debasing of the Jazz genre as a unworthy equal to it’s predecessor‚ European Classical music. This can be seen in various statements about Jazz‚ such as Boris Gibalin commit‚ "The "Jazz Mania" has taken on the character of a lingering illness and must be cured by means of forceful intervention."1 This conflict can be traced through out the history of Jazz‚ as Classical composers have relatively disregarded this new type of music. Before Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club performances‚ Jazz play on the radio
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Lester Young: The “Sweet” Jazz Saxophonist Influential jazz tenor saxophonist‚ Lester Young led a revolution that changed the way the saxophone is played until this very day. He Inspired through his bright and airy tunes that sharply contrasted the loud and boisterous sounds of his counterparts (Pener 121). Young was known for many of his groundbreaking tunes such as “All of Me”‚ and “Lester Leaps In”. As a result of his very different approach to playing the tenor saxophone‚ he influenced many
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music world. The twenties‚ which have now been termed "the jazz age"‚ laid the foundation for jazz as a marketable mainstream fascination. Throughout the twenties and thirties‚ dances such as the Charleston‚ Lindy Hop‚ and Jitterbug helped to secure the big band profession in entertainment. Swing emerged as a genre formulated on a swinging 4/4 beat with live performances completely written-out and arranged. During the 1940’s a new form of jazz emerged known as bebop. Bebop is largely attributed to the
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Come to Freemasons’ Hall in Covent Garden‚ London for the inaugural concert of the Metropolitan Masonic Subscription Concert Series! London‚ UK‚ August 01‚ 2014 /PressReleasePing/ - Come to Freemasons’ Hall in Covent Garden‚ London for the inaugural concert of the Metropolitan Masonic Subscription Concert Series! Pianists Samson Tsoy & Pavel Kolesnikov will play an exciting programme for two pianos including the well-known Saint-Saens’ "Carnival Of Animals"‚ together with other popular compositions
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The first time I was ever daunted sitting at a drum kit‚ was at my first gig with my high school jazz ensemble during my freshman year. It was the night of the Presidents Circle Dinner‚ an event dedicated to the individuals who donated a substantial amount of money to my school. All the people I had to impress. Not only was I new to playing in front of a crowd but I was also new to playing jazz itself. During the performance of C Jam Blues‚ the band director pointed at me‚ hinting that I‚ the second
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The Jazz music of the Big Band Era was the pinnacle of more than thirty years of melodic advancement. Jazz was so creative and diverse that it could truly clear the world‚ changing the melodic styles of about each nation. Enormous band Jazz that makes the feet tap and the heart race with fervor that it is perceived with almost every kind of music. The melodic and social upset that achieved Jazz was an immediate consequence of African-Americans seeking after vocations in expressions of the human experience
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In the film‚ The Jazz Singer‚ the protagonist‚ Jakie Rabinowitz‚ goes through a major character change in becoming Americanized. That is‚ in leaving his family’s Jewish faith‚ he adopts the attitude and culture of the American way of life. However‚ there are many phases and steps he takes in doing this along the way. The first signs are the feud between Jakie and his father and goes as far as his name changing and meeting with a Gentile. Because of these changes he chooses to make‚ his Jewish way
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Concert Report Before the last days of the class I was looking for a new concert to write about and I had a chance to go a live music concert on May 3. I attended to The Rites of Spring in Shepard Recital Hall. The Department of Music School of Fine and Performing Arts presented the concert. It is the same hall that I took my class so I was very familiar with the concert hall. I used the same chair that I use in my Masterworks of Western Music class. Before the concert I did a little research about
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On Sunday‚ December 07‚ 2003‚ I attended the Mozart and The Height of Classicism concert that was held in the Lincoln Theater of the New World Symphony orchestral academy. Conducted by Nicholas McGegan featuring pianist Robert Levin. There were two pieces of music during this concert‚ one of the movements was performed by the pianist alone as a solo‚ Mr. Robert Levin. The program’s title was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ Chaconne from Idomeneo. The first piece was Concerto No. 24 in C minor for Piano
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Choir Concert Review Music has been a part of my life since as far back as I can remember‚ it is something that I truly enjoye and find to be very therapeatic. I have always had a love for music ‚ going back to the days of elemantary school when I had been in music class ‚ I always knew that music would be womething that was in my blood. Actually I am from Mongolia which is so different country compare to America . I always wanted to join singing club or choir. But i have not gotten a chance to
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