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    Jazz In The 1920's

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    In the 1920s‚ an era called the Jazz Age‚ also known as the roaring twenties‚ came about. The Jazz Age occurred when the economy of America was in its prime‚ before the tragedy of the Stock Market Crash and Great Depression. The Jazz Age brought forth significant female suffrage leaders‚ writers‚ and musicians‚ each influencing a different class of people in society.              Jazz was created in the twentieth century by a group of African American musicians from New Orleans (Teachout). They

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    patterns called progressions. At the main points in the melody‚ the triads give the song a sense of forward movement ("progression"). Composers traditionally wrote progressions using only three or four different triads. However the jazz musicians of the "Bebop Era" revolutionized music by creating progressions that used as many as seven different chords. Hence‚ modern music takes its fundamentals from jazz and uses various progressions of four to five different chords. Modern day music has adopted

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    in 1939 another concert-same title. Then we come to Post war period - A concert‚ in 1953 that became known as Jazz - Massey Hall‚ Canada. Referred to at times as the quintet of the year - the five musicians that played were some of the foremost Bebop musicians at the time. Both live events. Subsequently those tunes became part of the Miles Davies repertoire. Coming into 1960’s - another studio performance called Ascention‚ which was led by saxophone player‚ John Coltrane‚ who was very much

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    John Coltrane

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    the musician improvises. For each specific period or style through which jazz has gone through over the past seventy years‚ there is almost always a single person who can be credited with the evolution of that sound. From Thelonius Monk‚ and his bebop‚ to Miles Davis’ cool jazz‚ from Dizzy Gillespie’s big band to John Coltrane’s free jazz; America’s music has been developed‚ and refined countless times through individual experimentation and innovation. One of the most influential musicians in the

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    History of Jazz

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    Introduction It is difficult to differentiate between actuality and conceptuality in history. History is in a constant state of change and there is no one history. This essay will explore the history and development of Jazz as a popular musical style. It will identify ways in which this knowledge can inform brand management thinking. It will examine the essential links between the past and present and appreciate its value as a brand management tool. It will reflect upon the role and importance

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    anything‚ I didn’t think about dying for a second. I thought I was invincible. Then I met some girl. I wanted to live‚ I started to think like that; for the first time I was afraid of death. I had never felt like that before. Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop) Not many people know when love really starts… More than a friend‚ but not quite lovers. A delicate relationship like this changes gradually once it is noticed‚ and keeps on blossoming‚ Just like the changing seasons. Quote is associated to Episode

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    childhood experience to his wife Gloria about why he likes country music. The author uses slang in sentences‚ which gives the story an informal or friendly feeling. “ ‘I can see blues‚ bebop‚ maybe even a little buckdancing. But not bluegrass‚’ Gloria says‚ ‘Hillbilly stuff is just not my music‚’”(McPherson 3). Words like “bebop‚ buckdancing‚ and hillbilly are slang

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    Musicians

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    forced to join the army and left the age of 24. Paul played in school bands until his high school graduation in 1949. He played local gigs around Providence before catching on with a band that toured New England playing stock big band arrangements. Bebop pioneer Kenny Clarke‚ whom Motian often credited with inspiring his wonderfully sensitive brush playing‚ was a major influence around this time‚ as was Max Roach. Paul became a professional drummer in 1954 and in 1955 he moved to New York where he

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    arrangements for other bands. Including one of his first arrangements‚ “Pickin’ the Cabbage”‚ written for Cab Calloway. In the 1930s‚ with the help of Charlie Parker‚ Thelonious Monk‚ and Kenny Clarke‚ Gillespie created a new genre of music called “bebop”. At first‚ many musicians did not take to the new form of music. But after playing with popular musicians‚ including Ella Fitzgerald‚ Duke Ellington‚ and many

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    most played styles of this decade include traditional jazz styles like blues‚ swing‚ bebop‚ and hard bop as well as another form influenced by hard bop‚ called contemporary mainstream Jazz and lastly improvisers‚ which included all types of Jazz music. These forms are still similar to the most popular form of Jazz which was swing because swing is still one of the important styles along with other forms like bebop and contemporary mainstream Jazz. The period most nostalgic for Jazz fans would be swing

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