Vanessa Melero November 24‚ 2013 Musi 128 Concert Assignment Andy’s Jazz Jam with John Bany Earlier this afternoon‚ I went to Andy’s Jazz Club on 11 East Hubbard Street in Chicago‚ and watched John Bany perform. John Bany is said to be one of Chicago’s most creative bass players. Bany was born and raised in Ohio‚ but has had the privilege of calling Chicago his home for a little over thirty years. John Bany studied bass with Charlie Medcalf‚ Harold Roberts and Richard Topper‚ whom all just
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As one of the most influential poets of his time‚ John Donne set the bar high for aspiring poets in many decades to come. Donne was born in London‚ England in 1572 into a devout Roman Catholic family. Donne was born during a time when practicing religion was illegal in England‚ but his family practiced anyway and avoided attention to be able to do so. Donne’s prominence in the Church of England was likely influenced by his upbringing‚ which in return highly influenced his poetry. Depictions of British
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John Caldwell Calhoun was born on March 18‚ 1782‚ in Abbeville‚ South Carolina‚ the son of a farmer. He received little formal education early in life‚ but was able to graduate with honors from Yale‚ in 1804. He remained in Connecticut to study law in Litchfield‚ but returned to his home state and was admitted to the bar in 1807. Calhoun served briefly in the state assembly from 1809 to 1811‚ where he helped establish a balance of power between the tidewater planters and the piedmont farmers. In
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I. Personal Background A. Family 1. Birth place 2. Born November 17‚ 1949 to Mary Anne and Earl Henry Boehner 3. Married to Debbie Boehner; B. Education 1. Boehner attended Cincinnati’s Moeller High School and was a Linebacker on the school’s football team 2. Graduating from Moeller in 1968 3. Boehner enlisted in the United States Navy but was administratively separated after eight weeks because of a bad back. 4. He earned his B.A. In Business
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John Deere Time line * NAME: John Deere. * OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur‚ and inventor. * DATE OF BIRTH: February 7th‚ 1804. * DEATH DATE: May 17th‚ 1886. * BORN IN: Rutland‚ Vermont Deere married his first wife‚ Demarius Lamb‚ in January 1827. The newlyweds perceived to have 5 children‚ Francis Albert‚ Jeanette‚ Ellen‚ Francis Alma and Charles. Demarius’s past away and Deere married Lucinda Lamb‚ in June 1867. They had four children together Emma‚ Hiram‚ Alice and Mary. John
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Wordsmith by Susan Young In my mind I call my father the Pollyfilla1 king‚ watch with something akin to awe as he begins the arduous process of filling in the gaps‚ the long winded cracks that travel down the walls of my house like run on sentences. From the sidelines I watch as he trudges up and down the stairs‚ carrying with nonchalance an industrial-sized bucket‚ shiny spatula tucked into back pocket for easy access. Over and over again with precision and grace he fills and smooths
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John Donne is the name in English Literature who gave new direction to the literary activities of his age. He is in a sense founded the metaphysical lyric‚ which was practiced by scare of writers. As Dowden says‚ “We are told that in the decline of the greater poetry of the Elizabethan period‚ a metaphysical school arose and that John Donne was the founder or the first eminent member of this school.” John Donne set up a new tradition in versification by and large Donne must be regarded as an original
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John Williams Lesson Group R John Towner Williams was born on February 8th‚ 1932‚ in Flushing(Queens)‚ New York. John attended North Hollywood High School in Los Angeles and graduated in 1950. After High School‚ he attended college at UCLA. There he studied with Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In 1952‚ John Williams was drafted into the Air Force where he composed music and conducted the Air Force band. In 1955‚ John’s Air Force service ended and he moved to New York City to study
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the Englishmen‚ John Locke. John Locke was a philosophical influence in both political theory and theoretical philosophy‚ which was embraced among the era of 1789-1914 and the concept of equal rights among men. John Locke’s writings influenced the works of multiple diplomats concerning liberty and the social contract between society and the government. Locke’s ideology of man and power was the base for the concept of separation of powers. As one of the enlightenment thinkers‚ John Locke wrote the
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Captain John Smith John Smith born to Alice Rickard and George Smith left home at the age of sixteen after the death of his father. His journey led him to fight for the Independence of Spain‚ become a leader in the Long War and actively involved with the Virginia Company’s to colonize Virginia. During his journey he faced many obstacles and challenges. Smith wrote journals that were informative of his adventures and carved the future for US history. Considered one of our country’s founding fathers
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