Midterm Study Aid Mul 2380 Instructor: * Two things necessary in any definition of jazz: a.)Improvisation – to compose and perform music at the same time. (Making up as you go along). b.)Swing Feeling-(rolling) steady beat‚ walking baseline‚ constant tempo. Syncopation. Calls for a lilting feeling. (groove). * Four items that helps music swing: a.) steady beat‚ b.) walking baseline‚ c.) constant tempo‚ d.) syncopation (Up and down feeling). Syncopating- accenting just before
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Elizabeth Smith (Bessie Smith) Elizabeth Smith was born on April 15‚ 1894 in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee. Her parents were Laura and William Smith. She was one of the second children. She was born into a poverty stricken black family in the segregated south. Her father was a Baptist minister he died soon after her birth leaving her mother to raise her and her siblings. She was about nine when she lost her mother and two brothers. Bessie and the remaining siblings were raised by their
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Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born in Newport News‚ Virginia on April 25‚ 1917. Inspiring many with her unparalleled vocals and commercial success‚ Fitzgerald was known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella‚" an American jazz and song vocalist who interpreted much of the Great American Songbook. Ella was the first African-American woman to ever win a Grammy Award‚ winning a total of 13 awards in 1958. Fitzgerald died in California in 1996. Fitzgerald’s career as a musician began early in her life
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A Timeline for the “Roaring Twenties” (1920-1929) Often called the Roaring Twenties‚ the postwar decade sometimes appears as one long flamboyant party‚ where the urban rich danced the Charleston and the foxtrot until 2 a.m. In fact‚ one might just as convincingly describe it as a period of individual possibility and lofty aspirations to serve the greater good. In his 1931 essay "Echoes of the Jazz Age‚" Fitzgerald wrote‚ "It was an age of miracles‚ it was an age of art‚ it was an age of excess
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Interpretive Speech – Topic: Dreams As we lay our heads on our pillows at night fast asleep – are we dreaming? As we sit in daylight with a blank stare gazing out the window - are we dreaming? And if so what are we dreaming about. Good Morning‚ my name is Shelton Redden and like many of you‚ other people feel that it is these dreams that give us life; and without dreams our waken state is tantamount to death. Langston Hughes in a poem entitled “Dreams” portrays this very point; [he writes:]
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pilots. On May 15‚ 1923 Amelia was issued her pilots license and became the 16th women to ever obtain their license. On June 1‚ 1928‚ Amelia flew from Newfoundland to Wales as a passenger. Pilot Wilmer Stultz flew the plane with co-pilot Louis Gordon. Due to the popularity‚ Amelia became a star with book deals and product endorsements‚ she even became an icon for women’s fashion. Amelia’s book 20 Hrs. 40 Min documents her trip across the Atlantic‚ which was published in1928. Amelia was the first women
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Growing up as a young boy‚ I always dreamed about joining the military and flying fighter jets. It was a long childhood dream of mine that even continued up until about a year ago. I came to CSULB to get an education to better my chances of becoming an officer in the Air Force‚ and have matured and changed dramatically. I have gained knowledge of the business world‚ which fascinates me‚ and gained valuable leadership skills from my extra-curricular activities that has transformed me into the individual
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The Roaring 20s The United States during the 1920s was a time of great financial prosperity and cultural and gender advancements. During the 1920s‚ America saw four different presidents: Woodrow Wilson‚ Warren G. Harding‚ Calvin Coolidge‚ and Herbert Hoover. The radio became wildly popular and helped connect one side of the country to the other through the sharing of ideas‚ fashion‚ and language. The 1920s‚ also known as the Roaring 20s‚ is my favorite era of American history because of the great
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Essay on Jacqueline Cochran Jacqueline Cochran was born May 11‚ 1906‚ in Defuniak Springs‚ Florida. In her early teens she was hired by a beauty shop to sweep the floors. After a few years later she was cutting hair for a living‚ however not satisfied with working in a small beauty shop Cochran so enter in a nursing school and later worked in a doctor’s office. After a few month she began to miss her beauty shop and decide to return. Soon after returning she traveled to New York she advanced her
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Research Project Achievement Exam 15 Academic American History (SS06B) COVERSHEET Name: Std.#: Street: GRADE: _______________________________ INSTRUCTOR:________________________________ Instructor Comments ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Coversheet (5 points) 2. Title Page (5 points) 3. Final Outline
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