much controversy between other Jazz artists‚ but in the end‚ he is still looked upon as one of the most successful Jazz musicians in the world. Kenny G‚ (Kenneth Gorelick) was born on June 5 1956‚ in Seattle‚ Washington. His first encounter with a saxophone came when he heard a performance from “The Ed Sullivan Show.” His teacher was a local trumpet player named Gerald Pfister. Along with Pfister‚
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Hawkins played what instrument? Saxophone When 2 or more musicians play the same notes together it is called a “unison” TRUE Some of the best known Kansas City musicians played in what early KC group? Benny Moton Notes which‚ when played together‚ cause tension‚ sometimes because they sound like they are different keys at the same time are known as Dissonant. TRUE Lester Young gave Billy Holiday the nickname Lady Day What year did drummer Jo Jones and Saxophone Lester Young joined the Count Basie
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Sinatra. In the instrumental version of this song‚ a Latin-inspired sounding consonance set the romantic mood at the beginning of this song. A piano and saxophone then alternated the melody of the song as though they were dancing like two lovers flying to the moon. As the passion of the song heated up‚ the texture changed within the song as the saxophone took the melody and the piano and other instruments within the ensemble were in accompaniment. The rhythm‚ which was continuously steady seemed to
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percussion instruments and the melody created by the keyboard instruments‚ woodwind‚ and brass. At 1:20‚ idea B begins with an improvised solo that is played by a saxophone. Idea B is signified by the presence of pitch. In the duration that the saxophone plays‚ the melody changes making the notes seem sporadic and shorter. The saxophone plays to 2:19 after which it is followed a smooth transition of a piano solo carrying the same musical idea B. the piano solo goes on until 3:18‚ after which it is
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Even with my glasses‚ or is it because of my glasses‚ I still could not see. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens‚ Sean Covey explains that having incomplete or flawed paradigms about yourself and others is like wearing glasses with the wrong prescription. Taking a first step and walking through a new door can create the beginning to a paradigm shift. I walked in wearing a wacked pair of glasses. Those jacked-up glasses kept telling me that I could not‚ would not‚ and did not fit in. The glasses
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Born in Washington D.C. on April 29‚ 1899‚ Duke Ellington was an American composer‚ pianist‚ and bandleader who gained fame by performing with his orchestra both in the Cotton Club in Harlem and in Europe. Regarded as a major figure in the development of jazz‚ Ellington identified his music as American music and adopted the phrase of his colleague Billy Strayhorn “beyond category” as a principle. Ellington started taking piano lessons locally at the age of seven and his mother insisted that he be
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Salvatore’s remembers many good things from his childhood‚ growing up in the 40’s and 50’s. There were also some tough times in his childhood. One of his struggles started early‚ and it’s the same struggle a lot of kids have even today. He felt school was boring‚ and that some teachers could be strict or mean. Like today‚ there were bullies and kids who got bullied. Sal said he was one of the kids who never really bullied anyone. When he went to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. High‚ (when he was twelve)
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the best instrument chosen for their personality. Gender Correlation Gender definitely correlates to instrument choice. Gender stereotypes have a huge influence on the student instrument choice (Bayley 2000). Woodwind instruments‚ besides the saxophone‚ and the violin considerably fit the top female biased instruments. On the other
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Reflection Activity: Expressionist Music and Jazz Expressionism is an artistic movement that stresses intense and subjective emotion. Artists that use expressionism usually focus on their inner feelings instead of depicting outward appearances. Expressionism is an art concerned with social protest. Some characteristics of expressionist music are that it is episodic with a fragmentary form. It involves a great emotional magnitude. Also‚ it is discontinuous. Most expressionist works stress harsh dissonance
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of the post-swing era‚ thus having a great influence on other jazz musicians. Thirdly‚ I also found it interesting how trombone was not the first instrument that he played‚ and that he began with piano lessons at age eleven‚ then played baritone saxophone at school for a short time before beginning to play trombone at fourteen years old because his classmates needed a trombone player to form an amateur band. Fourthly‚ similar to many other jazz musicians of his generation‚ Jay Jay consumed heroin
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