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    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 Davis only gave extremely brief instructions to the musicians as to what to play for each song. The way he went about recording this album marked a difference in his musical journey. Basing

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    May 26‚ 1926 in Alton‚ Illinois‚ a true legend of Jazz music was born. Miles Dewey Davis III‚ son of Miles Dewey Davis II and Cleota Mae Davis‚ was the middle child in the family. Miles had an older sister‚ Dorothy Mae Davis and a little brother‚ Vernon Davis. Both of his parents worked‚ making enough money live a middle-class lifestyle in a household which was located in a white neighborhood. His dad was a dental surgeon and his mother worked as a music teacher and a violinist‚ which justifies that

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    Ernie Breaks

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    Ernie Breaks Sometimes expectations are too big to satisfy‚ even though you try your very best. It would be wrong to raise expectations to a level that cannot be met. You are scared that you might disappoint the people you have closest. Therefore you try to hide yourself and your insufficiency. This is just one of the things Cara deals with in the story‚ Ernie Breaks‚ written by Genevieve Scott. The short story is told through the eyes of Cara. Cara has just finished fourth grade‚ and her mother

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    Magi to the Sesame Street version‚ its clear that in the Gift of the Magi the two partner Della and Jim‚ sell a valuable possession in order to make their partner happy during Christmas night. As where Bert and Ernie trade their prized possessions at Mr. Hooper store. While Bert and Ernie got their items back at the end of the video‚ Della couldn’t get her hair back‚ and Jim couldn’t get his watch back. The most obvious difference between the gift of the Magi and the Sesame Street screenplay is that

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    10/26/2012 Word Count: 810 The Dilemma of our Drink: Investigating The Woodland-Davis Water Project In September 2009‚ two cities of Yolo County‚ Woodland and Davis‚ collaborated to form a “joint powers authority to implement and oversee a regional surface water supply project‚” (www.wdcwa.com/the_project). The objective is to gain a new surface water supply from the Sacramento River and construct a number of joint facilities to pump‚ treat and distribute the water to the cities’ customers

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    Jazz: Jazz Review Kind of Blue – Miles Davis Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue exemplifies my favorite merits of cool jazz. The bestselling jazz album is bursting with innovative music that is largely independent from the routine melody and rhythm that often accompanied jazz music before the records conception; its recordings perpetuate a sound that is both tranquil and engaging. The artists responsible for creating this widely recognized album are Miles Davis on trumpet‚ Jon Coltrane on tenor saxophone

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    Life: Hand and Joe

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    who is popular because he is Kevin’s evil sidekick) go over to them and they start making kissing noises. This makes Colin very uncomfortable. Now i am skipping to H for Halloween‚ Joe’s second favorite holiday. Colin and Joe go dressed as Bert and Ernie with the gang of five‚ DuShawn‚ Kelsey‚ and her friends. Colin and Joe are walking home with Colin’s sister holding hands with the sister with Joe on one side and Colin on the other. Colin’s sister runs off‚ and Colin holds hands with Joe for five

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    of each are the results of the collision of traditionally African rhythms and musical techniques with European classical and popular music genre. Each are adored American styles of music. Miles Davis “So What” and Robert Johnson’s “Cross Roads Blues” have some similarities and some differences. Miles Davis “So What” is Modal Jazz‚ used whole band tenor Saxophone‚ Alto Saxophone‚ Piano‚ Drums‚ trumpet‚ bass‚ and emphasis on melody and rhythms whereas Robert Johnson’s

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    Shizen By Ernie Tupp

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    Shizen‚ thought Ernie Tupp‚ his head in his hands. He sat on a purple cushion atop a small‚ upturned bar-fridge. Plastic plates and coffee mugs littered the floor. A kilo of masala powder had burst its bag‚ filling the air with capsicum enough to catch in his throat and irritate his eyes. This is it. He sneezed twice and looked east out the cabin window. A demure Indian Ocean spread out like blue plasticine. His clawed his nails deeper into his scalp. Man‚ what to do? The contents of the yacht

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    Ernie Breaks Short story by Genevieve Scott (2011) The short story ”Ernie Breaks” by Genevieve Scott is about ten year old Cara‚ who lives with her mother and her older brother‚ Jed. The main themes in the short story are responsibility and expectations. It can be elaborated to what you have to do‚ so you can live up to challenges you are approaching‚ and to succeed something that you are contemplate responsible for. Sometimes you cannot determine the expectations people have for you‚ or the responsibility

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