From the time Tatum was born on Oct. 13‚ 1909 in Toledo‚ Ohio‚ he was destined for revolutionizing jazz. He was born with a blind eye and the other partially blind‚ but his ears were his way of seeing the world. He could sit down and play the same music meant for four hands. He was unbeatable at any piano competition. His influence on jazz will be forever respected by jazz pianists (and non-pianists) worldwide. As a child‚ Art received a little formal training for piano at Toledo School of Music
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music. Jazz was the start of it all. Jazz triggered many different types of music‚ such as rock and roll and rhythm and blues. Jazz started the revolution of music in America‚ which prompted the racial integration of society. This transformation of society began largely due to one man. He was perhaps one of the most famous Jazz musicians and composers of all time. His name was Duke Ellington. He was a very clean musician‚ well spoken‚ and very well educated. He was already big into the Jazz industry
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Twenties‚ the Golden Twenties‚ the Jazz Age‚ and the Lost Generation. The Jazz Age‚ another name for the 1920’s‚ was the age when music became more popular through African American singers and instrument players. The Lost Generation was actually a group of writers who wrote about the disillusionment of the 1920’s these writers were the start of the new era. They wrote about the American Dream‚ but
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facts about why it’s just that good. II. Rhythm and Blues originated in the late 1940s and early 1950s. R&B got its name from record companies when it initially came out because it was predominantly to urban African Americans. During this time rocking jazz beats were becoming more popular. During the different decades R&B meanings have made a huge shift. The first name change occurred in the 1960s. During the 1960s R&B made contributes to rock and roll. Caucasian Americans then used the term R&B for
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The main influences of Western art music in the 20th century. Early 20th century art music was some of the first music which explored the idea of dissonance; the idea that music does not require any specific harmony among notes. Throughout the history of classical music‚ up until then‚ dissonance was avoided. The strong influence of African tribal music caused much of early 20th century art music to make the listener dance and move. Igor Stravinsky (17th July 1882 – 6th April 1971) was a ground
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[pic] MATRICULATION COLLEGE OF NEGERI SEMBILAN ENGLISH WB023 SESSION 2010/2011 ‘THE INFLUENCE OF MUSIC ON TEENAGERS’ MEMBERS OF RESEARCH TEAM : MUHAMMAD AFIQ BIN MD DAIM MS1012505095 IDA FARHANA BINTI ROSLAN MS1012504521 SITI NORHANNAN ASHIKIN BINTI A MUIN MS1012506771 SITI NADIRAH BINTI OTHMAN MS1012506751 PRACTICUM GROUP : F2P7 LECTURER : MADAM CHEAH YIT YING SUBMISSION DATE : 11TH January 2011 Acknowledgement
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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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had on Commercial Dance. Commercial Dance can be defined as any style of dance that can create revenue‚ involving any style or technique out there‚ this means that the diversity found under the umbrella term is huge. Ranging from the technique of jazz to the eclectic mix of movement found in Bollywood dance. Bollywood dance is a great example of the ideas that commercial dance has as the style is constantly changing and incorporating itself with movements and fashion styles that are most current
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On October 20th‚ 2017 I attended a performance at Small’s Jazz Club‚ in Greenwich Village. Smalls is a very cozy‚ comfy‚ underground club and I loved that it was so tiny because the sound was bouncing all around the room. I was very enthusiastic about dragging my 2 best friend to a jazz club‚ for my unappreciated fondness for jazz. We saw the Scott Wendholt/Adam Kolker Quartet. Scott Wendholt was on the trumpet‚ Adam Kolker on tenor saxophone‚ Ugonna Okegwo on bass‚ and Billy Drummond on drums. This
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invented the electric guitar in the later 1920s and in doing so he changed music forever. This was the first time that people began to use electricity to amplify their instruments. Furthermore with the invention of the electric guitar came the birth of Jazz music. Before the electric guitar came onto the scene it was nearly impossible to incorporate a guitar into band music because it was not loud
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