vaudeville acts and replaced Waller in an act called Katie Crippen and her Kids. He toured on the Toba vaudeville circuits as a solo pianist‚ and music director for singers and dancers. He also worked with June Clark and Sonny Greer who was later to become Duke Ellington’s drummer. He was a part of Walter Pages’s Blue Devils in 1928
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The Duke Lacrosse case was a rape case that involved false rape charges against three Duke University lacrosse players‚ began with gang rape allegations by an exotic dancer at a team party in March 2006. Crystal an African American student at North Carolina Central University who worked as a stripper dancer and escort‚accused three white Duke University students‚ members of the Duke Blue Devils men’s lacrosse team‚ of raping her at a party held at the house of two of the team’s captains in durham
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"Harlem" (page 959) According to this poem‚ is there an answer to the question asked in the first line: "What happens to a dream deferred?" Explain how the poem does or does not answer the question. This poem was written in 1951‚ approximately twenty years after the end of the Harlem Renaissance. It is the only poem in this chapter on the Harlem Renaissance that was written years after its end. How is the content of the poem possibly related to Harlem and the Harlem Renaissance within a post-Renaissance
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Compare and contrast blues and jazz poems of Langston Hughes When you’re reading a poem written by Langston Hughes‚ you can feel his energy. The way he uses his words to describe what he’s writing about is amazing. Many people feel like Langston Hughes is one of the greatest poets of all-time‚ and I’m one of those people who believe in this. Most of the poems written by Hughes has that blues like feeling in it. There’s no wonder why his poems are always being compared to blues songs. The way he
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Setting Analysis Sonny’s Blues Sonny’s Blues takes place in Harlem‚ New York. The story unfolds during the 1950’s which was a time frame that swept the African American community into a downward spiral. This period followed the Harlem Renaissance and although that historical event ended after the 1920’s‚ the effects on the black community were still very prevalent factor. Musicians‚ poets‚ writers and other creatives still managed to flourish. On the contrary‚ poverty stricken neighborhoods
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Even in the common jazz lover community‚ Gypsy Jazz is considered a style rather than an individual genre. The fact that Gypsy Jazz is a style‚ means that there aren’t many specific musical pieces that are original to the style. Jazz musicians started by covering popular jazz standards of the day and‚ similarly‚ Gypsy Jazz musicians had the same material to work with. Gypsy Jazz is an extremely unique style however‚ it’s versatile enough to be able to translate modern‚ and standard‚ popular music
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Ashley Smith 8A 3/4/13 The Harlem Renaissance was a time period in Harlem in 1920. Billie Holiday was born on April 07‚ 1915 and died on July 17. Billie holiday was a great jazz singer. Strange Fruit was a good song. Billie Holiday once said‚ “If you copy it means you’re working without any real feeling” what she is saying that if you copy you have know feelings. Harlem Renaissance was a place to show people talent in the 1920’s. It started in the 1920’ s and ended 1930. It happened in Harlem
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1. The wind band is a tradition that began with American bandmaster John Phillip Sousa. Ever since its creation‚ the wind band has been a tradition and a staple in the American marching bands. Beginning as early as the Civil War‚ the armies of the American military would march to the beat of these wind bands‚ and the tradition would continue for many years to come‚ including the U.S. Marine Band‚ of which Sousa was the bandmaster. It was not only relevant to military marching‚ but also recreationally
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Victor Estrada ID: 1261250 Listening To Jazz Class Essay Following the swing era‚ which had come into existence in the 1930’s after the Great Depression‚ a new and more innovative jazz style merged in the 1940’s known as Bebop. Bop was not as popular as swing because unlike swing‚ Bop was not a dancing jazz style. Bop however did bring a new musical dimension different from swing. The Bop jazz style focused on advanced improvisations‚ emphasis on solos‚ and just musical virtuosity in general
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Schools with music programs have an estimated 90.2% graduation rate‚ while schools without one have an estimated 72.9% graduation rate. There are many ways music‚ jazz in particular‚ has influenced society in the past and the present. The three most important things about jazz music are its effects on society in the past and present‚ its influencing of the music today‚ and its origins. Jazz music has effected society positively and negatively. It was started during a time of cultural divide‚ in
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