• The significance of “Machito and His Afro-Cubans” was that this was the first time Africa was acknowledged publicly. The band also defined Afro-Cuban Jazz and its height to popularity.…
1. Who sang at the Grammy’s in Spanish in the late 1990s? What was the reaction? Ricky Martin shocked the audience by singing in Spanish at the 1990’s Grammy Awards.…
Answer: Because of society’s racist attitudes during this time in history, it was a bold move to so forwardly acknowledge and emphasize the African roots of their music in their name. They went on to become a largely popular band and took their music to new heights, becoming a sort of “bridge between worlds” for the fast growing Latin American community.…
2. Machito and the Afro-Cubans gave Africa the credit it deserved and when it became popular it even further integrated the audience. In New York there was an abundance of people to be apart of the band and to be the audience. The people who came to see Machito and the Afro-Cubans were of all races and had varied audiences. They had whites and Cubans and people of all races, but only people who understood would get their “hidden messages”. Machito and the Afro-Cubans provided a cultural bridge.…
The name of the Mariachi is disputed amongst many musicologists and folklorists. Some argue that “mariachi” derives from the French term “mariage” meaning wedding or marriage while others argue the term originates from its indigenous roots of the platform structures that they performed on. They are a visual and audible representation of musicality and the embodiment of the Western Mexican culture. The Mariachi has a very distinct dress and has musicality influences from all over the world. This musical ensemble, in particular, used a methodology of blending native stylings with foreign influences.…
We would like you to come celebrate the lives of Gerald and Sean Levert and celebrate the 30-year anniversary for the number 1 record, “POP POP, Goes My Mind!”The Levert R&B group has blessed the world with their voices and presence producing hits, with songs like “Cassanova”, “Addicted to You” , “Just Coolin” just to name a few . This event will feature some of The Levert closest friends in the industry making a musical tribute…
Bossa Nova is best known as being derived from samba, American Jazz influence, and a new style of Portuguese. It was use for beach culture, romance, and sensual pleasure. It was popular when in 1959 Antonio Carlos Jobim a composer and Joao Gilberto a guitarist and singer came to Rio in a poor area. Bossa Nova instruments are a classical guitar, drum and a berimbau or a single note piano. When it comes to dancing it refers to social Rumba with Cuban hip, the chasse basic, the walking basic, and the forward/back basic. An example of a Bossa Nova music is “Desafinando” by JoaO Gilberto and Stan…
The song “America” is very different in the two works. In the movie, it occurs after Bernardo and Anita argue over Maria dancing with Tony. The argument progressed to them arguing over whether America or Puerto Rico is better. The scene occurs on the roof top with all of the Sharks and the Shark’s girls. In the play, the song starts after Anita says, “At home, at home. If it's so nice "at home," why don't you go back there,” to Rosalia. Rosalia then begins dreamily singing of Puerto Rico, calling it a “lovely island.” Anita then mocks her and Puerto Rico, by calling it an “ugly island”, but her comments go unnoticed by absentminded Rosalia.…
An American dream, three friends from Cleveland, Ohio, Sean, Gerald Levert brothers and Marc Gordon childhood friend go to create the infamous R&B group “Levert” aspiring for their musical endeavors. Sean and Gerald being the son of the lead singer Eddie Levert Sr. of the famous soulful group, “The OJays” wanted there own identity from there fathers fame. So these three young men set out to accomplish their goal to do their way. In doing this group went thru various styles to discover their own voice, so by the time they were out of high school they had a signature sound. Now ready to go to the next stage in their career they soon would find it much challenging being what they didn’t know what they were doing. Getting help from Sean and Gerald’s…
The song, Make Your Beginning, You Who Sing, which is a song of the Aztec nobility spoke to me muck like many works of lyric I listen to today. One for example is called, Can’t Complain by a band called Relent K. Each have the same basic message, which is do not worry about wordily things, just life life to the fullest because we do not live long. The song, Can’t Complain, focusses more on bad situations and telling the listeners how this person coped with the situation. Such as in the first few lines, “Looking at the cop in the rear view mirror. Probably should have stopped but the crosswalk was clear. I’ll just imagine it's a ticket to a Broadway show.” This show how the writer flipped a terrible situation into an optimistic view. Looking…
Carlos Santana Ryan Conroy All the world knows the special magic of Carlos Santana. Since 1966, he has led the group that bears his name, selling over 30 million albums and performing before an estimated 13 million people. In every performance, Carlos shares with his audience a personal communication that crosses all boundaries and differences. Carlos was introduced to traditional music by his father, Jose. An accomplished mariachi violinist and experienced musician, he taught Carlos the basics of music theory and gave him an understanding of the value of a note. Although Carlos' excitement for music would be sparked by his first experience, he quickly discovered the limits of its traditional form and wanted more. Carlos wanted to play the kind of music that was filling the radio waves and making people dance. Tijuana, 1955 the drastic change of moving from the small, quiet town of Autlan to the humming, thriving boom town of Tijuana brought a renewed hope and opportunity for a new life. Both for Carlos and his family. The eight-year old Carlos quickly left the violin for the guitar, studying and emulating the sounds of B.B. King, T-Bone Walker and John Lee Hooker. Soon he was being asked to join local bands like the T.J.'s, where he added a unique touch and feel to his own renditions of all the great songs of the 1950's. As he continued to play with different bands along the busy Tijuana Strip, he not Page Two only started to perfect his style and sound, but actually started bringing home enough money to really help his family. His future looked promising. In 1960, Carlos' family moved to San Francisco while Carlos stayed in Tijuana for another year to make extra money until his family was settled. However, he soon found himself amid the multicultural atmosphere of San Francisco, with all of its diverse musical styles. It was here that Carlos would find what he had been searching for, as if destiny had brought him to the right place at the right time. For the next…
At around 4:45, the concert finally began. All the members of the band was sitting on their seats and getting ready, except for Mr. O’Neal, while everybody’s looking for him, he suddenly appeared. Everyone in the room was clapping so hard to welcome Mr. O’Neal, then he started his music right away. The first song named “Un Poco Loco”, I love the tempo of those two different type of drums that were playing in this song, it gave people a kind of lively and pleasure feeling, and Mr. O’Neal’s face was funny. The second song was a lyrical song called “I should care”, sang by Mr. O’Neal, the lyric was very touched and the melody made me relax, I enjoyed listening to Mr. O’ Neal’s singing, however, he made a joke in the end to pull out a long tone seem to be endless. After this he rested for a while and introduced his band members to the audience, he said “I only hire those people who are uglier than me and shorter than me, and talented”. There was total six guys on the…
In “Hotel California,” there are two original composers. Donald Hugh Henley and Glenn Lewis Frey. Don Henley was born and raised as an American in Linden, Texas. He attended University of North Texas for three semesters (“Don”). Glenn Frey was born and raised as an American in Detroit, Michigan. He attended Oakland Community College where he got involved with a band (“Glenn”). Henley wrote most of the lyrics based on Frey’s ideas. He sought inspiration for the writing by driving out into the desert used for films. The Beverly Hills Hotel, in which they were staying, had become literally and symbolically important point of their lives. The lyrics state “her mind is tiffany twisted, she's got the mercedes bends. She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys that she calls friends” Henley formed those lyrics based off of a breakup with his ex-girlfriend, Loree Rodkin.…
People who would have read or studied this item at the time it was created were people who thought singing these song were probably going to tell the problems or situations that were going on.…
Almost every night the people whistle and chant to the music that is starting to play at the large arena. The initiation starts with a loud thundering drum. The trumpet joins with the core melody with the great high pitched voices. The projection and the distinctiveness of the Spanish voices make it unique. The first words are only to inject fun and dance. Once the singers step the first step to the dance, all the brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments whirl together. The sharp upbeats leap the body to move its joints. Both genres of music have two ways of sound: they delight the ear with tremendous rhythm, but as the night flows, their passive, sweet melodies join soul mates. The sounds that pass through Mexico makes us live so vividly and happy. Despite the sounds of the instruments, the auditory the lyrics make is special. Most lyrics are inspirational music. The voice unit the people through words, experiences, and advice. From lost wars in the past to independence, to rising and falling or even to love songs, it engages the public’s…