Why the 20’s Were Roaring The 1920’s were a very roaring decade. This topic is very controversial‚ as some people say that it wasn’t. In actuality it was tremendously roaring! It was roaring for many reasons‚ first is that women started fighting for their rights. There were also a lot of new inventions and discoveries. Lastly‚ the most roaring part‚ there was lots of entertainment like new dances‚ and new music. All in all this decade was very roaring. Before the 1920’s women were not treated
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two very diverse genres that have different musical elements‚ such as melody‚ rhythm‚ etc. The Opera piece is Purcell: Dido and Aeneas‚ Act III‚ Opening and Lament by Henry Purcell and the Big-band Jazz piece is Strayhorn: Take the A Train‚ by Duke Ellington Orchestra. Opera was very popular during the Baroque Era from the 1600’s to the early 1700’s. First gaining popularity in Italy‚ early opera was widely used for royal weddings or other important ceremonies. However‚ later in the sixteenth century
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Bearden was raised in a middle class household where both his parents held decent jobs. At an early age Bearden was exposed to great diversity of artists‚ musicians and writers‚ his home was a frequent hangout spot for major figures such as Duke Ellington‚ Langston Hughes and many more. Art was not always the main focus of Bearden. He studied at Boston University where he played baseball and eventually after taking a few art classes he illustrated the cartoons in the Baltimore Newspaper. Bearden
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American jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald was the “first lady” of singing‚ swing‚ bebop‚ and ballads. Her career spanned over sixty years‚ she sold millions of records‚ and won multiple Grammy awards. She known all over the world. Ella Fitzgerald greatly impacted the way jazz music is today through her use of scatting and her perfect voice. Ella Fitzgerald did not become the “first lady” of these things overnight. She had to go through hardships in order to get to that point. Ella Fitzgerald was born
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The interpretation of jazz style is crucial to the element of rhythmic groove in any jazz ensemble performance. Today‚ many written arrangements for both large and small jazz ensembles are well marked with articulations and expression markings. However‚ in some cases there is nothing to guide the instructor or student. This book addresses some of the articulation and style situations that are commonly found in jazz music. These situations can be generalized into a set of guidelines that can be used
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newspapers he saved up enough money to buy himself a drum set with custom pedals so he could reach them due to his small height. At age 17 by 1926 chick decided to move to New York and play with Johnny Hodges‚ Benny Carter‚ and Duke Ellington. In 1927 on advice of Ellington‚ chick started a quintet called the Harlem stompers. He started playing at one of Harlem’s largest night clubs‚ one like the savoy and won over a lot of crowds with his flamboyant style. In 1931 he formed the chick Webb orchestra
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Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady of Song and Queen of Jazz By Madison Sadler How many of you like listening to jazz? Maybe you like a certain instrument being played or just the soothing sounds of it in general. Well‚ if you like jazz you have probably heard of Ella Fitzgerald. Nick-named “The First Lady of Song‚” Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime‚ she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Ella
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Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born in Newport News‚ Virginia in 1917 and moved to Younkers‚ New York with her mother shortly after her birth. In 1932‚ Fitzgerald’s mother died and she moved in with her aunt. She was eventually sent to a reform school‚ but ran away at the age of fifteen and was homeless for a while. She found work wherever she could‚ but it was a struggle. Looking back on those days‚ she chose to use the memories as inspiration to bring emotion to her singing. Growing
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The Harlem Renaissance was an iconic movement of the nineteenth century. It was a social and intellectual eruption that was located in Harlem‚ New York. Legends such as Duke Ellington‚ Zora Neale Hurston‚ Aaron Douglas‚ and many more‚ all originated from this extraordinary movement. Claude McKay is one of the most legendary authors that contributed the Harlem Renaissance. McKay wrote many iconic pieces. To name a few‚ he wrote poems titled‚ “If We Must Die”‚ “Harlem Shadows”‚ and “America”. By doing
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Django Reinhardt Life Documentary—Facts! Part One: 1. Django was the first and only European Jazz performer—(Practically) the inventor of the Jazz guitar. 2. He was born in Belgium—January 23‚ 1910‚ he was illiterate. 3. At 12‚ someone gave him a 6-string‚ banjo guitar—he learned to play without any formal training by watching the way other Gypsy musicians played. 4. At 17‚ he came into adulthood and married a Gypsy girl named Bella. 5. November 2--a wick
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