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    the Latin music. 2.What was the significance of "Machito and His Afro-Cubans"? The significance of Machito and his Afro-Cubans was that they helped create salsa music cubop as well as Afro-Cuban Jazz. 3.How did Dizzy Gillespie incorporate Latin music into his music? Dizzy Gillespie incorporated Latin music into his music by the rhythmical of Latin music with jazz and also using Latin musicians in his band. 4.What was the Palladium? The Palladium was once a studio in New york but then was home

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    the significance of “Machito and His Afro-Cubans”? “Machito and His Afro-Cubans” created the genre of Afro-Cuban Jazz and created a bridge between the two cultures‚ and found success with white people. 3. How did Dizzy Gillespie incorporate Latin music into his music? Dizzy Gillespie invited a player from Cuba named Chano‚ and the two of them worked together. 4. What was the Palladium? Palladium was located in mid-town Manhattan. It was a former dance studio‚ but it was transformed into the

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    Small Changes Make Big Differences A living jazz legend once exclaimed “jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.” Herbie Hancock makes it clear that jazz has been an evolving form of art. And just as simple as the notion that music can change the world‚ music changes in itself. Jazz once evolved into something we call swing. Back in the roaring twenties people got up and danced to this kind of music. However‚ these simple and playful melodies

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    and 50s‚ with the likes of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie‚ among other be-bop musicians that inspired

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    Tyler Cannon May 1 05 PDA 110 Prof Vobrouchek Latin Jazz Last Sunday I went to jazz bar in Manhattan and I listened "Latin JazzE Latin jazz is "a fusion of African and indigenous rhythms from the entire Latin American Diaspora with the language of jazzE It was first known as coop‚ but you are now familiar with it as afro-Cuban. When talking about afro-Cuban jazz‚ it is difficult to not mention certain turning points in history that made

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    Louis Armstrong “The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings” Louis Armstrong Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment “Little Louis” Armstrong was born — like so many who shaped American music — poor‚ black‚ and on the far side of the American Dream.  His date of birth was August 4‚ 1901‚ although he believed that he was born on the Fourth of July‚ 1900.  He never knew his father‚ who abandoned the family when Armstrong was an infant‚ and his mother‚ Maryann‚ worked at whatever jobs she could

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    Charlie Parker was born in Kansas City‚ Kansas on August 29‚ 1920. He was born under the name Charles Christopher Parker. His father did not play a huge role in his life and left Charlie and his mother after Charlie was born. Charlie’s mother‚ Adelaide "Addie" Bailey‚ was a strong independent woman who was half African American and half Choctaw Indian. She soon moved the family to Kansas City‚ Missouri. Charlie then began going to school. In 1931‚ Charlie went to Lincoln High School in Kansas

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    Parker‚ Dizzy Gillespie‚ Mary Lou Williams‚ Kenny Clarke‚ Oscar Pettiford‚ Max Roach‚ Tadd Dameron‚ to name a few. The jam sessions that took place here were inspiring many musicians of the day. From the time Thelonious was on the scene this new thing called ‘modern jazz’ was emerging‚ and people either really liked it or didn’t understand it at all. And Monk was the leader of modern-jazz. No one was playing the way Monk did‚ he was just purely original. When Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie had questions

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    28 September 1991 • Best Known As: Composer/performer of Kind of Blue Name at birth: Miles Dewey Davis‚ Jr. In the 1940s‚ Miles Davis went off to New York City to study music at Julliard. He ended up playing jazz with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie instead‚ soon playing trumpet behind some of the biggest bandleaders of the era. As a bandleader himself during the 1950s and ’60s‚ his influence led to "cool" jazz and the emergence of the musician as composer and arranger. He recorded many classic

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    the world of Jazz with his unique style and ability to play numerous notes at one time (“John William”). Coltrane was enveloped with music his entire life as he performed in nightclubs and band halls with various well-known musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie‚ Duke Ellington‚ and Miles Davis. Although his experience in Jazz eventually led Coltrane to create his own band‚ his drug addiction held him back during various moments of his career. Becoming one of the most inspirational musicians‚ John Coltrane’s

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