The Context and Culture of Improvised Music & the Transculturalisation of African American Gospel Music into an Australian Context: iCon and Beat Night

African American gospel/jazz vocal and instrumental techniques and practices have significantly influenced the development of contemporary popular music. In 2010 my research set out a detailed analytical notational system for gospel music and at the same time proposed a contextual framework for the implementation of its essential techniques and performance practices outside of the originating African American gospel music culture.<p> </p><p>Part of my ongoing published research (Cambridge Popular Music and This Is My City, Routledge Press) focusses on the “Tansculturalisation of African American Gospel Music” into Australian and other, non-African American cultures and contexts. Both iCon and Beat Night apply this research to composition/original music and the creation and recontextualisation of African American-inspired improvisational music.</p>