natural talent from God II. Performance Career A. Experiences in New Orleans and Mississippi B. Chicago and Jazz Band C. Life from 1924 to 1930s III. Late Stage A. Armstrong’s 1950 life B. The end of Louis Armstrong’s Music Life IV. Music History A. Trumpet and Early Jazz B. Collaborators and Followers C. Armstrong’s Music Style 1. A Jazz musician 2. A singer Huang “I never tried to prove nothing‚ just wanted to give a good show. My life
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History of Jazz Miles Davis Born on May 26‚ 1926‚ Miles Davis is considered to be one of the most influential jazz musicians in history. Being a trumpeter‚ keyboardist‚ composer‚ and band-leader‚ Miles is responsible for the popularization of many styles of jazz throughout his long and prolific career. Miles Dewey Davis was born into a well-to-do family in the town of Alton‚ Illinois. The family owned a large portion of a farm where Miles learned to ride horses as a young boy. In 1927 the
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Pyschadelic Rock and Jazz to create a new sound. Funk doesn’t focus on melody or harmony like genres before them‚ instead its intent is the rhythmic quality within syncopated value on various instruments. Funk traditionally has no harmonic pace‚ this divides it from Rnb and Soul. It instead uses an improvisational technique‚ to ‘vamp’‚ which is to remain on a chord for an intro for a number of bars before proceeding to the tune.This draws in elements of improvisational jazz‚ to which where the chords
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African American Vernacular Traditions: Integrated Into Modern Culture African American vernacular traditions have been around for many centuries and still cease to exist in their culture. The vernacular traditions of the African Americans started when slaves were existent in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. It is believed that the slaves spoke a mix of Creole and partial English‚ in which they had to create in order to communicate between them discreetly. The vernacular traditions originated
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US AP TERMS: 1920’s Fordney- McCumber Tariff- Created in 1922 raised American tariffs in order to protect factories and farms. Congress displayed a pro-business attitude in passing the tariff and in promoting foreign trade through providing huge loans to Europe‚ which in turn bought more American goods. This was a result of WWI‚ because the government wanted to ensure economic self-sufficiency so that no future enemy could manipulate the American economy. Also‚ many industries wanted to
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Evolution of Music Music and literature have always helped shape civilization. People have always written and sang about the times. Socio-political conditions have always had strong effects on people. This is especially so with African Americans. African Americans have been through some rough times‚ dating back to when they were torn from their homeland of Africa to become slaves‚ all the way up until the present where African Americans are still somewhat oppressed in some areas. However‚ many
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and Ragtime‚ which influenced Jazz and of course Jazz has had a tremendous influence on popular R & B and Rock and Roll music. Traditionally white people from the south listen to country music. Young middle class white people make up the majority of Rock-N-Roll listeners. Older people mostly listen to Jazz; however‚ today you see more and more young people listening to Jazz. Country music has spread into the mainstream pop scene over the last several years. Jazz
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Cited: "Blues." Wikipedia- the free encyclopedia. 12 Jan 2006 . "Developed out of Pre-World War II blues styles." Rhythm and Blues. 11 Jan 2006 . "Funk." Wikipedia- the free encyclopedia. 16 Jan 2006 . "Jazz." Wikipedia- the free encyclopedia. 12 Jan 2006 . "Original rhythm and blues." Wikipedia- the free encyclopedia. November 2005. 16 Jan 2006 . "Rhythm and Blues." Encyclopedia Britannica. 18 Jan 2006 . "Shades of Blue." The Rhythm and Blues Music Primer
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Benny Carter July 12‚ 2003 Many jazz musicians are known for their famous sounds or well known songs but many are also known for their ability to juggle many tasks in their life time as a musician. Benny Carter was one of them. From his starting musical li8fe at the age of five‚ to traveling
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Style/Form/Concept | Characteristic features | Period | Jazz-funk | Fusion of jazz and funk-styles. Rhythm of funk music incorporated with jazz harmony and typical rock instruments. Improvisation used. | Twentieth century. | Serial/note row | Notes‚ pitches‚ rhythms‚ dynamics‚ etc.‚ set into a specific order or fixed series. The twelve notes of the chromatic scale might be set into an order which created a series or note row. The series can be altered with techniques such as inversion‚ retrograde
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