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    reinventing the tenor saxophone as a Jazz instrument and an art form. His single‚ ‘Body and Soul’‚ was not only outrageously popular‚ but did so while defying many of the swing conventions of jazz music at the time. He was also one of the pioneers of early bebop and was a huge influence on later musicians such as John Coltrane and sonny Rollins. Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra was one of the most popular and influential ‘Hot Jazz’ bands of the 20’s‚ and Coleman Hawkins was a full time member for 11 years

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    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 Sokolov‚ and Howdiz Songo?‚ which was a salsa style piece

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    subordinate classes. This was achieved through compositional devices and was highly effective as it exemplified counterculture through music. He played bebop; a style of modern jazz that developed in New York City during the early 1940s. It contained fast tempos‚ open soloing and complicated improvisation.14 from post 1940s‚ bebop was a form of aesthetic protest and rebellion.15 as disobedient‚ sometimes aggressive‚ and an edge which related the music to the permanent black experience

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    instead uses an improvisational technique‚ to ‘vamp’‚ which is to remain on a chord for an intro for a number of bars before proceeding to the tune.This draws in elements of improvisational jazz‚ to which where the chords where usually taken from the Bebop Genre belonging to Jazz. Funk musicians where trained in these genres and often added these jazz extensions to their chords and solos. Like much african-influenced genres‚ funks main speciality is complex groove played on both new technology and older/tradtional

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    from 1935 to 1946‚ swing became the most popular music in the United States‚ and this period is known as the swing era. (Gunther ‚1986) Bebop Bebop is a style of Jazz that developed in mid-1940s in United State. It developed from younger generation of Jazz musician‚ they wanted to developed an non-danceable music‚which only suitable to listening. Since bebop was no longer a dance music‚ the musician can play it faster than early Jazz‚ and drumming shifted to a more elusive and explosive style (Krin

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    Jazz Influence on the 20th Century Jazz is considered one of the most influential types of music in American history. Some of the greatest artists in the world have contributed to the success jazz has had not only on American history‚ but throughout the world. Jazz music has come to serve as the base of many music styles in the United States. This paper will explain the history of jazz‚ where it all came from‚ and the effect it has had on the American culture in the 20th century. To

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    a step back‚ leading into the cool period. Although it is hard to find the exact beginnings and ends to these distinct eras‚ I will show how musicians utilized different styles to express themselves. It all began running in the early 1940s when bebop started emerging. Superseding the swing era‚ bop switched its focus from a melodic improvisational style to one more harmonically based. This unique style of improvisation stemmed from the man with the nickname “Bird‚” Charlie Parker. As Crow describes

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    -Protested racial discrimination in employment and in the military Bebop -A style of jazz music that represented defiance during the 1940s. Did not exclusively say it was a product of defiance‚ but helped toward racial tensions. -Characterized by improve and fast tempo. Dances danced to Bebop included the lindy hop and the apple jack emerged-both also seen as resistive - double v double time (time refers to the speed in bebop) -A type of music that focused on asymmetry and dissonance‚ made so

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    AP English Language and Composition Sample Responses to Questions on Ralph Ellison’s “On Bird‚ Bird-Watching‚ and Jazz” 1. Why do the first two sentences contain qualifiers (“oddly enough‚” “however”)? Ellison is floating some theories here‚ an activity he has invited the reader to join. Those qualifiers leave room for doubt and alternative interpretations. He may also be acknowledging that his quest for a definitive explanation of Parker’s nickname might be a little odd and run into more than

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