especially in the new built apartments. I also saw that a lot of Mexicans and Ecuadorians live there. The house where I live is still there. I used to go to Luis Armstrong Elementary School PS.143. It was the neighborhoods closest school. I lived exactly 2 blocks away from it. That school has a lot of meaning to the neighborhood because Luis Armstrong himself used to live there. They have his house on 107st which is pretty close to 111st. That is a very important landmark. He was a very famous jazz musician
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for a dry run around the Moon before the landing in July. At 9:32 am on July 16 Apollo 11 took off from Kennedy Space Center. Astronauts Neil Armstrong‚ Buzz Aldrin‚ and Michael Collins were aboard. Traveling 240‚000 miles Apollo 11 reached a lunar orbit on July 19. The next day Apollo 11 had touched the surface of the moon at 4:17 pm. At 10:39 Armstrong opened the hatch and made his way down the ladder and at 10:56 he stepped off the ladder and took the first step on the moon. Their objective was
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Louis Pasteur was an incredible man who changed much of history that led to the improvement of public health. He was born on December 27‚ 1822 in Dole‚ Jura in France. He was the third child of parents‚ Jean-Joseph and Jeanne Roqui. His father had always dreamed for Louis to have a good education and apply that to his future career. Pasteur was only an average student skilled at drawing and painting‚ which would help him illustrate what he saw in the microscope later on in life. In a college exam
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The Jazz Anecdotes by Bill Crow covers in detail about the History‚ definition‚ figures and in general in depth understanding of Jazz music. It’s Impossible to describe and name all the figures in a two page short essay‚ but I’ll do my best to fit as much as possible. According to the book: at first‚ the idea of pep and having a good time which was a Victorian morality against rebellion mentality shaped the idea of jazz. It became a rich and formal tradition of American music. Ragtime which was
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Was Louis Riel a hero? I think that Louis Riel was a hero because he really treasured his people and protected him in any way he could. He had many accomplishments in life like how he learned many languages and he was seen as the guy who many people thought would lead them to freedom. When the surveyors were being rude and invading their land like it wasn’t even there‚ he stopped them from passing by his cousins land. He also created a provisional government which was a threat to Britain
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The northwest rebellion 1884-1885 "we must make canada respect us" -louis riel why was the manitboa act so important? 1.provincial status 2.land titles 3.they now had better representation (4 seats) in ottawa 4.french language and culture were protected but there were a few problems... · scrip - certificates that entitled individuals to land or money from the federal government. it was used to eleminate the aboriginal title of metis people in MB · most metis lost their lands through
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hear the musicians play in Chicago. Soon after bix was expelled from Lake Forrest and began to his career as a full time musician. Beiderbecke arrived on Chicago’s "hot" jazz scene at about the same time as musicians such as King Oliver and Louis Armstrong. In Chicago Beiderbecke was already gaining a reputation for his improvisational "play around the note" style and his unique tone‚ and he found work‚ first with The Wolverines and then with the respected Jean Goldkette Orchestra. This was a good
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her father‚ who was a traveling musician. She was fortunate not to be deprived of music during the popular jazz age of the 1920’s. At the young age of 15 she started listening to jazz. She listened to the popular recordings of trumpet player Louis Armstrong and singer Bessie Smith . She decided to sing and she made her professional singing debut in 1931 at a small Harlem nightclub. She then continued to record for the first time only two years later. The jazz world did not recognize her music until
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Joe Louis 10 facts 1. Joe Louis was born on May 13‚ 1914‚ in Lafayette‚ Alabama 2. Joe Louis went on to become the heavyweight champion of the world‚ holding the title for nearly 12 years and through 25 challenges‚ the longest reign in professional boxing. 3. In 1942‚ Joe served in a segregated unit with Jackie Robinson in the U.S. Army‚ who later became the first African American to play major league baseball. 4. Joe won the U.S. Amateur Athletic Union 175-pound championship in
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History of Jazz Midterm 1.) Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was an American jazz composer‚ pianist‚ and bandleader who has been one of the most influential musicians in jazz. The Duke has released countless albums and songs‚ but not many know of his triumph as a musical theatre composer. Duke Ellington’s 1941 Jump For Joy was the first theatre show to openly discard the African- American stereotypes which prevailed in the arts at the time. In fact Jump for Joy openly discussed these stereotypes
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