accomplished in France was to show that he is a successful band leader. He also started another type of music called Afro-Cuban music. Afro-Cuban music has Latin and African elements together to create a new type of Jazz. Dizzy stayed true to his bebop music for the rest of his career. He even did something unheard of by musicians; in 1964 he put himself forward as a presidential candidate. "He promised that if he were elected‚ the White House would be renamed "The Blues House‚" Ray Charles would
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Ben Pollack’s band. Bud Powell piano‚ instrumental in the development of bebop. Kenny Clarke House drummer at Minton’s playhouse. Jay McShann pianist and band leader; his band features the likes of Ben Webster and Charlie Parker. Swing Street reference to 52nd street which hosted major jazz clubs during the swing and the bebop era. Minton’s Playhouse a Harlem jazz club that saw the emergence of bebop and hosted artists such as Dizzy Gillespie‚ Charlie Christian. the house band
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captivated a legion of devout followers from all different age demographics and cultural backgrounds. Only Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong can tread the waters of his talent and his ever-growing legend‚ which was propelled by his revolutionary style. The Bebop revolution would have been a real yawner without notable Dizzy Gillespie tracks and stunning collaborations with top artists from the time period. He played alongside great musicians like Cab Calloway‚ Ella Fitzgerald‚ Earl Hines‚ Duke Ellington‚
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Dexter Gordon was a Jazz saxophonist. He was born February 27‚ 1923 in Los Angeles California. Many people know Mr. Gordon because of bebop. This style of play is what brought him 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
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forming this quintet with Clifford Brown‚ Max Roach had already established a lasting place in the history of the development of jazz‚ playing drums for Coleman Hawkins and Dizzy Gillespie before appearing on nearly all of Charlie Parker’s classic bebop recordings and on Miles Davis’s "Birth of the Cool". He transformed jazz drumming‚ pioneering an open style with emphasis away from heavy use of bass drum towards more subtle development of cross rhythms on ride cymbal‚ high hat and snare rim. His
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RUNNING HEAD: MUSIC AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES Musical and Cultural Differences between Swing and Bebop By: Maria Kratz Misericordia University RUNNING HEAD: MUSIC AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES Swing and bebop are jazz music styles that are very similar and hard to tell apart. Both are styles of jazz that originated with African music and started in New Orleans. Swing was highly influenced by jazz musician‚ Louis Armstrong.Bebop was highly influenced by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
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SunChengCheng Timothy OʼDwyer Head‚ SoCM. Music History (Jazz). October 20‚ 2012 Development and Maturity of the saxophone Style of Lester Young Introduction This essay is about the development and maturity of the saxophone style of Lester Young including his influences and his legacy to the jazz tradition. It will be discussing specifically Lester Young’s early period from 1925 – 1959 to describe and illustrate the main aspects of his influences
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Gillespie recognized rhythm as his greatest influence in seeking to make connections with music from around the world. His explorations were not limited to Cuban music but expanded out Argentina and include tango music. Oscoaldo Frisedo and Gillespie made a record but it was never released in the States (Gillespie 431). “Tangorine” was a song Dizzy recorded to historicize this experimentation. Without any hesitation‚ Gillespie confirms that he was the first one in the North American continent to
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Even in the common jazz lover community‚ Gypsy Jazz is considered a style rather than an individual genre. The fact that Gypsy Jazz is a style‚ means that there aren’t many specific musical pieces that are original to the style. Jazz musicians started by covering popular jazz standards of the day and‚ similarly‚ Gypsy Jazz musicians had the same material to work with. Gypsy Jazz is an extremely unique style however‚ it’s versatile enough to be able to translate modern‚ and standard‚ popular music
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“Music washes away the dust of everyday life.”- Art Blakey. Being around music develops an appreciation for many genres of music. Although our country was in the midst of WWII‚ the culture of music in America was thriving. The music of the 1930’s included popular genres such as Big Band and Jazz‚ Swing‚ and Country. One out of three popular genres in the 1930’s was Big Band and Jazz; its premiere changed the face of music forever. The piano‚ bass‚ and the drums are the rhythm section of Big Band
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