (they had "professional" dancers and musicians) were ignored until the 19th century. .
"With Or Without You" by U2 (1987)
Most changes in the native Indian music were made by the European poor separately from the Blacks for the first three centuries, then as the Blacks gained their freedom, the amalgamation of all of the music and the movements to that music standardized in the different sectors of Latin America. For the native Indians too but only in the bigger towns and cities. No one in Africa danced the Mambo before the 1950's and where did they get it from? Heh heh heh.
"Social dancers have the simple fact that they care, that they want to do their best, that they strive to enjoy life, dance and love - this makes them so much more than enough."
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