explaining are her life‚ her musical career and what lead her to become famous‚ and one of her songs called “Strange Fruit” with the background story behind the song’s meaning. We decided to do this project because she’s known to be one of the best jazz singer back then and we wanted to know how and why she was so interested in music. Discovering the story behind her song “Strange Fruit” and what she faced during her childhood perked our interest and that’s what motivated us to choose her more.
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style of this concert is Jazz‚ and there are six main instruments of this concert‚ including‚ drum‚ saxphone‚ trumpet‚ piano‚ trombone and violoncello. These six instruments combine together and had played many beautify songs. There are no singer in during the concert‚ this performance just depend on these six instruments‚ so the instruments is the main part and take a absolute important position in this outside life Jazz concert. There are some backgroud about Jazz music. Jazz orginated at the beginning
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Preservation Hall Jazz Band based out of New Orleans. The band’s name comes from Preservation Hall in New Orleans where music is played every Wednesday and Saturday nights. The band is comprised of: Wendell Brunious playing trumpet. David Grillier playing the clarinet. Frank Demond playing the trombone. Narvin Kimball on the banjo. Benjamin Jaffe strumming the upright bass. Joseph Lastie on the drums. Rickie Monie at the piano. The songs that I chose are off the Preservation Hall Jazz Band CD title
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Louis Armstrong moved to Chicago in 1922 to play the second cornet in a Creole jazz band. Although two years later Armstrong moved to New York City and began playing music with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra at the Roseland Ballroom. In 1929 he made his first Broadway appearance. In his recording of “Ain’t Misbehavin” he used a pop song‚ however‚ interpreted through jazz. That will help set the stage for jazz
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closely related to his sexual orientation‚ being gay‚ and his father’s passion for jazz music. There is an implication of femininity in Sedaris’ desire to mimic Billie Holiday’s voice. Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer whose career took off in the 1930s. Some would find it peculiar as to why any young boy would want to imitate the voice of one who was generally regarded as one of the greatest female jazz vocalists. Sedaris first introduces his homosexuality in the first essay of his
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can be described as the cornerstone of jazz music. Having sold over 20 million copies‚ it has gone on to influence generations of musicians to come. Even to this day it is currently selling 5000 copies per week. It is nothing short of a masterpiece and these six tracks of brilliant improvisation will leave you in a better mood by the end of it. Through the modal sketches of Davis‚ this album takes you on a mysterious and beautiful journey into the world of jazz. The word on the street is that Miles
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behind or on top of the beat(especially with young and/or unseasoned musicians)‚ the rest of the band or someone in the rhythm section may adjust to their time potentially causing the music to speed up or slow down. Barry’s trio(all seasoned older jazz musicians) had very minimal tempo fluctuations but had a tremendous amount of breath within the beats. Their maturity and experience in life and playing this music for such a long time has granted them with the utmost patience and composure which
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race for artistic and cosmopolitan supremacy”. There are many eras of music including ancient‚ biblical‚ medieval‚ baroque‚ classical‚ romantic. Jazz: • Jazz was founded and developed from the roots of African Blues and European Ragtime musical traditions. Through the African American experience in the US‚ Jazz was born and evolved.
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Django Reinhardt Life Documentary—Facts! Part One: 1. Django was the first and only European Jazz performer—(Practically) the inventor of the Jazz guitar. 2. He was born in Belgium—January 23‚ 1910‚ he was illiterate. 3. At 12‚ someone gave him a 6-string‚ banjo guitar—he learned to play without any formal training by watching the way other Gypsy musicians played. 4. At 17‚ he came into adulthood and married a Gypsy girl named Bella. 5. November 2--a wick
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icons ("Jazz History- Swing"). Swing music was a trendy style of jazz‚ while swing dancing was very popular and performed in many dance halls. As they became more widespread‚ both became a vital part of America. The 1930s brought a style of music that was possibly the most fashionable and accessible in jazz history. Swing music was an extension of the New Orleans-style jazz almost single-handedly invented by Louis Armstrong‚ a man that was considered to be one of the greatest of all jazz musicians
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