Research on chosen genre- "R&B"

As a group we have decided to base our music video on the genre, "R&B". "R&B" (Rhythm and Blues) is the name given to a popular genre of music today. This genre was formed in the late 1940's and early 1050's. "R&B" was the term used by record companies to refer to recordings marketed predominantly to Urban African Americans, this was at a time when "R&B" was becoming more popular.

Information on "R&B"

• Stylistic Origins: Jazz, Blues, Jump Blues, Gospel, Traditional Pop, Electric Blues.
• Cultural Origins: 1940's United States
• Typical Instruments: Drum Kit, Double Bass, Saxophone, Horns, Piano - Organ, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalists.
• Mainstream Popularity: Been significant from the 1940's to 1960's, after this it has been iconic.
• Derivative forms: Soul, Funk, Doo-woop, Hip-hop, Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, Rock and Roll, Electro, Post-disco, Urban and Hard bob.
• Subgenres: Contemporary R&B, Smooth R&B, Slow Jam, Neo soul and Hip Hop Soul.

We have decided to make our song a "slow jam". A "slow jam" is a typical song with an R&B influnced melody. They are usually slow, downtempo songs. Slow jams are based around romantic or emotional lyrical contexts. The term "slowjam" originates back to 1983 when "Solar Records" a group named "Midnight Star" recorded the a song named "slowjam" on their album "No Parking On The Dance Floor".