Rhythm and Blues (R&B)

Rhythm and Blues (R&B) Rhythm and blues, also known as R&B, was created by African Americans in New Orleans during the early 1940s. It has always been a genre with a strong Latin/Caribbean influence. During the 1940s, R&B was beginning to develop in New Orleans and along the Mississippi delta. During this time jazz musicians who were beginning to explore the beginnings of R&B were extremely fond of the Latin rhythms that were coming in with immigrants from the Caribbean. The first Latin…