James Reese Europe and Will Marion Cook were leaders of the most popular “Syncopated” music groups of the day. TRUE Mary Lou Williams was the most important female Violinist in the century. FALSE Count Basie is credited with inventing a piano accompaniment style‚ the name is derived from the words “accompanying” and “Complementing” known as Comping One of many mutes used by brass players to change the sound of their instrument is known as Plunger Mute In 1938‚ promoter John Hammond put together
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movement which harbored and preserved a new black cultural identity in multiple aspects. Prolific writers such as Langston Hughes influenced many poets. The improvisation of Jazz and its syncopated rhythms was popularized by jazz legends such as Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. The Harlem Renaissance began in the late 1930’s after World War II. However much of the foundation of this movement was established by earlier generations of African American educators‚ students‚ and intellectuals. In the
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Red Hot Peppers recorded "George Swing" (Microsoft music). Others say it started on a cold night when Bennie Moten’s band got an entire Kansas City ballroom jumping (World Book 159). Still others say it all started in 1932 when the great Duke Ellington recorded the album "The Anthem of Idiom"‚ "It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)". From the definition of the Webster Dictionary‚ swing involves a departure from the written score by maintaining the underlying beat‚ but
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black and white. It was a very intimate setting between the band and the audience. The band was very small in size and was very good. The woman who I believe to be the singer bared a very heavy resemblance to jazz singers from the days of Duke Ellington‚ she was very good. She did many jazz standards and a couple of Billie Holiday songs‚ and even did one of my favorite songs‚ ‘At Last’ by Etta James. The band’s name was ‘Coltrane Revisited’‚ the people on instruments were Joe Lavano on saxophone
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places and enjoyed what he talked about in the stories 1. The Harlem renaissance took place in the 1920s 2. The blacks did not like white people coming to Harlem to watch them in their clubs 3. Two famous artist he replied too where duke Ellington and Paul Robeson S the subjects was on the fun times in Harlem O 1920 Harlem renaissance and its times A the audience where people explaining how fun the times were P To reform people what whites‚ blacks‚ and the Harlem Renaissance
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Jose 1 Janelle Jose Professor Pappas AAS 254 16 April 2008 “Our Theater: The Hey Dey of the Apollo Theatre” Apollo was the Greek God of music‚ Poetry and the arts. His temple was at Delphi and was known to be a place of purification. There is a temple of a different that bears the name of the Greek god and its at 253 West 125th Street Harlem in New York City. The Apollo Theater would become as famous as the temple at Delphi. The Apollo Theaters home was in Harlem. Harlem is known worldwide as a
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Louis Armstrong is known for many Jazz songs like “What a Wonderful World”‚ “When the Saints Go Marching In” and “Go down Moses.” Another name was Billie Holiday and she was known for “God Bless the Child” and “Billie’s Blues.” The other name was Duke Ellington‚ who have many recordings like “Take the A Train”‚ “Black and Tan Fantasy”‚
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Charles Mingus‚ an icon in the Jazz world “only second to Duke Ellington (CHARLES MINGUS BIO). Mingus played a very important role in the development of jazz music‚ he left his mark on the world that got him a lot of recognition. Along with a plethora of grants that were donated to him and the different organizations that were centered on him. He was also honored in New York City by having a “Charles Mingus Day” dedicated to him and many other dedications and assortments of honoring’s (CHARLES MINGUS
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noticeable is the is the way the vocals are represented. On the Your Eyes the vocal are song‚ while on the other hand the Big Band vocalization is done instrumentally. For example‚ Duke Ellington employed the technique of wordless vocals. This technique‚ sometimes referred to as instrumentalized voice‚ became synonymous with Ellington. The instrumental vocals of the Big Band music are spontaneous and improvisation ring through. In contrast‚ the Your Eye vocals meld together smoothly and seem to have less
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Oklahoma‚ and California ("Swing Jazz - America’s Music"). The people that wrote Swing music are important. Americans dance to swing bands ("Swing Jazz - America’s Music"). The great first artists of Swing were African American. Fletcher Henderson‚ Duke Ellington‚ and Jimmie Lunceford began to blend the “hot” rhythms ("Swing Jazz - America’s
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