Bessie by Chris Albertson Rowdy‚ powerful‚ and innovative songstress‚ Bessie Smith dominated the 1920s blues circuit in America. Her soulful drown out voice reinvented the lyrics of many and captivated her audiences. She toured throughout the south and northeast regions building fan base of all races‚ and breaking strides in the newly developing black record business. Like most artist‚ people only knew the musical genius of Bessie Smith. The background‚ personality‚ and struggle of the woman
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Great Rock Musicians: Their Achievements and Effect on Rock and Roll The blues are undeniably the roots of early rock and roll. Rock today has mutated so much that the basic blues patterns have been all but lost. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the birth of‚ and evolution of rock and roll by focusing on three of the arguably greatest rock musicians of the sixties and seventies. The origin of the blues can be traced to the emancipation of the slaves in the rural black areas of the
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name during the jazz age was Louis Armstrong is known for many Jazz songs like “What a Wonderful World”‚ “When the Saints Go Marching In” and “Go down Moses.” Another name was Billie Holiday and she was known for “God Bless the Child” and “Billie’s Blues.” The other name was Duke Ellington‚ who have many recordings like “Take the A Train”‚ “Black and Tan Fantasy”‚
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freedom and joy. Many legendary artists have come from R&B‚ such as Michael Jackson. Michael is known to be one of the greatest performers of all time. The 1980s brought a newer style of R&B known as Contemory R&B. It combines elements of rhythm and blues‚ soul‚ funk‚ pop‚ hip-hop and dance. Because of these many combinations‚ you will see a broad base of instruments. For example‚ the guitar‚ bass‚ keyboard‚ and drum. In conclusion‚ R&B combines wide variety of rhythms‚ while using a broad base of
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rectangular filled with clay bricks and the main entrance has this broken and rusted fiberglass with steel support cantilevered roof with installed three pin lights. The building’s enclosed windows have this thin and wavy light glazers colored with pale blue‚ green and flesh. The building’s roof is made up of corrugated galvanized iron sheet painted in white. There is a black steel gate and a direct security post right on the entrance of the building to secure and monitor the people that come in and out
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Jazz is a genre of music loved by many‚ but it holds a deep and judgmental past. Taking a closer look into this relationship‚ racial and gender discrimination becomes abundantly clear. When looking at jazz films‚ these relationships are clearly defined and played out. In jazz films‚ those of color were sidelined and played lackluster and profligate characters; men were emasculated‚ while women were sexualized and degraded. Jazz musicians are plagued by stereotypes that have been set from its origination
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Music of the USA History The music of the United States reflects the country’s multi-ethnic population through a diverse array of styles. Among the country’s most internationally-renowned genres are hip hop‚ blues‚ country‚ rhythm and blues‚ jazz‚ barbershop‚ pop‚ techno‚ and rock and roll. After Japan‚ the United States has the world’s second largest music market with a total retail value of 3‚635.2 million dollars in 2010 and its music is heard around the world. Since the beginning
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“crooked hands”‚ “close to the sun”‚ and “ringed with the azure world”‚ it shows the meaning of the poem with lots of imagery. It helps to reader to imagine and fully understand the poem. Like azure means blue so “ringed with the azure world” would mean the eagle flying across the clear blue sky. An expression like “like a thunderbolt” helps show the deepness and intensity of the poem. 2. Another contrast would be the fact that in the first stanza‚ every sentence has seven words in each line with
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considered African-American because of their African roots. African-American sung about the hardships of enslavement mainly because many were born and raised in enslavement. This theme can now be seen in the lyrics of blues songs‚ a form that developed at the turn of the 20th Century. Blues incorporated both the rhythmic patterns of field hollers and their subject matter to form its unique
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As many eyes looked the photo‚ things I could see around where many tall buildings color light blue‚ the sky was really dark as I seem it was night time‚ there was a clock in one of the buildings. It’s an exotic photo as many of the things that where in the photo many of the things where really cultural. As it is incredible how many people are there. All the advertising’s are lovely and rally pretty‚ many about sports and movies and also about things they want to promote. They are really elegant
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