Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues is a genre. Defining acts include Elvis Presley, Lana Del Rey, Anggun, The Rolling Stones and Jennifer Lopez, and their records are the quickest way into the sound. Rhythm and blues grew out of Jazz, Blues, soul blues, gospel blues and British blues. It sits close to early reggae, dark jazz, blues rock, jazz blues and jazz-funk, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into rock and roll, Doo-wop, Disco, boogaloo and British rhythm and blues, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 31 connections around Rhythm and blues. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Rhythm and blues came from and where it led.
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Rhythm and blues connections
Rhythm and blues grew out of Jazz, Blues, soul blues and gospel blues, shares an orbit with early reggae, dark jazz, blues rock and jazz blues, went on to shape rock and roll, Doo-wop, Disco and boogaloo. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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