Schools with music programs have an estimated 90.2% graduation rate‚ while schools without one have an estimated 72.9% graduation rate. There are many ways music‚ jazz in particular‚ has influenced society in the past and the present. The three most important things about jazz music are its effects on society in the past and present‚ its influencing of the music today‚ and its origins. Jazz music has effected society positively and negatively. It was started during a time of cultural divide‚ in
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President Kennedy’s Inaugural Address America was at its tipping point when President Kennedy was in power in the early 1960s. Kennedy’s brilliant inaugural speech is one of America’s important speeches that has tremendously impacted the nation at the time. His speech gave Americans citizens high spirits and reassurance that their president could create their homeland great again. In his speech‚ John F. Kennedy attempted to affectedly construct a better America‚ as well as giving its citizens a
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On Thursday‚ April 21st‚ I had the opportunity to attend a jazz combos concert. I took it upon myself to attend this concert because of my interest for jazz and all that goes along with this genre of music. This concert involved two different groups of musicians performing music in the typical laid back fashion that most jazz performances are played in. Throughout this reaction I will give a few things I liked and disliked about these two groups of performers and specifically what intrigued me about
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Since the beginning of time‚ science has never failed to alter our beliefs. From finding out that our planet is round‚ to sending the first person to the moon‚ we continue to grow a better understanding about the world around us. Many organizations such as NASA have helped to shape our perception today. But‚ It was years before that scientists helped to build NASA’s views and fundamental understandings of anatomy‚ and astronomy. The Renaissance helped to change people’s views of the earth surrounding
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The Incident at Roswell There are many weird things that occur on planet earth that cannot be explained or are hard to explain. One of these occurrences is the incident at Roswell. When strange debris was found near Roswell‚ New Mexico‚ people started believing it was from an extraterrestrial space craft. There are many questions left unanswered and many theories of what really happened started developing. Theories that stated that the debris was just from a weather balloon‚ or was part of a project
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Would you believe me if I told you that aliens exist‚ and have made contact with the life on Earth? Most people wouldn’t‚ however‚ the few that do have good reason to. Aside from the numerous UFO reports‚ there have been many people abducted and sent back to Earth. These people‚ abductees‚ have brought us information that no one could fake. The consistency in how they’d describe what happened is alarming‚ and I believe that what they say is truth. For years there have been reports of UFOs all over
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The title of the novel I have read is 2001: A Space Odyssey. This novel depicts a mission to Saturn. Its purpose: to discover the origin and nature of the ET species that left TMA-1‚ the Tycho-monolith abnormality behind on the moon. The definition of odyssey is ‘a long series of wanderings or adventures‚ especially filled with notable experiences‚ hardships‚ etc’‚ which‚ in itself‚ could describe the nature of this novel. It is set in the late 20th century and early 21st century. In short‚ the title
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I watched the film “Dedicated to Chaos PBS Episode 7” . The film talks about the changes Jazz was going through during WWII. Many Americans were already used to Swing music that it was already considered America’s music during the war. Although Swing music was popular among the majority of Jazz musicians‚ some musicians were in fact tired of the many restrictions found in Swing. So they decided to change the formula of Jazz music once again to create a highly complex form of Jazz: Bebop. The predominant
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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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There are a various number of ‘evidence’ or ‘claims’ that prove that the moon landing was indeed fake - but then there is actual scientific evidence that proves these ‘claims’ or ‘evidence’ to be false. The first claim against the moon landing being fake is that when the astronauts were putting up the American flag it waves yet there is no wind on the moon. Actually‚ the flag appears to be fluttering because it is hanging from a horizontal rod. This rod was thought of by NASA scientists before they
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