The 1970s were also an era of funky music in which musicians strove to make their music more self-consciously Black, inspired by the wave of racial pride from decolonisation, Civil Rights, and Black Power movements.
Acknowledgment and embrace of the African element in Latinx culture were strong in Spanish Caribbean areas of New York, evident in rumba ensembles, Latin jazz, and salsa dura music.
Even avant-garde jazz like Cecil Taylor's piano improvisations were seen as Africanist art, reflecting the cultural and political imperative of asserting African heritage in artistic expression during the 1970s.
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