Louis Armstrong or frequently called pops‚ satchmo‚ and dipper had a far from normal life. Louis was born August 4‚ 1901‚ in New Orleans Louisiana he was a son of Mary Albert and William Armstrong. Louis did not grow up wealthy‚ in fact the place where he lived was nicknamed the battlefield. His dad a factory worker and left soon after Louis was born. His mom who was regularly found on the corner as a prostitute usually left Louis with his grandmother. Louis only made it to the 5th grade before he
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America in the 1920s saw many instances of drastic change‚ impacting the lives of many Americans. The Roaring Twenties brought about many new inventions‚ wealth‚ and a new outlook on the common American lifestyle. With these new times came new influences and much change to the musical industry of jazz. This investigation will study the evolution of jazz music in the rapidly changing times of America in the 1920s and how the new American lifestyle and optimistic times influenced the music. Two sources
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Jazz flourished widely in the 1920’s‚ which was considered the Jazz age. In the 1920’s Jazz was a lifestyle to most people. Some fell in love with Jazz‚ while others hated it. People who liked Jazz were the passionate and urban people. Many white young boys and girls fell in love with jazz. Jazz was a way for them to be freed from the rural America. Jazz had originally come from New Orleans but job opportunities had opened up elsewhere causing many musicians to move out of New Orleans. This is what
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History of American Jazz Appendix A: Understanding Jazz -Americas art form -European- African musical traditions -Hard to define Defining Jazz Improvisation- spontaneous and simultaneous composing and performing Rhythm- a unique interaction with time involving: -syncopation‚ -jazz swing rhythm Dissonance- extending common rules of music; “pushing the envelope” Jazz interpretation- a unique way of producing sound and phrasing melodies Interaction- listening to and reacting to musical
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Not only did Louis Armstrong changed the way music is‚ but Armstrong owned the definition of perseverance. “Musicians don’t retire; they stop when there’s no more music in them.”In this quote‚ Louis Armstrong is defining what he believes in. He is saying that you or anybody can’t quit. That you stop when you don’t believe in yourself.You stop when you lose hope in yourself to succeed. Louis Armstrong is a “Game Changer” because not only is he changing Jazz‚ but he is also changing how musicians
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In the turn of the 20th century‚ an enormous wave of change swept across the nation. As the trend of modernism crashed into the shores of American life‚ traditional values washed out to sea. However‚ changing tides also brought sunlight upon modern culture. Rapid urbanization‚ economic growth‚ industrial production‚ invention and innovation in technology contributed to the rise of a new consumer culture. By the second decade‚ the United States liberated from the restrictions of conservatism. Many
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Reinaldo Hernandez MUL 2380 Notes Chapter 1 It is very difficult to define jazz because it has so many varieties. Almost all jazz styles have improvisations and swing feeling. Improvisation means compose and perform at the same time. Four ingredients that help music swing are steady beat‚ syncopation‚ lilting quality‚ and rising and falling of the melodic line. Charles Mingus was a jazz bassist known for his composing and improvising. Dizzy Gillespie was a modern jazz trumpeter who devised a highly
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After the United States experienced a couple of years of the Roaring Twenties‚ the American economy plummeted causing a Great Depression. This Great Depression increased the unemployment rate from 3% to 25% drastically changing the lives of millions of Americans. Entertainment during this time period played a big factor‚ where music particularly played a genuine role in helping Americans forget about their daily hardships caused by the economic decline. People enjoyed listening and dancing to Jazz
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jazz‚ and jazz rock. It has only been around 100 years but it has shifted numerous time . The jazz in 1900 to 1910 was still in pupal stage in the first decade of the 20th century. Some of the first jazz icons‚ trumpeters Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke‚ were born in 1901 and 1903‚ respectively. Inspired by ragtime music‚ they played music that valued self expression‚ and in the early part of the century‚ began to capture the nation’s attention. From 1910 to 1920‚ the seed of jazz began to take
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Between the 1920s to the mid 1930s‚ the Harlem Renaissance was a literary‚ artistic‚ and intellectual movement that kindled a new black cultural identity. For the first time African American lives were seizing their first chance as a group to express themselves and get a positive response. Harlem‚ New York was the center of this dramatic cultural change‚ African Americans transformed social views and began to have more pride in their race‚ this age produced‚ visual arts‚ writer and new music such
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