History of Jazz ROY HAYNES Roy Owen Haynes was born March 13‚ 1925‚ in Boston‚ Massachusetts. Roy is eighty-seven years old and still performing today. He is an American jazz drummer and bandleader‚ and is among the most recorded drummers in jazz and has a career lasting more than 60 years. Haynes ’s early interest in jazz developed in large part from the influence of his older brother‚ Douglas. A jazz record collector who worked as a roadie for Blanche Calloway in the 1930s‚ Douglas introduced
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I can still remember when I was a mere child taking piano lessons. When I grew older and my piano teacher began to prepare me for ABRSM piano exams‚ I can clearly recall the first time I was exposed to jazz music. The first jazz piece I have ever played was “Alligator Crawl” by Fats Waller. At first‚ for my classically trained ears‚ the discordant chords and seemingly random note choices made no sense to me. As I begin to master the piece‚ I revel in the technical difficulty and fun the piece provided
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and roll sounds today. Brown proves rock is a legitimate art form by talking about its audience and its lasting power. Assumption two states that rocks roots are in folk‚ jazz‚ and pop music. Musicians who first started rock and roll must have had something to base their music on which turned out to be primarily folk‚ jazz‚ and pop. They simple changed the pattern and style of that music and started forming rock. Assumption three states that it is just as valid to study rock and roll as European
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studied music at the famed Hull House‚ and by the age of 10 was a skilled clarinetist. At the age of 13‚ Benny’s father enrolled him and two of his older brothers in music lessons at the Kehelah Jacob Synagogue. His early influences were New Orleans jazz clarinetists working in Chicago‚ notably Johnny Dodds‚ Leon Roppolo‚ and Jimmy Noone. Benny learned quickly and became a strong player at an early age. He was soon playing professionally while still ’in short pants’‚ playing clarinet in various bands
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before this period. Laying down framework that comes later: A concert at the Carnegie Hall‚ 1938‚ called Spirituals to Swing. Second one‚ in 1939 another concert-same title. Then we come to Post war period - A concert‚ in 1953 that became known as Jazz - Massey Hall‚ Canada. Referred to at times as the quintet of the year - the five musicians that played were some of the foremost Bebop musicians at the time. Both live events. Subsequently those tunes became part of the Miles Davies repertoire.
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will need to be modified into a jazz piece. Firstly the important role of the electric guitar here must be replaced by a fanfare instrument‚ i think a trumpet will suit this the best‚ then the acoustic guitar will need to play a bigger place as well. Than the drum playing style will need to be a lot more smooth‚ rather than how it is performed now. The line of The Boulevard of Broken Dreams can be perfect for a sad mood jazz song‚ how ever if it was to be change to a jazz piece‚ than the beats must slow
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Reinhardt Django Reinhardt once said “Jazz attracted me because in it I found a formal perfection and instrumental precision that I admire in classical music‚ but which popular music doesn’t have.” Reinhardt had worked very‚ very hard to get to the peak of his career. His life was like a story in the genre of “Rags to Riches” because he wasn’t born with the best of beginnings‚ but he still accomplished the impossible and became the first important European jazz musician‚ still known by musicians today
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of Joplin’s rags. And among all of the ragtime artists from that time‚ Scott Joplin is the most prominent and has left a lasting impression. Scott Joplin can be considered as a Post-Romantic Impressionist‚ as his style of Ragtime lead into an era of Jazz and modern music. In 1899‚ Joplin published his most famous ragtime: “Maple Leaf Rag”‚ it was known as one of the most iconic and famous ragtime’s ever made His other famous works are: “The Entertainer”‚ “Peachirine Rag”‚ and “The Easy Winners”. He
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American jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald was the “first lady” of singing‚ swing‚ bebop‚ and ballads. Her career spanned over sixty years‚ she sold millions of records‚ and won multiple Grammy awards. She known all over the world. Ella Fitzgerald greatly impacted the way jazz music is today through her use of scatting and her perfect voice. Ella Fitzgerald did not become the “first lady” of these things overnight. She had to go through hardships in order to get to that point. Ella Fitzgerald was born
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Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong was the greatest of all Jazz musicians. Armstrong defined what it was to play Jazz. His amazing technical abilities‚ the joy and spontaneity‚ and amazingly quick‚ inventive musical mind still dominate Jazz to this day. Only Charlie Parker comes close to having as much influence on the history of Jazz as Louis Armstrong did. Like almost all early Jazz musicians‚ Louis was from New Orleans. He was from a very poor family and was sent to reform school when he was twelve
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