TY - JOUR
T1 - Funk jamming in New Orleans
T2 - Musical interaction in practice and theory
AU - Brinck, Lars
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - This article reports long-term fieldwork on jamming funk musicians’ interaction from a combined anthropological, ethnographic, and grounded theory perspective. The study draws from over 20 years of data collection through personal interviews with New Orleans funk musicians, personal experiences with jamming and second-lining, and participant observation of funk jam sessions and second line parades. Also the author’s personal funk jam teaching experiences are included. The article is in four parts to mark the historical phases in the longitudinal research process towards a theoretical, empirical argument for how funk musicians think and act when they jam. The final theory suggests funk jamming to be guided by overarching notions of “making the music feel good” and “making them dance” and in an iterative spiral process of “open approach,” “prioritized focusing,” “categorical reflection,” and “artistic realization.” Based on this, some educational implications for learning and teaching how to jam conclude the article.
AB - This article reports long-term fieldwork on jamming funk musicians’ interaction from a combined anthropological, ethnographic, and grounded theory perspective. The study draws from over 20 years of data collection through personal interviews with New Orleans funk musicians, personal experiences with jamming and second-lining, and participant observation of funk jam sessions and second line parades. Also the author’s personal funk jam teaching experiences are included. The article is in four parts to mark the historical phases in the longitudinal research process towards a theoretical, empirical argument for how funk musicians think and act when they jam. The final theory suggests funk jamming to be guided by overarching notions of “making the music feel good” and “making them dance” and in an iterative spiral process of “open approach,” “prioritized focusing,” “categorical reflection,” and “artistic realization.” Based on this, some educational implications for learning and teaching how to jam conclude the article.
KW - communication
KW - funk
KW - improvisation
KW - jamming
KW - New Orleans
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047424163&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0255761418771994
DO - 10.1177/0255761418771994
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85047424163
SN - 0255-7614
VL - 36
SP - 430
EP - 446
JO - International Journal of Music Education
JF - International Journal of Music Education
IS - 3
ER -