Bebop or bop is a style of jazz characterized by fast tempo‚ instrumental virtuosity‚ and improvisation based on the combination of harmonic structure and melody. It was developed in the early and mid-1940s. It first surfaced in musicians’ argot some time during the first two years of American involvement in the Second World War. This style of jazz ultimately became synonymous with modern jazz‚ as either category reached a certain final maturity in the 1960s. The 1939 recording of "Body and Soul"
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College)‚ joined together and started posting videos of themselves performing covers of popular songs to YouTube. Their cover of the Chris Brown and Justin Bieber hit "Next to You" received over 600‚000 hits.[2] In December 2011‚ they were joined by drummer Ashton Irwin‚[3] and the current 5 Seconds of Summer lineup came to be. They have since amassed over 5 million YouTube views ‚ and a large following on social media sites Twitter and Facebook.[3] The band attracted some keen interest from major
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Book Report On “In the Life of Laetitia” Merle Hodge ‘In the life of Laetitia’‚ published in 1994 by Farrar Straus Giroux of New York; Paperback‚ Aerial Fiction‚ 244 pages. The Novel was written by Merle Hodge a Trinidadian novelist and critic‚ she’s a lecturer at the University of the West Indies‚ she’s also the Author of the 1970 novel ‘Crick Crack‚ Monkey’‚ which is a classic of West Indian literature. The story is about an adolescent girl (Laetitia) who begins on a life changing journey‚ after
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viewpoints of the power of the court‚ The Dynamic and the Constrained Court. In the Dynamic Court‚ the court is viewed as the main arbiter of social change‚ were social reform can occur without the delay of other political institutions. For proponents of the Dynamic Court view‚ the landmark Supreme Court cases such as‚ Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade are viewed as some as some of the strongest pieces of evidence that the court is an exceptional tool for activists. But the inherent problem
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8-HODGE After having watched the PBS “China Prep”‚ I thought about what could be learned for the average school board member in the United States. The first thing I thought of was that every school board should watch this film. The concept that we are preparing our kids to compete in a global world market rather than at a local level on the football field is one we should all adopt. Many people in the USA seem to have tunnel vision when it comes to educating children. The idea of what a person
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It was in 1892 that Dr Arnold Pick first published journal articles on a condition that appeared to be a variant of what was then termed senile dementia. At the time this degeneration was referred to as Pick’s disease‚ a term allegedly coined by one of his pupils (Weder‚ et al‚ 2007)‚ and related to the progressive destruction of neurons mainly in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. This condition has subsequently been designated Frontal-Temporal Dementia (FTD)‚ and is considered second
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Stephanie Rollens MUS 1010 Prof. Ingram Fall 2012 Research Paper: The Evolution of Alternative Rock a. Introduction/Overview A phrase coined by many emerging bands in the early 1980’s‚ ‘alternative rock’ has become an increasingly more popular term used to describe artists that try to be innately different‚ yet veer away from the establishment and wish only to play the music they want to play without “selling out”. While it isn’t as concentrated or specific as other genres like hip hop or classical
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Austin Hodge Mrs Littleton English 11-4 December 8‚ 2011 Everyone has their own unique characteristics. People have their own similarities and differences. In Fitgerald’s "Winter Dreams" and the Great Gatsby‚ Dexter and Gatsby share many similarities and differences. First of all‚ Dexter and Gatsby share many similarities. Both had their own perspective on the American dream which is what they both work for. They both have love for one girl‚ but they didnt get her. This shows that they
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Income/wealth inequality in the U.S has grown rapidly over the last few decades. “Today the richest 1% own 34% of the wealth and top 10% own 74%” (Hodges). The main causes of this discrepancy are attributed to the technology boom‚ the need for companies to outsource production and inherence of wealth as well as company differences. Though the growing gap is alarming to Americans‚ it is important to remember that income and wealth inequality is an accepted result of a capitalistic economy. The
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The Story of My Search Everyone‚ Americans and Europeans alike‚ have heard-of‚ if not grown off of‚ a generation and culture started by an ensemble of four shaggy-haired Liverpool musicians that the world went mad over; no one can deny that no greater event impacted today’s pop culture than "Beatlemania". But not everyone has heard the story behind the Beatles‚ who were they? How did they become the band and how did they make it big? What’s the story of their struggle? Before researching‚ I already
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