had to duck while he was standing on a balcony. Today’s airplanes can be thousands of feet in the air but still get the job done on the ground. Near the middle of the movie‚ right after Jamie meets two American Merchant Seaman named Franks and Basie‚ all three get captured by the Japanese soldiers and are sent
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Logan Whaley Biography Improvisation IV Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk is known as one of the most unique‚ inimitable piano players of all time. Monk was both ahead of his time‚ and deeply rooted in tradition‚ and used his extraordinary gift of perfect pitch to learn songs and memorize them fast. Thelonious had a love for the piano from a young age‚ and grew up in Manhattan around lots of musicians. After failing academically as a young high school student he decided to drop out of school
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Other nodernism terms Expressionism Presented a wildly distorted and symbolic world to reflect the feelings and emotions of the character or author Expressionism Authors include Kafka‚ T.S. Eliot‚ Joyce‚ Ralph Ellison Imagism Rejected sentimentality and cloudy verbiage and aimed for new clarity in short lyrical poems. They believed images carry the poem. Meaning happens in the air. Imagism There were four basic rules of the movement: 1. use the common language of speech 2.
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Singer/actress Lena Horne’s primary occupation was nightclub entertaining‚ a profession she pursued successfully around the world for more than 60 years‚ from the 1930s to the 1990s. In conjunction with her club work‚ she also maintained a recording career that stretched from 1936 to 2000 and brought her three Grammys‚ including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989; she appeared in 16 feature films and several shorts between 1938 and 1978; she performed occasionally on Broadway‚ including in her
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What can I say about "Empire of the Sun" other than it is a brilliant book‚ "Empire of the Sun" is not about the end; it’s all about the journey. Knowing that’s going to happen is irrelevant‚ it’s how things happen that’s important and how people react to the events. The novel tells the story‚ in a fictional account‚ of the author’s experiences as a young boy in Shanghai at the outbreak of the Second World War. Jim‚ the third person narrator of the novel‚ is separated from his parents when the Japanese
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Charlie Barnet was one of the first to integrate his band. Glenn Miller successful band leader. Signature music: "In the Mood." Played trombone in the Dorsey brothers. Played in Ben Pollack’s band. Bud Powell piano‚ instrumental in the development of bebop. Kenny Clarke House drummer at Minton’s playhouse. Jay McShann pianist and band leader; his band features the likes of Ben Webster and Charlie Parker. Swing Street reference to 52nd street which hosted major jazz clubs during
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Introduction It is difficult to differentiate between actuality and conceptuality in history. History is in a constant state of change and there is no one history. This essay will explore the history and development of Jazz as a popular musical style. It will identify ways in which this knowledge can inform brand management thinking. It will examine the essential links between the past and present and appreciate its value as a brand management tool. It will reflect upon the role and importance
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SunChengCheng Timothy OʼDwyer Head‚ SoCM. Music History (Jazz). October 20‚ 2012 Development and Maturity of the saxophone Style of Lester Young Introduction This essay is about the development and maturity of the saxophone style of Lester Young including his influences and his legacy to the jazz tradition. It will be discussing specifically Lester Young’s early period from 1925 – 1959 to describe and illustrate the main aspects of his influences
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History of Jazz Midterm 1.) Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was an American jazz composer‚ pianist‚ and bandleader who has been one of the most influential musicians in jazz. The Duke has released countless albums and songs‚ but not many know of his triumph as a musical theatre composer. Duke Ellington’s 1941 Jump For Joy was the first theatre show to openly discard the African- American stereotypes which prevailed in the arts at the time. In fact Jump for Joy openly discussed these stereotypes
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The Trombone The trombone in itself has been around for over 600 years. Trombones were introduced to the orchestra in the 18th century. Trombones were found in churches during this time because they were known for their vocal support. This tradition of using trombones in a church setting continued well into the mid-19th century. Fanny Mendelsson-Hensel’s Oratorio is an example of the trombone use‚ used in the early years of the trombone. During the mid-19th century‚ bell-size became wider as
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