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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The Beat Generation‚ a literary and artistic movement that emerged in the United States in the late 1940s‚ after the Second World War and in the early days of the Cold War‚ owes its name to street slang. The term "beat" (borrowed from street jargon‚ and meaning down and out‚ poor or homeless) perpetuated the romantic‚ bohemian myth of the “lost generation.” The Franco-Canadian writer Jack Kerouac‚ whose novel On the Road (1957) contributed to giving the movement its mythical aura‚ added a contemplative
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There are many differences between the music represented on the Your Eyes CD and the Big Band music. The most noticeable is the is the way the vocals are represented. On the Your Eyes the vocal are song‚ while on the other hand the Big Band vocalization is done instrumentally. For example‚ Duke Ellington employed the technique of wordless vocals. This technique‚ sometimes referred to as instrumentalized voice‚ became synonymous with Ellington. The instrumental vocals of the Big Band music are spontaneous
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Rachmaninoff stated‚ “Music is enough for a lifetime‚ but a lifetime is not enough for music.” Essential to all nationalities‚ generations‚ and people‚ music can make your soul soar‚ put you to sleep‚ or bring you to your knees in tears. All din and clamor goes silent. Every eye is riveted on the conductor. The baton lifts. Suddenly‚ in a myriad of melodies‚ harmonies‚ timbre‚ and texture‚ a whole new realm is unraveled. The extraordinary feeling of unwinding and renewing your mind by listening to
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Duke Ellington was a prolific composer‚ composing over two thousand pieces‚ many of which are still popular in jazz today. A number of these are written with an image or colour in mind‚ and have a colour in the title. By analyzing the sound of the song‚ it is possible to discover a relationship between the colour in the title and the sound. Because Duke Ellington is considered by many to be "the supreme colourist in jazz"‚ a few of the songs with a colour in the title will by analyzed to determine
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Swing to Bebop: Inherent Social Changes The 1920’s and 1930’s were a period for unprecedented African American contributions to the 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
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for creative art in the forms of writing‚ poetry‚ paintings‚ and music to display; yet‚ it also gave life to drug use‚ sexual quest‚ and destitution. The two biggest categories of music that seem to be suggested in Sonny’s Blues are the Blues and Bebop. It is conveyed that Baldwin was trying to show a space between these two within their styles and time periods‚ much like
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COMPLETE JAMEY AEBERSOLD JAZZ PLAY-A-LONG BOOK INDEX - by SONG Volumes 1 thru 106 For a complete list of jazz items‚ see our website at: www.jazzbooks.com Title • Vehicle-Type • Key • Tempo • Number of Choruses • CD Track # * SCALE & CHORD USAGE by Volume # MAJOR SCALES - 5‚ 21‚ 24‚ 90 MINOR (DORIAN) SCALES - 1‚ 3‚ 16‚ 21‚ 24 DOMINANT 7th (Cycle of) - 1‚ 16‚ 21‚ 84 LYDIAN SCALES - 5‚ 21 HALF-DIMINISHED SCALES - 3‚ 16‚ 21 DIMINISHED SCALES - 16‚ 21 DIMINISHED WHOLE-TONE SCALES - 3‚ 16 MELODIC
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Jazz Notes Exam #3 Chapter 9- The Bebop Revolution • Big Band music was on the decline at the end of WWII. • It was difficult to staff a 17 member big band • Due to the war and the economy Dance Halls began to close • A growing artistic unrest developed among some artists rejecting the commercial and repetitive big band arrangements • Bebop developed as a reaction to the swing era Bepop • Bebop‚ or bop is a style of jazz characterized by fast tempo‚ instrumental virtuosity and improvisation
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vision and technical command of their instruments‚ and in the process influenced virtually every Bebop musician with their mastery of improvisation. And their influence‚ and that of bebop‚ has been described as “…the lingua franca of
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