Los ritmos afroamericanos y afroantillanos en el surgimiento del jazz en Nueva Orleans

Abstract

 The article studies the relationships, links and musical contributions between Afro-Americans and Afro-Antilleans around the emergence of jazz in New Orleans. We start with the Africans under the slave regime in North America and their relationship with Africa. The new environment caused conflicts that manifested themselves in a hidden way and was reflected in the musical production. We analyze its social and cultural transformation, both in that period, as in the "emancipation" and until the end of the 19th century. Musicians from the region participated, such as Cubans and Mexicans, who contributed musical aspects in a first and second moment, respectively, contributing to the proliferation of that music. Afro-American culture acquired a fundamental importance, since it was based on the popular tradition of a community that in the past their ancestors had shared. Expressive resources, his treatment of rhythm, among others, were important elements of his tradition.