 I already responded to this post yesterday...and it took me forever...and today I found my response had disappeared?? So I guess some moderator felt the need to delete it and I can't understand why I am sure I didn't use any profanity or violate any guidelines&gt;? So what's the deal which one of you moderators felt the need to just delete my post that it had taken me forever to type?? What reason did you have for doing that? Because it really ticked me off to see my reply had vanished so I had to do it all over again.    The only thing West African from the American south is the Black blood in those Black people's veins. They were completely acculturated to White southern culture. Notice how they word this,partially preserved against all odds Yeah against all odds is correct, it would have been impossible for them to retain any essential Africanness. The slave owners purposely assimilated them. Because a people that is not culturally and racially aware are easier to control, something the ZOG understands all to well.Oh of course not..—uh huh... A great variety of African sensibilites were erased upon setting foot on American soil. The slave masters made sure of that. The acculturaton began on the long boat ride over.  They sure did. yup. No, with roots in Europa only. Go back a few pages on this thread and look at my post that tells you about where the banjo really comes from. The rhythm of Jazz is Spanish, Jelly Roll Moron even always said you cannot have jazz without the Latin Tinge that Latin tinge was the Spanish rhythm, since there were alot of Spanish people, and Spanish Cubans in New Orleans in those days. And everywhere else. And in some Baroque period Classical music and European folk music. Yes, it was. No, Jazz rhythm is Spanish, it's Latin. Notice how they once again use words like reducing simplifying it's because they know they're full of ..it. right right. These so called Black field hollers, work songs and spirituals were the result of Black slaves being exposed to White Gospel music(the only real gospel) in White churches which the slave owners encouraged them to attend.  See, they absorbed European music even this BS article doesn't lie about that. But Blacks didn't create jazz anyhow, this is fallacious and it sickens me to not see credit given where it is due. Told ya so:D Urged to attend, more like forced to usually.  They were musically acculturated by White music, see I actually know what I'm talking about. But Blacks weren't the first to play jazz anyhow, the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band was in 1890s New Orleans. No, Blacks did not create the so called blue notes. Blue notes can be found in ages old British folk music and even in some traditional style Oriental, particularly Chinese music.  No it's not because Asians use it to.That's not true. ohhh okay I see it now. :rolleyes: Yes, it is because no where else in the new world did you have the confluence of French and Spanish and other European cultures all in the same city like you did in New Orleans, Louisiana in the 19th century. hm...Not really, they were acculturated too. Even the so called Black music of Samba is more based on traditional Portuguese music than anything African, look it up or something. yeah yeah this is just making excuses for why the Blacks didn't create anything remotely similar to Jazz, Blues or Rock in any other place in the new world. It's because they didn't create it at all, White men did. No, it didn't. The first Jazz band was White. Of course. See even in Brazil the Blacks were acculturated considerably, just like I said. Yes, they were. I'm sure.  I couldn't have said it better myself! Great way to end this BS article, with some truth!! The Black slaves took all of their music from White people, they were completely acculturated to White culture and musical traditions and had to resort to clawing and grabbing at any little scrap that they could get from Whitey, very good! :cool: