Concert Report This semester I attended a jazz concert put on by Truman State University’s Department of Music. It was on December 5th at 8 pm‚ in Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall. The university’s Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab band both performed. Both bands were directed by Tim AuBuchon. The bands drew in a decently sized crowd. I was able to recognise several of my peers sitting in the audience alongside of me. I pleasantly surprised by the size of the bands and the level of skill they had. Both
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Some people get confused when told that Carnival and Mardi Gras are the same thing. They technically aren’t‚ but they do share the common threads of tradition‚ culture‚ music‚ food‚ and dance all around the world. Carnival is a well-known celebration around the world‚ taking place for one week a year‚ with Mardi Gras being the last day‚ and including long lasting traditions‚ food‚ and history. Traditions play a big role in any holiday or event including Carnival‚ which happens to be one of them.
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Before Rock n Roll music was ever invented‚ one of the most popular music genres at the time was the Jump Blues. The Jump Blues genre had made a rise to popularity back in the late 1930’s through the 1940’s. This genre alone seems to have a very fast tempo and it even has some jazz elements to it. The instruments that are usually involved in Jump Blues are brass instruments‚ electric guitars‚ saxophone‚ piano‚ and the drums. One of the most prominent artist within the Jump Blues genre is a man named
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Glurgle bleep nar gloup ’’this saying on my planet means peace among worlds but going to earth was anything but that’’. My story began when we sent a distress signal to earth requesting if we could land there of course at the time me and my crew had no idea that the earthlings could not understand what we were saying. We came into the atmosphere and were immediately targeted by the defense systems The pilot yelled "four projectiles incoming" I told my crew to prepare for battle but it was too late
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Starting off with some background with Scott Joplin—Scott Joplin’s actual birthdate unknown‚ but is estimated to be sometime between 1867 and 1868. His family were formerly slaves and they lived in Texarkana. Joplin taught himself piano in a nearby home owned by white people. Eventually‚ he was taught by German music teacher‚ Julius Weiss‚ who noticed how talented Joplin was. Joplin has lived in many different parts of the United States and has lead would could be considered a successful life. His
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On October 20th‚ 2017 I attended a performance at Small’s Jazz Club‚ in Greenwich Village. Smalls is a very cozy‚ comfy‚ underground club and I loved that it was so tiny because the sound was bouncing all around the room. I was very enthusiastic about dragging my 2 best friend to a jazz club‚ for my unappreciated fondness for jazz. We saw the Scott Wendholt/Adam Kolker Quartet. Scott Wendholt was on the trumpet‚ Adam Kolker on tenor saxophone‚ Ugonna Okegwo on bass‚ and Billy Drummond on drums. This
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Compare And Contrast Between Gernes The Vernacular Tradition in African American literature includes spirituals ‚ gospels ‚ work songs ‚ the Blues ‚ jazz ‚ and basically just songs or stories in general that ties back to African American culture . All vernacular genres have different stories to tell as well ‚ however ‚ they all precipitate a vision or message that is being sung or told . The two genres that I would like to bring up are jazz and hip hop . Many people think that jazz and hip hop
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Sports are massive in the entertainment industry‚ many people across the world enjoy watching them and there are all kinds of sports. My personal favorite sport to do and to watch is BMX. The usual time people can watch BMX is during the Summer X-Games‚ an intense sporting event focused around the less popular sports including: skateboarding‚ bike riding‚ rally racing‚ and during the Winter X-Games‚ snowboarding. Something that really got me into BMX‚ was seeing Dave Mirra land the very first double
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My science fiction story will be based around a research mission to Saturn’s moon Enceladus‚ to study possible life. I will split the story into two parts; one discussing the trip to the far off moon and the dangers and solutions used during travel and the other part about the research and activities that take place while on the moon. I will talk about drilling into the ice‚ the possibilities of life and also about the effects of Saturn that are acting upon the moon. As many people know‚ leaving
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Satchel Paige Leroy “Satchel” Paige acquired his name because he carried suitcases and satchels for passengers at the Union Station in Mobile‚ Alabama. Satchel was a famous African American forced to play in his own league‚ separate from whites. Satchel received his reputation because he was a natural born athlete. He live up to his reputation because at 19 years old he could throw a spin ball and make that ball go slow or just make the ball be where ever he wanted it to be.
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