m. in the auditorium‚ and the concert band performed four pieces. The first song played was Pippin. At the beginning of the song not everyone was playing the same dynamic‚ but when it got to the first transition everyone was balanced. After there was a new melody‚ there were occasional parts when one section stood out more. Those sections eventually fixed their dynamic. The next dynamic that could have been fixed was‚ the trumpets could have played a little bit quieter whenever they made
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age fourteen‚ Louis Armstrong worked selling papers‚ unloading boats‚ and selling coal from a cart. As Louis was working and hanging in the streets he heard a lot of jazz being played at local dancehalls‚ parties‚ bars‚ and balls. Even though Louis didn’t own any instruments he still frequented many clubs to listen to the bands play. He mostly went to the Funky Butt Hall and listened to Joe “King” Oliver. Joe "King" Oliver was his favorite and the older man acted as a father to Louis‚ even giving him
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Benny Goodman was a great jazz clarinet player and the leader of one of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (1935–1945). In fact‚ Time magazine dubbed him "the King of Swing." Benjamin David Goodman was born in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ on May 30‚ 1909‚ into a large‚ poor Jewish family. His parents‚ who had moved to the United States from Eastern Europe‚ were Dora and David Goodman. He first started playing clarinet at a local Chicago synagogue when he was about ten. He learnt the clarinet
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I saw The Santa Fe Big Band 22nd‚ Annual Evening of Jazz Concert. The band was dressed up all matching. The men were wearing black dress shirts and pants‚ with dress shoes. The women wearing black formal dresses with red shoes. They all looked very professional and when they started playing it immediately took me back to the 1930s‚ the big band era. Most of the songs were of long length and with many solos through the songs. The instruments used to create the songs were: saxophones‚ trombones‚ trumpets
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Concert Review Paper On November 1‚ 2013‚ I had the pleasure of attending an indie pop concert by the band Two Door Cinema Club. The concert occurred on a late Friday evening at the Fox Theater in Pomona. When I arrived at the theater‚ I did not expect there to be as many people as there were. I imagined that because the band was associated as indie‚ the venue would not have been entirely sold out. The line to get in was very long as it wrapped around the block and it took close to an hour to
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our band and to receive a rank in the 1A division. This year‚ the band performed part of their marching show‚ the L-S fight song‚ and a drum cadence. The Marching Hawks earned second place in division 1A. “Students rose to the challenge of marching at various paces while performing three different tunes and a drum cadence. The color guard lead the band with their challenging‚ original routines written by the students themselves. I
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LESSSON 5 The Swing Era (1932-1942) • Post Depression (1929) • Big Bands become prominent • Instrumentation: 4-5 trumpets‚ 4 trombones‚ 5 saxophones (woodwinds)‚ piano‚ bass‚ drums‚ guitar • Arranger becomes much more important • Written out arrangements with less‚ or little‚ improvisation • Some up-tempo tunes • Many more ballads with jazz interpretation • Music often for dancing Music become a big business • Recordings were now very important • Recording companies now exercised
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was played in the early 20th century. The work chants and folk music of black Americans are among the sources of jazz‚ which reflects the rhythms and expressions of West African song. Ragtime‚ an Afro-American music that first appeared in the 1890s‚ was composed for the piano‚ and each rag is a composition with several themes. The leading ragtime composer was Scott Joplin. The first improvising jazz musician was the cornetist Buddy Bolden‚ leader of a band in New Orleans. The first jazz bands were
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against the war. For example‚ And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda song by Eric Bogle tells the young Australian soldier that Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey during the World War I. This song describes the young man’s feelings and horror experiences. No Man’s Land song by Eric Bogle tells the reflecting on the grave of William McBride‚ a young man who died in World War I. He is too young to die and he doesn’t know about the war. Only Nineteen song by the Australian band Redgum tells the story of an Australian
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man named Tim and some friends of his formed the band. The group began as a reggae band and adopted their name “Scarecrow People” from a song by XTC. In 1996‚ the band reformed into a rock band. The format was changed to an unusual blend of “B” sides‚ soundtracks‚ 80’s‚ retro‚ and more. After sixteen years and eighteen different band members‚ the Scarecrow People have been through many phases. The band is considered a tradition‚ rather than a set band. As of now‚ the lead guitarist and lead vocalist
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