Blues and it’s Influence Blues is a music with a unique ethnic diversity. It started with the rural Black-American traditions of southern America. Originally it was associated with music of deep and low-down emotions. But in reality‚ it reflected how a culture lived and survived in happy and difficult times. Many musicologists try to associate Blues with both European and African tradition. Music Historian Robert Palmer may be most correct entitling it as a Black-American creation. By doing so‚ Palmer
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Goodman‚ were excited by the New Orleans masters including the thrilling Louis Armstrong‚ who played in King Oliver’s band. The third major jazz center was New York City‚ and it became the most important. In New York‚ pianists such as James P. Johnson created the piano style by transforming rags and Southern black folk dances into jazz. Jazz was first played in the ballrooms and theaters of New York. Louis Armstrong was among the jazz musicians who accompanied Ma Rainey and the rich-voiced Bessie
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110 million copies‚ and remains the best-selling album ever; while several of his other albums rank among the worlds best-sellers. Jackson is credited with having elevated the music video from mere promotional tool into an art form. His videos for Billie Jean‚ Beat It and Thriller made him the first African American artist to amass a strong crossover following on MTV. He popularized a number of complicated dance techniques‚ such as the robot and the moonwalk. His distinctive musical style‚ vocal style
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a rough female bootlegger‚ Billie Bendix‚ on the night of his nuptials. Jimmy is marrying his fourth wife Eileen‚ a self-obsessed dancer. Billie thought Jimmy would be out of town for a few days so she and her gang had planned to bring cases of alcohol to hide in the basement of Jimmy’s mansion on long island. Unexpectedly‚ Jimmy‚ Eileen‚ and Eileen’s family of prohibitionists show up at the mansion for the wedding. Billie and her gang must pose as servants until‚ Billie and Jimmy become very fond
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English Communications Comparative Assignment Million Dollar baby and Cinderella Man Cinderella Man directed by Ron Howard and Million Dollar Baby directed by Clint Eastwood are two films about two individuals viewed as underdogs by society and the world of boxing who overcome the odds and achieve personal goals. In these two heroic tales we follow the lives of two passionate and determined fighters. Like all heroic tales we encounter a hero‚ a villain and a final showdown portrayed as a
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Joe “King” Oliver was one of the most famous persons during the 1900s. Oliver beginnings were in New Orleans by the 1908 and after that he worked with different groups as in Source 7 says “Worked in Kid Ory’s band in 1917‚...played in Bill Johnson’s Creole Orchestra… The original Creole Orchestra at the Dreamland Ballroom”(Source 7-1). He had the opportunity of playing in different places‚ with different people. He also was “very famous for his using mutes‚ derbies‚ bottles….. sound out of his horn
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first chord. From there‚ I began to search aimlessly on YouTube for more of these great songs‚ eventually becoming quite an avid Green Day fan myself. Green Day is an American punk rock band that was made famous by guitarist and lead singer Billy Joe Armstrong‚ bassist and backup singer Mike Dirnt‚ and drummer Tre Cool. The band originated in California‚ where all three band members were raised. Green Day was formed in 1987 and signed to Lookout! Records in 1988. Formerly known as Sweet Children‚ the
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Jose 1 Janelle Jose Professor Pappas AAS 254 16 April 2008 “Our Theater: The Hey Dey of the Apollo Theatre” Apollo was the Greek God of music‚ Poetry and the arts. His temple was at Delphi and was known to be a place of purification. There is a temple of a different that bears the name of the Greek god and its at 253 West 125th Street Harlem in New York City. The Apollo Theater would become as famous as the temple at Delphi. The Apollo Theaters home was in Harlem. Harlem is known worldwide as a
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| Jazz Music and its Musicians | | | By Brandon | | | Jazz started when World War I had just ended and a social revolution was on its way. Customs and values of previous were rejected. Life was to be lived to the fullest. This was also known as the era of the "lost generations‚" and the "flapper" with her rolled stockings‚ short skirts‚ and straight up-and-down look. They disturbed their elders in the casino‚ night clubs‚ and speakeasies that replaced the ballrooms of prewar
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