Move on up Chicago soul music and black cultural power Aaron Cohen

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Contents
Hallways and airwaves : changing neighborhoods and emerging media inspire new music -- I'm a-telling you : artists and entrepreneurs step up in a new decade -- We're a winner : musicians, activists, and educators build an expanding industry -- Psychedelic soul : Chicago's 1960s counterculture redirects social and musical cues -- A new day : Afrocentric philosophy and sharp statements answer 1960s challenges -- Rhythm ain't all we got : organizational drive shapes 1970s black music, commerce, and politics -- Sound power : funk and disco highlight connections, divisions, and aspirations -- Future telling : reissues, sampling, and young artists reconsider soul history
Summary
"Curtis Mayfield. The Chi-Lites. Chaka Khan. Chicago's place in the history of soul music is rock solid. But for Chicagoans, soul music in its heyday from the 1960s to the 1980s was more than just a series of hits: it was a marker and a source of black empowerment. In Move On Up, Aaron Cohen tells the remarkable story of the explosion of soul music in Chicago. Together, soul music and black-owned businesses thrived. Record producers and song-writers broadcast optimism for black America's future through their sophisticated, jazz-inspired productions for the Dells and many others. Curtis Mayfield boldly sang of uplift with unmistakable grooves like "We're a Winner" and "I Plan to Stay a Believer." Musicians like Phil Cohran and the Pharaohs used their music to voice Afrocentric philosophies that challenged racism and segregation, while Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire and Chaka Khan created music that inspired black consciousness. Soul music also accompanied the rise of African American advertisers and the campaign of Chicago's first black mayor, Harold Washington, in 1983. This empowerment was set in stark relief by the social unrest roiling in Chicago and across the nation: as Chicago's homegrown record labels produced rising stars singing songs of progress and freedom, Chicago's black middle class faced limited economic opportunities and deep-seated segregation, all against a backdrop of nationwide deindustrialization. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews and a music critic's passion for the unmistakable Chicago soul sound, Cohen shows us how soul music became the voice of inspiration and change for a city in turmoil."--Publisher's description
Data Source
Smithsonian Libraries
Date
2019
author
Cohen, Aaron (Writer on music)
Restrictions & Rights
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Type
Electronic resources
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Physical description
1 online resource (vi, 234 pages)
Place
Illinois
Chicago
Topic
Soul music--History and criticism
Soul music--Social aspects
Soul music--Political aspects
Soul musicians
African Americans--Music--History and criticism
MUSIC--General
African Americans--Music
Soul music
Record ID
siris_sil_1157041
Usage
CC0