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Hace 2 días · A man in blackface as minstrel, c. 1890 White minstrel shows featured white performers pretending to be black people, playing their versions of 'black music' and speaking ersatz black dialects . Minstrel shows dominated popular show business in the U.S. from that time through into the 1890s, also enjoying massive popularity in the UK ...
Hace 5 días · Master Juba was known as the “father of tap dance” and the first African American to get top billing over a white performer in a minstrel show. He invented new techniques of creating rhythm by combining elements of African American vernacular dance, Irish jigs, and clogging.
Hace 1 día · Essay. Louis Armstrong’s Serious Showmanship The jazz master’s crowd-pleasing routines, often criticized by younger Black audiences, hid his true emotions but not his genius.
Hace 2 días · In truth, however, the Minstrel’s power of music should not be surprising for a true Tolkien fan. Throughout his stories, especially The Lord of the Rings but also in The Hobbit and The Silmarillion, as well as the other unfinished tales compiled by Christopher Tolkien, music is not only for inspiration or entertainment but has a real capacity to combat the forces of evil which can be even ...
Hace 3 días · With their 2010 album “Ten,” pianist Jason Moran and The Bandwagon used political speeches and minstrel songs, player piano and a minidisc, to explore jazz and its roots, in a bid to find out who they really are. This outstanding record is now reissued in Blue Note’s Classic Vinyl series.
Hace 3 días · Motifs. Recurring motifs with Basquiat's paintings include references to African art including the griot (or bard or minstrel) and the venerable crown. The simple and yet iconic crown was used to highlight the special things in his work- as seen in 'Tuxedo' or 'King Alphonso'. When understood as a storyteller it is easy to draw a connection ...
Hace 5 días · Da Tap Dance Man is a spirit that primarily shows himself to WWII veteran Henry Emory. His face is covered in dark and dramatized blackface in the stylings of the minstrel performers he's based on. Da Tap Dance Man is a manifestation of Henry's rage, designed to tempt Henry back into the violent outbursts he experienced after ...
