during the swing era. • Instead‚ bebop appeared to sound racing‚ nervous‚ and often fragmented. But to jazz musicians and jazz music lovers‚ bebop was an exciting and beautiful revolution in the art of jazz. • The classic bebop combo consisted of saxophone‚ trumpet‚ bass‚ drums‚ and piano. This was the format used (and popularized) by both Charlie Parker (alto sax) and Dizzy Gilepsie (trumpet) in their 1940s groups and recordings‚ sometimes augmented by an extra saxophonist or guitar (electric or
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So the concert I went to go see was right here on the Santa Fe campus in the Fine Arts Hall Theatre or building FA. So the performers for this concerts were all students from Santa Fe and there were two different music classes to perform there‚ it was the Santa Fe wind ensemble‚ and the Santa Fe hand-drummers were the performers at this concert. So the concert was broken in to two sections the first consisting of a group of hand-drummers playing all different types of drums and styles from African
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Salsa Jazz Band Concert On the 9th of November I went to the salsa jazz band concert. This all took place at Miami Dade College Kendall Campus in the Alfred L. McCarthy Hall Auditorium. I arrived at the campus around 7 pm‚ half an hour before the concert started and parked in the garage. At the garage‚ I met up with my friend Elizabeth with whom I have for the jazz and pop class. From there we both walked to the auditorium with her brother and waited outside for a bit. As I walked in the first thing
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the artist Viktor Hartmann (1834-1873). This piece’s style is an orchestral suite. Its instrumentation includes 3 Flutes (2nd and 3rd doubling Piccolos)‚ 3 Oboes (3rd doubling Cor Anglais)‚ 2 Clarinets in A and Bb‚ Bass Clarinet in A and Bb‚ Alto Saxophone‚ 2 Bassoons‚ Double Bassoon‚ 4 Horns in F‚ 3 Trumpet in C‚ 3 Trombones‚ Tuba‚ Timpani‚ Percussion (xylophone‚ triangle‚ rattle‚ whip‚ side
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Outline and describe the development of Soul and Rap Music‚ including influential artists and songwriters‚ and the influence of this genre on the development of Afro-American Music. You are to write an essay based on your research‚ with particular reference to the two designated works by Marvin Gaye and Tupac. Soul music is a mixture of gospel with rhythm and blues. Although soul developed much earlier than 1950‚ it first gained popularity within the late 1950s and came to be called soul jazz
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“Don’t You Want Me‚” The Human League (1981) “Don’t You Want Me‚” was written by Human league’s lead vocalist Philip Oakey‚ background singer Adrian Wright as well as keyboardist Jo Callis. This song was unusual in that one of the female backing singers took a lead role‚ as the song was structured as a duet.The Human League thought of themselves as very cutting-edge‚ their music was based on electronic sounds and considered guitars "archaic and antique." Lead singer Phil Oakey has been quoted
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The lady that sings the blues was known as Billie Holiday or Lady Day to many. Billie Holiday was the greatest female jazz singer in American history. Billie started out as a young girl who‚ like her idols of Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong turned whatever material she was given into a piece of art of her own. Billie Holiday stated “I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know.” Billie Holiday sang as if she knew her music had so much emotional
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BRIEF HISTORY OF MUSIC Music is a composition of three important elements which are rhythm‚ melody‚ and harmony. The roots of Western music are strongly influenced by classical music. Tracing back its history‚ classical music is divided into six different periods which includes music from the Gregorian chants to Beethoven’s symphonies to the contemporary artists. The longest and most distant era or period of musical history is the Medieval Era‚ otherwise known as the Middle Age Period. During
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Thomas Nickerson Glen Pearson Music 015B 29 September 2012 57th Street Gallery – Jam Session What is Jazz Music? “An academic definition of jazz would be: A genre of American music that originated in New Orleans circa 1900 characterized by strong‚ prominent meter‚ improvisation‚ distinctive tone colors & performance techniques‚ and dotted or syncopated rhythmic patterns.” To me jazz is so much more. I personally feel jazz is an expression of the an artist’s deep emotional connection to the
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fame. Gordon played amongst many jazz greats like Charlie Parker‚ Charles Mingus‚ and Buddy Collette to name a few. Gordon started to play at the age of 13. His first instrument was the clarinet but quickly after he decided to take up the tenor saxophone at the age of 17. Music was always popular around the Gordon household. Dexter father Frank Gordon was a physician. He dealt with a lot of prominent jazz musicians like Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton on the regular. This set Dexter up to be very
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