Reading the book “Jazz Anecdotes‚” by Bill Crow; it really gives the picture of what some of the first jazz musicians went through. This book introduces the jazz world as it really is. Throughout the book the stories reveal struggles‚ learning and teaching from one musician to another‚ discrimination‚ life on the road‚ and success. The different kind of characters and personalities is what makes this book interesting and come alive. In some of the stories of the book you sense personal and career
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The concert I went for was Steven Wilson’s concert and it took place at Rogers Arena. The genre of Steven Wilson’s band was in Rock genre and was on…. Steven Wilson was from Britain and this was the first time for him to have a concert in Vancouver. There was one drum‚ two electric guitars‚ one electric piano that were on the stage‚ the lights were flashing with different colors during the entire concert which made this concert more memorable. The synthesizers and the sheet music were on the floor
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Brass Ensemble at White Concert Hall at Washburn University. The concert consisted of trombones‚ bass trombones‚ euphoniums‚ and tubas. The program included two sections by different conductors. The first section‚ conducted by Jason Tacker‚ played “Fanfare‚” “Adagio for Tubas‚” and “Prelude in C-sharp Minor.” The second section‚ conducted by Karen Ballard‚ played “Sonata a Quattro‚” “Down in the River to Pray‚” and “Habanera (from Carmen).” I chose to attend this particular concert because I wondered
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These are my rough unedited class notes representing general ideas and concepts for class lectures. Please ignore the many sentence fragments. The African-American culture of the southern plantation influenced the birth of the blues through the adaptation of their African musical heritage. Based upon a call and response structure‚ one slave worker would call or play a lead and the fellow workers would respond with the same phrase or an embellishment of that phrase. The music involved predictable
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sound in 1927‚ when Warner Bros cemented the demise of silent films‚ by releasing The Jazz Singer. A film considered to be one of the first feature-length motion pictures with synchronised sound. Despite many previous attempts to convert sound into filmmaking‚ such as the Kinetophone‚ which produced sound that overlaid the films images and ultimately lacked the amplification required to fill a film theatre. The Jazz Singer’s sound was produced using the Vitaphone‚ a form of sound-on-disc technology
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Friday a cover band lead by guitarist and lead singer‚ Randy Jackson‚ performed at a bar on the north side of Milwaukee and played a variety of Rock and Roll tunes. The stage of the concert was very basic. There were no huge props on stage or anything that drew the attention of the audience. The concert was a relatively small event and it had a relatively low budget so it’s understandable to see the lack of setting. However‚ the basic small stage actually fit the atmosphere of the evening
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On the night of Monday‚ October 16th‚ I had the opportunity to perform as part of the Wind Ensemble in the SHS Fall Concert. The ensemble consisted of woodwinds‚ brass‚ and percussion. Our band presented two pieces in the concert: a program and an overture. Although we were not as prepared for the concert as I’d hoped‚ I opine that the wind ensemble performed rather successfully. Opening for the wind ensemble‚ was a composition by Michael Daugherty called Alligator Alley. This intense and syncopated
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of they most important phone calls of my life. It was December 10‚ 2014 that we got the phone call from a band asking me if I was interested in playing with there band at a live concert‚ first I though I was dreaming and then I realized I was’nt‚ I could not believe that I had the opportunity to play in a band at a concert at age 12. I had five days to make up my mind of weather or not to play on stage with this bad. I started practicing the songs I was going to perform and they were pretty easy for
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the most memorable time of my life: The performance of all my favorite singers at the Jazz in the Garden concert. In the concert‚ I could experience many sensations that were more enjoyable that is why this experience is significant for me. Listening and seeing my favorite singers on that cold night was awesome because I had never seen them; furthermore‚ the taste and the smell of different food at the concert‚ makes me want to repeat that amazing event. I remember on a Sunday evening I had just
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The concert was a symphony Band‚ and Wind symphony. The concert was attended in Paul F. Sharp concert hall at Stanly B. Catlett. However‚ The concert conducted in the 15th‚ Oct 2015 at 8:00pm. The first piece on the program was Second Suite from the twentieth century period. Also‚ it consists of four movements of different speed and style. However‚ the first movement titled is March and the speed of this movement was Adagio in general but it contain fast short note that is different in speed and
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