Woody Divers O6/12/11 MUL 2380 Van Dyke Upstairs 846 Linconl Rd Miami Beach‚ Fl Live Jazz and Blues Miami Beach is a place where people different nationality and different race have fun. At Van Dyke‚ there is live jazz and blues every night. People meet tourist‚ Floridian‚ and make connection. One day a friend of mine referred me to this place where magical happen in jazz and blues. Saturday night I decied to visit the place because of the second paper‚ but when I got there I realize
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Thesis Statement: Blues and Jazz are different in several major ways. I. Blues and Jazz are different in terms of feeling. A. By performing or listening to the Blues‚ one is able to overcome sadness. 1. Blues is based on the music of African-American playing to express longing for better life and lost loves‚ jobs‚ and money. 2. Because African-American‚ in the past‚ did not know about music theory‚ they played out of major scale notes‚ and therefore‚ makes the feeling of sadness
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Sonny’s Blues 1950’s Author: James Baldwin (1924-1987) Central Character: Although the story is narrated by Sonny’s unnamed older brother‚ Sonny is the most important character. Sonny is described in a common stereotype of the time‚ a stereotype that his own brother holds until the end of the story: the heroin-addicted jazz musician. Sonny has just been arrested for "peddling and using heroin’’ and must do time in a prison upstate. As the story progresses‚ however‚ the reader learns more about Sonny’s
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Armstrong‚ an influential figure in the Jazz world‚ once said‚ “If you have to ask what jazz is‚ you’ll never know.” Over time‚ jazz has kept its essential elements and original style‚ even as new styles have developed. Jazz‚ in its most basic form‚ is defined as “music that includes qualities such as swing‚ improvising‚ group interaction‚ developing an ’individual voice’‚ and being open to different musical possibilities‚” by Travis Jackson‚ a Professor of American Music. Improvisation‚ being the key element
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| Jazz Music and its Musicians | | | By Brandon | | | Jazz started when World War I had just ended and a social revolution was on its way. Customs and values of previous were rejected. Life was to be lived to the fullest. This was also known as the era of the "lost generations‚" and the "flapper" with her rolled stockings‚ short skirts‚ and straight up-and-down look. They disturbed their elders in the casino‚ night clubs‚ and speakeasies that replaced the ballrooms of prewar
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I am doing my end of the semester paper on Jazz music. Jazz was created in the twentieth century and was said that it was‚ “created to bring people together.” Jazz was also known in many cities around the time of the jazz age‚ but the city that was known as the birthplace of jazz was New Orleans. There are many important names that people still know today from the jazz ages. One important name during the jazz age was Louis Armstrong is known for many Jazz songs like “What a Wonderful World”‚ “When
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I went to recital hour and heard The College Concert Jazz Band. They were a big band that consisted of various instruments such as: alto and tenor saxophones‚ trumpets‚ trombones‚ drums‚ bass‚ guitar and piano. They played Swing‚ Swing‚ Swing‚ Sunny Side of the Street‚ Bebop Charlie‚ which is a song that is a transition between swing and bebop‚ Blues for Sita‚ which was played by the big band and was intended to sound like a small band‚ It Had to be You‚ which featured a guest vocalist named Stav
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which keeps you interested till the end and even after. I love the caraters‚ they are true to life. It is easy to identify with their joys and sorrows. Katniss‚ Peeta and the little Rue are my favourite. I think we can learn from them‚ how they live their lives. Its a good book for today teenagers. For example‚ Katniss is a really helpful caracter‚ It was illegal to hunt anything is the forest‚ despite she went to hunt‚ because her family was suffering. She could be died. It was a very brave action
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In chapter fourteen in “Blue like Jazz”‚ Miller writes “when a person has no other persons he invents them because he was not designed to be alone‚ because it isn’t good for a person to be alone”(Miller 158). Miller states that God created human kind to have communities and not to be alone. Throughout Millers lifetime‚ he lived alone for years and discovered the only thing that it led too was self-obsession. He soon learned how wrong this action was and how he needed to change his selfish ways in
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Most people find it difficult to differentiate Jazz from The Blues. They normally mix them up. Although they seem so similar in style‚ instruments and techniques they certainly have a numerous amount of dissimilarities as well. Jazz was originated in the deep south in the late 19th century . Jazz is sorted out into many different sounds ‚ instruments‚ and techniques. Jazz music was first known as "jass" but soon later dropped the two "ss" that soon became two "zz" which meant "cool" (http://www.differencebetween
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