An Athelete Giant- Ernie Davis Ernie Davis was once a Syracuse University student. As an Afriacan-Amierican‚ he is known mainly because of his great achievement in football career in 1950s to 1960s. Ernie contributed a lot not only because he did a outstanding job in his football career life‚ but also becasuse he made a profound and positive impact on American society. People speak highly of him not only because he was a remarkable football player‚ but also because he had a great personality such
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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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emotions. In fact‚ music often fills the void when words cannot. In addition to musical expression‚ music gives me an outlet to create and compose. I enjoy creating and composing jazz‚ classical‚ and gospel music. For instance‚ when improving to Miles Davis’s composition “Kind of Blue”
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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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Moss 1 Devin Moss Prof. P. Evans INDS-3011b February 18‚ 2012 CD Recommendation #1 : Chet Baker: Chet Baker Sings (1954) The album I have chosen to review is Chet Baker’s critically acclaimed cool jazz album ’Chet Baker sings. I have previously heard a couple of numbers from this musician‚ such as his famous rendition of the the track ’My Buddy’ but have never listened to one of this artists albums. I decided
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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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On Thursday‚ April 21st‚ I had the opportunity to attend a jazz combos concert. I took it upon myself to attend this concert because of my interest for jazz and all that goes along with this genre of music. This concert involved two different groups of musicians performing music in the typical laid back fashion that most jazz performances are played in. Throughout this reaction I will give a few things I liked and disliked about these two groups of performers and specifically what intrigued me about
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Background Investigation – Now that you have listened to this piece once all the way through‚ find out a little more about it. Besides the album notes with the CD‚ look for other references‚ specifically ones pertaining to this particular song or album‚ if possible. Is there anything significant or noteworthy about this song‚ album‚ or group of performers? 20 points In terms of the album‚ I found that it was received in a very positive
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are too many Genes!”Luigi’s brother tony taught him to sing and dance at a young age. Eugene began singing and dancing for pennies on street corners. He performed in local talent shows and toured as a singer with a performing orchestra named Bernie Davis Orchestra. Eugene was winning local dance contests by the time he was 10 and went on to perform in vaudeville as a singer‚ dancer and acrobat‚ touring the Midwest and Northeast. Before he was out of his teens he was touring
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Jazz Music Developed in about 1900‚ Jazz music has been an influence in many artist’s work‚ from painting to other forms of music. Jazz is an American music form that was developed from African-American work songs. Jazz music was developed about 1900 by black Americans. It possesses an identifiable history and describable stylistic evolution. European classical music‚ American blues‚ and South American songs and rhythms came together to form what became known as jazz. Jazz has borrowed from black
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