June Is Black Music Appreciation Month. Post Your Favorites

Marcy Sheiner said:
Any Stevie Wonder

I just tried to upload a file from YouTube of Stevie, but couldn't. Can anyone tell me how?
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[This post edited to add this comment: I may have misunderstood your question. If you're asking how to post a youtube song in this thread, the instructions are below.]

1) Copy the URL (website address) of the Stevie Wonder song on youtube that you want.

2) Paste it anywhere into a new post.
3) Click the preview button -> (top right corner) ->
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4) Click the play arrow on the video to make sure it works.

5) If it plays, you're done - just hit your "post reply" button ->
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Amidst America’s largest economic depression, the small state of New Orleans turned to a particular style of music and dance in an attempt to find happiness within hardships. It became a showcase of African/American culture and served as a source of optimism for many.
The quick tempos and masterful improvisation transformed jazz into a musical idiom of the 20th century, inspiring a mass movement that rampaged throughout the nation. From East to West, people of all colours, all classes and all generations lived by jazz culture. This was the Swing era.
It was 1935 when swing became popular and Americans spent an entire decade dancing, singing and swinging away to the joyful rhythms. Many believe that swing was more than just a stylistic trend. It sparked a cultural revolution in America, introducing a time of liberation and social development.
 
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and a few others were instrumental (no pun intended) to the creation of the style of jazz known as bebop. Bebop didn't replace big bands entirely, but in the aftermath of WWII, paying 4 or 5 musicians versus 17 made financial sense. Bebop pretty much demanded active listening, versus dancing, therefore the smaller quartets and quintets could play for a much more intimate audience in smaller settings.

Here Parker shows his lyrical side.

 
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