American music form born in the 20th century‚ including jazz‚ rhythm and blues‚ rock and roll‚ and hip-hophhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhThe blues is one of America’s greatest musical treasures. A roots music form that evolved out of African-American work songs‚ field hollers‚ spirituals‚ and country string ballads more than a century ago‚ the blues is the foundation of virtually every major American music form born in the 20th century‚ including jazz‚ rhythm and blues‚ rock and roll‚ and hip-hhhhhThe
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listening to the bossa nova‚ most people in America think that the music resembles jazz (in a laid back way) more so than it does samba. This might have to do with the fact that we‚ in America‚ listen to jazz much more often than we listen to samba rhythms causing our ears to be prone to noticing the jazz aspects of the music and somewhat disregarding the samba aspects. And on top it all‚ because the bossa nova resembles jazz but in a laid back way‚ the tendency is to believe that it is laid back because
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named‚ Colored Waif’s Home for Boys. There he got his feet with musical instrument the cornet and began to fall in love with music. In 1914‚ he was released from the home‚ and he immediately began to dream of making music and becoming a professional jazz musician. Although‚ he still had other various side jobs such as selling newspapers and hauling coal to the city’s famed red-light district‚ he began to earning himself a reputation of as a fine blues player. Around that time one of the greatest
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Charlie Parker (1920 1955) Charlie Parker spent his childhood in Kansas City‚ Missouri‚ one of the hottest jazz spots in the country. His father was looking for jobs as a song and dance man so he moved the family there to find work. Unable to find a job‚ Charlie’s dad left to go work on the railroad. He had to travel long distances and was gone a lot of the time. In the end‚ he left the family altogether and Charlie’s mom had to provide for the two of them. Sometimes‚ she worked two or three
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age of fifteen and was homeless for a while. She found work wherever she could‚ but it was a struggle. Looking back on those days‚ she chose to use the memories as inspiration to bring emotion to her singing. Growing up‚ Fitzgerald was a fan of jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby‚ but she had always dreamed of being a dancer. In 1934‚ the Apollo Theater in Harlem had an amateur night. Fitzgerald was planning on dancing‚ until she saw all of the talented dancers that went before
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Many people knew Louis Armstrong as the “first real genius of jazz”(Shipton 26). He was born in New Orleans‚ Louisiana on August 4‚ 1901. Louis was the illegitimate son of William Armstrong and Mary Est “Mayann” Albert. He was abandoned by his father‚ a boiler stoker‚ shortly after his birth and was raised by his paternal grandmother. Then‚ at the age of five‚ he was returned to the care of his mother‚ who at the time worked as a laundress. Together with his mom‚ they moved to a better area of New
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the normal things”. By no means did Dave take the normal approach; he made it all the way threw the conservatory with out being able to read the piano music he was playing. His ability to think on the spot and his amazing ear took jazz to the next level. He took jazz to a world of difficult technicality and created sounds with depth that amazed all who had the opportunity to listen to him. Brubeck once stated‚ “And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be
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and Coltrane did indeed find work as a laborer in a sugar-refining factory. A couple of months later he enrolled in the Ornstein School of Music on 19th and Spruce Streets. In Philadelphia John Pg. 2 Coltrane could hear a lot of the blues and jazz which weren’t often broadcast in the South further extending his experience and horizons. He continued to practice his sax alone in his room until he was drafted into the Navy band in 1945. He returned to Philadelphia in 1946 after being discharged
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The Melting Pot of Brazil Brazil is enriched with a cultural pallet of race‚ pride‚ and music. It is most known for its syncretism and blend of culture. The music could be described as soothing‚ exciting‚ or highly spiritual‚ it depends on what your listen to. However‚ Brazil has murky shadows filled with cultural rivalries‚ especially on how the country should view itself. Politics played a big role from Fascist leader Vargas to peaceful and accepting Kubitshek. With the strings of Europe‚
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John Coltrane The ever growing love that I have for jazz was started because a friend told me to buy a John Coltrane CD the summer before my freshman year in college. For as long as I have known my friend he has always been interested in music and has played drums for the majority of his life. He had a few albums of Coltrane ’s and would always tell me I would love them. I remember the first time I heard that piercing voice that Coltrane gets out of his tenor saxophone. I took a trip out to
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