As she puts it, she is supporting the tradition of African American classical music.
The story strains to make a mythopoetic connection between the classics of African-American music and the personal history that they embody.
Jones the famed record producer, conductor, arranger, film composer, television producer and trumpeter was honored Tuesday, not for his five decades of spectacular accomplishments, but for his commitment to develop the talent of young musicians as well as preserving and maintaining the heritage of African-American music.
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They infuse an African-American sensibility into music that includes, not only opera, but jazz, gospel, soul and blues.
Chanticleer, an all-male a capella group best known for its classical repertoire, has released How Sweet the Sound, its second CD of gospel music and African-American spirituals.
Music, another southern African-American staple, hitched a ride and eventually evolved into its own form (Chicago blues).
The Beastie Boys' success in hip-hop was notable at a time when the music form was dominated by African-American performers.
But these days, she is an up-and-comer in country music -- and a rare African-American performer in the genre.
His music was a mix of African and Central-American sounds dubbed "punta rock" by many and the instruments and rhythms a direct product of his Garifuna past.
It's a great, great CD, and as I said, if you want to experience what an African-American church can be in its best sense with gospel music, here's a fun way to do it.
The bluesy scales and shuffling rhythms American rock fans grew up on also exist in West African traditional music, via the history of the Atlantic slave trade.
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Country music is home to a smattering of well-known African-American artists.
On both albums, music director Joe Jennings the group's only African-American member has served as a cultural guide for his singers.
"Country Girl, " the first single off Palmer's self-titled 2007 debut album, made her the first African-American female in 20 years to hit Billboard's country chart, according to Country Music Television.
And she has used them in her own research on the racial desegregation of classical music performance, searching concert programs from the 1940s and '50s to find African-American soloists, the repertoire they were hired to perform and the white musicians they played alongside.
Like many African-American teen-agers, they were bused into predominantly white and affluent neighborhoods, and they made music as perceptive outsiders trying to understand their surroundings and to preserve their identity.
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