Funk: Music, People and Rhythm of the One (Paperback, St Martin's Griffin ed)

Winner of an ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award

Funky music hasn't received the critical attention that rock, jazz, and the blues have—until now. This intelligent, accessible, and engrossing study takes an unprecedented look at the songs, the musicians, the philosophy, and the meaning of funk. Vincent, a noted critic, scholar, and DJ, takes readers from the earliest efforts of James Brown (the Godfather of Funk) up to the masters of today, investigating such crucial phenomena along the way as funky soul (Stevie Wonder, the Temptations), jazz-funk (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock), monster funk (Parliament, Funkadelic), disco-funk (Chic, K.C. & the Sunshine Band), funky pop (Kool & the Gang, Chaka Khan), P-Funk Hip Hop (Digital Underground, De La Soul), funk rock (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus), and more.

With sixteen pages of photos, thorough annotations throughout, and a complete discography, Funk gives us the history of a uniquely American music born out of tradition and community—a music of energy, attitude, anger, hope, romance, mystery, and irrespressible spirit that now stands as a cornerstone of African American popular culture.

General

Imprint:	St Martin's Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1996
First published:	April 1996
Authors:	R. Vincent
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	375
Edition:	St Martin's Griffin ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-13499-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Promotions
LSN:	0-312-13499-1
Barcode:	9780312134990

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