of Pandora you are allowed to create up to a 100 unique “stations.” (Pandora‚ 2013) Pandora’s mission statement: “We believe in the value of music and have a profound respect for those who create it. We like all kinds of music‚ from the most obtuse bebop‚ to the most tripped-out drum n bass‚ to the simplest catchy pop tune. Our mission is to help you connect with the music YOU love” (Pandora‚ 2013). Pandora has a single mission and that is to play music the listeners will love. They have added comedy
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start immediately seems destined for failure and it is Kerouac’s frenetic and restless pursuit of new sensation and experience in life that is impeccably translated into his writing. When the word jazz comes to mind I instinctively hear the up-tempo‚ bebop‚ disorderly tunes that flow unhinged with no break or pattern. Kerouac tells this love story in a sort of maddened free flowing style with lack of punctuation that flows to a jazz like beat. Although jazz music typically does not have words‚ I feel
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variations. These have come from many generations of mixed backgrounds as it is explained in the informational writing “Wonder: What is jazz?”. The writer later provides information detailing the over 2 dozen distinct types of jazz including rock‚ blues‚ bebop and fusion‚ which all act like sub-genres to jazz (http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-jazz). These types all branched off of the same elements of jazz such as syncopation and rhythm but developed into more complex styles that make some jazz pieces
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Jon Davis Perspectives in American Jazz Ben Martinson December 10‚ 2009 Miles Davis: The Last Pioneer in American Jazz Miles Davis represents the pinnacle of modern American Jazz. He was one of the foremost pioneers in the inventions of cool jazz‚ hard bop‚ free jazz‚ fusion and techno. He was‚ arguably one of the most influential figures in music‚ pushing the boundaries of what was commonly known as jazz into new directions that most people thought was impossible. Davis was born
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Tobias Wolff’s “Powder” 1992 The Night in Question (1996) father: 48 separated from wife & son thrill-seeker desperate to spend time with his son (on Christmas Eve) fight to spend some time with him sneaked boy into Jazz club (get him to experience the world) (see Jazz music below) POSITIVE NEGATIVE thrill-seeker‚ adventurous spontaneous reckless‚ dangerous no respect for time‚ schedules fights to spend time with his son on Christmas Eve tries to expose his son to different
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Cab Calloway was an influential singer and actor in the 1930’s. Born in Rochester‚ NY‚ on December 25‚ 1907‚ he started from rock bottom and worked his way up‚ until he was discovered and on top. To get to the top‚ Cab was a part of many different scenes and had much help from family and friends. According to Dan Gediman‚ Cab was the "Hi De Ho" man‚ a legendary showman‚ gifted singer‚ bandleader‚ actor‚ and fashion setter. He was a larger than life figure‚ who was immortalized in cartoons and caricatures
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The response‚ through music‚ to World War Two‚ particularly in the concentration/death camps throughout Europe The Second World War was a very sensitive time in the world‚ especially Europe‚ but one of the few benefits was the music that came out of it‚ there was the music that was written about certain events of the war‚ the music that evolved during the war‚ and the music by the Jewish community (i.e. The Holocaust)‚ especially in the concentration camps. The Holocaust was unequivocally
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On April 25‚ 1917 in Newport News Virginia‚ proud mother‚ Temperance‚ gave birth to her first little girl‚ who was soon to become one of the most accomplished jazz singers of all time (Verve Music Group). Tempie and Ella’s father William‚ bound together by common-law marriage‚ separated soon after she was born. Her mother then moved the two of them to Yonkers‚ NY where eventually they started a family with Joseph Da Silva‚ Tempie’s long-term boyfriend. Ella soon became a big sister when Francis was
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Byron C Brown Melinda Rogers Introduction to Music MUS-123 February 24‚ 2013 A Brief History of the Growth of Jazz This music‚ first practiced by African Americans and Creoles‚ before being adopted also by Euro-American musicians‚ probably akin to archaic Jazz. We do‚ however‚ no documentation about it‚ other than oral testimony to writing. There is indeed a dimension of jazz that makes it both original and elusive in these crucial years between the last two centuries: improvisation. Before
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Original Production Paper: For Colored Girls... Ntozake Shange is‚ both‚ an American playwright and poet. She is a self proclaimed black feminist and it is reflected in all of her work. Shange’s work addresses issues relating to race and feminism in attempts to open up the eyes of the readers or audience. She has had many works‚ including a novel about an African American girl who runs away from home‚ titled Betsey Brown. She has many honors and awards‚ as well‚ that includes fellowships from the
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