'The story of gospel music is actually a more universal story of American music and our country’s history,' says the producer of the new ChicagoStorieswttw documentary about the Birth of Gospel:
, shaping the evolving genre of gospel music along the way, while the genre itself shaped popular music as well., about gospel music’s ties to Chicago and its unique power.Stacy Robinson: Gospel music was a genre that I was interested in and had a lot of appreciation for. I didn’t know much going into it, which is the way I often like to approach a story.
What are some of the ways in that music of the Black church has influenced other styles of American music? Robinson: When we talk about gospel music, we go all the way back to when enslaved Americans arrived here in the United States. Music for them was a way to connect with each other. For people who had come from many different cultures, music was a way to unite and form community in this new world, and it established itself at the church. It was a way for them to communicate and remember where they came from.
That music that they created changed as Black experience changed. When Blacks were emancipated, they were able to add these new creative elements to what started as a Black spiritual, and that’s where we have the first influence of blues. A really distinct change happens with the Great Migration, when African Americans come to Chicago, which is sort of the root of our story. The African American experience in Chicago really impacted African American music everywhere.
They arrive here with the sensibilities of their Southern blues and music from their church. They arrive in Chicago where there is already an established African American community, and what’s really happening here is jazz. Jazz is really hot on the South Side. And that music becomes part of the stew of church music, and we see that reflected in the music that we think of today as modern gospel, which is really blues, African American spirituals, and the sensibility of jazz.
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