dance‚ and even language. Swing fans had their own clothing style and built a social phenomenon around it. With many dances coming and going the swing fans kept on dancing. 3. Name some of the specific innovations Duke Ellington brought to jazz in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Duke Ellington brought some specific innovations to jazz in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Ellington was in time known as the greatest composer in jazz‚ he wrote roughly 2‚000 compositions that had arranged from solo piano pieces‚
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governments and leaders‚ although they all had different characteristics that made them so proficient. Many of these people ruled through violence and fear‚ although the most powerful of them used more harmonious means of leadership. “Confucius Counsels the Duke Ai on Government”‚ “Cyrus the Great and Religious Toleration”‚ and Thucydides’ “Funeral Oration of Pericles” are examples that rulers who value peace and kindness towards their subjects are the greatest and strongest. The governments and leaders in
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Notes on Board Oct. 2‚ 2013 Exam one was returned for student’s review. Listening assignment for this week was distributed and uploaded to mix. Ensemble- usually a small group of performers Polyphonic- The simultaneous sounding of two or more melodies of equal importance. Group Work: Sidney Bechet First notable jazz saxophone player‚ soprano sax Played clarinet‚ too. Composer Professional by age of 6. Louis Armstrong 1901-1971 [Greatest trumpet player] The most influential jazz
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and just because he doesn’t display the best of etiquettes while performing‚ doesn’t mean he should be left out of the history books. Mingus also has a very long list of accomplishments in his life. As a growing musician‚ he was most inspired by Duke Ellington‚ and he even got the chance to play beside him at one point‚ even if only for a very short amount of time (Due to his demanding and not very pleasant attitude). Not only was Mingus a very accomplished bassist‚ but he also went on to be one
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and inequalities. Louis Armstrong recorded‚ “What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue" in 1929‚ and Benny Goodman bought arrangements from Fletcher Henderson and integrated black musicians into an all-white jazz band when it was illegal in many states. Duke Ellington wrote “Jump for Joy" in 1941‚and Billie Holiday wrote "Strange Fruit” in 1939. Max Roach composed‚ "we Insist! Freedom Now Suit‚ and Charles Mingus wrote‚ “Fables of Faubus". Jazz musicians have used Jazz to express the relevant factors
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generated $422 billion dollars in revenue with more than 60% coming from the US alone. Walmart has firmly established itself in America as one of the largest corporations in the country. Walmart’s current CEO is Michael T. Duke‚ who came to Walmart in 1995. Michael Duke currently serves on the advisory boards of University of Arkansas and Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management in Beijing‚ China. Since
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intellectual movement which harbored and preserved a new black cultural identity in multiple aspects. Prolific writers such as Langston Hughes influenced many poets. The improvisation of Jazz and its syncopated rhythms was popularized by jazz legends such as Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. The Harlem Renaissance began in the late 1930’s after World War II. However much of the foundation of this movement was established by earlier generations of African American educators‚ students‚ and intellectuals
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favorite of Ellington’s and is imitated in several of his songs? Ellingtons favorite transportation was the train. 3. What song was the theme song of Duke Ellington’s band? The theme song was “Sophisticated Lady”. 4. What instrument does Ellington use to set the mood or rhythm of some of his songs‚ such as in Sophisticated Lady? Duke used a piano to set the mood. 5. What does “program music” do? To describe a non-musical image or event Part 2 1. Find an example of onomatopoeia
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the Bold‚ Duke of Burgundy‚ and King Charles V‚ Jean Duke of Berry (1340-1416)‚ developed and reinforced this strategy. Regardless of the Duke’s fame as an adherent of material culture‚ politics had always been a crucial aspect of his agenda as collector and patron. In fact‚ he transformed the imagery of his objects into a manifestation of his political program and‚ as Jennifer Courts points out‚ his collection became the counterpoint to the military superiority of his rival‚ the Duke of Burgundy
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Big Band Jazz Across the world there are thousands of languages that we as people use to communicate with one another. Many of these languages have been developed out of others‚ therefore sharing similar dialects‚ accents‚ and in some cases even some words are very similar. Yet of all the languages that are spoken across the world‚ there is only one that is fluently spoken and understood on every continent‚ and that is the language of Music. Yet because this language is spoken in so many different
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