funky

Japanese: funky
funky

...Blacks, who had temporarily lost their dominance to whites on the West Coast, incorporated black blues, which forms the backbone of jazz, and gospel songs, which were sung and performed only in black churches, into jazz, and once again became the mainstream of the jazz world. Jazz that had a black smell at first listen was given the adjective "funky," which means black body odor, and these black jazzmen, mainly from New York, and their performances were also called "East Coast jazz" in contrast to the West Coast. This hard bop period (around 1956-61) was the time when modern jazz reached its maturity. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一時的にもウェスト・コーストの白人に主導権を奪われた黒人たちは,ジャズのバックボーンをなす黒人ブルースや,黒人教会の中でのみ歌われ演奏されるゴスペル・ソングをジャズに盛りこみ,再びジャズ界の主流となった。一聴して黒人臭を感じさせるジャズには,黒人の体臭を意味する〈ファンキーfunky〉という形容詞がつけられ,ニューヨークを中心とするこれら黒人ジャズ・メンやその演奏はまた,ウェスト・コーストに対比して〈イースト・コースト・ジャズEast Coast jazz〉とも呼ばれた。こうしたハード・バップ時代(1956‐61ころ)は,モダン・ジャズが成熟期に達した時代である。…

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