Tag Archives: 1910s – 2000s

Within the teens from the 20th century, Sexteto Bolona were perhaps one of the most influential performers of son, a vivid Afro-Spanish fusion of music styles. Son includes two stylistic amounts. The very first level (African in origins) is really a rumba tempo over which a number of percussionists improvise. …

Wilbur Sweatman is apparently the first dark musician to record beneath the name of jazz. He documented along with his “Jass Music group” for Routeé in March 1917. This by itself might insure his legacy but, at that time, Sweatman had been a present business veteran, a clarinetist and author …