Roots of Jazz and blues, amen & aho

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excellent article on the genealogy of american music and the first casual piece i've seen that includes a reference to any native american contribution. be sure to scroll to the bottom and listen to the audio links.

original-wapo

Indian, Black Gospel and Scottish Singing Form an Unusual Musical Bridge

By Chuck McCutcheon
Religion News Service
Saturday, April 21, 2007; Page B09

Jazz musician and Yale University music scholar Willie Ruff, who uncovered the links between 18th-century Scottish singing and black gospel music, has connected another group to the style: Native Americans.

A descendant of an Oklahoma tribe contacted him after learning about a 2005 Yale conference on line singing, an a cappella vocal form that originated in Scotland and is still sung in parts of the South. And this week, a second conference featured Muscogee Creek Indians singing with Baptist groups from Alabama and Kentucky.
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complete article including links to audio here