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James Brown (1933-2006)
12018-07-31T18:35:45-07:00Colin McDonaldca930b0e7394f78ad796433f73d2077b97842b93309144"The Godfather of Soul" and one of America's greatest popular musicians. James Brown changed the rhythmic characteristics of R&R and R&B by switching from emphasis on the backbeat (beats 2 and 4) to the downbeat (beat 1), and by downplaying harmonic and melodic interest in favor of complex interlocking patterns between instruments in the band. These polyrhythmic patterns formed a "groove," usually 8 beats long, which was repeated, sometimes throughout a whole song, and often broken up by "hits" (short interjections by the horn players) and "breaks" (short percussion solos). Brown's gospel-derived screams, shouts, and grunts also became a frequent component in soul and funk (Source: Heinrich Klaffs via Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.plain2018-08-21T18:41:14-07:00Colin McDonaldca930b0e7394f78ad796433f73d2077b97842b93