Jazz is one of the most dynamic forms of music‚ having started in New Orleans with blues and ragtime around the 1900. Jazz was not heard at concerts around the nation. Jazz was heard in the small bars and “honky tonks” of the poor New Orleans neighborhoods. Now the idea of jazz being a secluded and limited from the rest of the nation and world is preposterous to musicians today because of the way Jazz has permeated our entire society. Jazz has changed so much since its inception and that is evident
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After listening to all sixteen musical pieces‚ and from the three big band selections we have to choose from‚ I want to say that my favorite one is “Sing‚ Sing‚ Sing” by Benny Goodman. One of the reasons could be because I had hear this musical piece before‚ maybe in movies‚ commercial‚ or cartoons‚ but also for its rhythm‚ fast tempo and fast beat. This type of music was famous during the swing music area‚ not that I remember it‚ but it is depicted on almost all movie scenes of that era. Some
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Smooth Jazz is a genre of music. As you can tell by its name‚ the music is quite smooth‚ cool. You can also tell that it doesn’t really use swingy rhythms. Some people call it Cool Jazz and it can also be called Contemporary Jazz‚ they’re all the same thing. Smooth Jazz started in 1985. It lost its popularity in 2008. People changed their tastes in music. They got more interested into more new and modern music. Smooth Jazz is like a combination of jazz and smooth R&B. In Smooth Jazz‚ the piano
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Upon first glance at the Guzman hall I was filled with anxiety as well as excitement as to what was to come. Prior to this semester I had not listened to any jazz music and I was unaware of any artists or songs. Therefore going to a jazz concert was a rare experience that I now cherish. When I first entered the hall I was greeted by a group of musicians called ‘The Stamps Jazz Quintet’‚ there were 4 musicians at the front of the hall and they were taking place. The musicians included Sam Hart who
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Gregory Oliver Hines was a great tap dancer and started to tap dance when he was young. he was one of the first famous African American tap dancers in the U.S. and was also a jazz tap dancer‚ singer‚ actor‚ musicians‚ and creator of improvised tap choreography. He was born in New York City‚ the son of Maurice Hines Sr. and Alma Hines. He began dancing at the age of not-quite-three‚ turned professional at age five‚ and for fifteen years performed with his older brother Maurice
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John Lee Hooker born on August 22‚ 1917‚ in Clarksdale‚ Mississippi. He was the fourth out of eleven children in his family of William and Minnie Hooker. His father was a sharecropper and Baptist minister who was not fond of the blues because his father refers blues music as the “devil’s music”. When he was five years old‚ his parents separated from each other and they divorced when he was eleven. In his younger years‚ Hooker received a limited amount of formal education. However‚ music was an important
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larke hails from Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ born 1914. Originating from a musical family‚ he examined various instruments‚ including vibes and trombone‚ and also composition and music theory‚ while still in secondary school. As a young person‚ Clarke played in the groups of Leroy Bradley and Roy Eldridge. He on the road in the Midwest for quite a while with the Jeter-Pillars band‚ which likewise included bassist Jimmy Blanton and guitarist Charlie Christian. By 1935‚ Clarke finally moved to New York
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29‚ 1899 – May 24‚ 1974) was an American writer‚ piano player‚ and bandleader of a jazz symphony‚ which he drove from 1923 until his demise in a vocation traversing more than fifty years.[1] Conceived in Washington‚ D.C.‚ Ellington was situated in New York City from the mid-1920s ahead‚ and picked up a national profile through his ensemble’s appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. In the 1930s‚ his symphony visited in Europe. In spite of the fact that broadly
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Tikemo Higgins 12:30 Duke Ellington Duke Ellington was born Edward Kennedy Ellington on April 29‚ 1899 in washington D.C. And died may 24‚ 1974 at the age of 74 in new york city. Edward was an american composer‚ pianist‚ and bandleader of orchestras. His career and hard work spanned over 50 years‚ leading his orchestra from 1923 until his timely death. Ellington though widely considered to have been a pivotal figure in the history of jazz‚ he himself embraced the phrase” Beyond Category”
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Three Mile Island in Harrisburg‚ Pennsylvania‚ contained the most serious commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history. The events that followed taught the U.S. a lesson learned about nuclear power and the damage it can cause. The Three Mile accident paved the way for reforms in the way nuclear power plants were operated and regulated. the location of the island‚ the accident‚ the meltdown‚ the aftermath‚ and the media circus were all critical points in the lessons learned. The location of Three
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