jazz music and one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. He composed over 2000 works and performed numerous concerts during his musical career. A compilation of some of his most popular music is collected on a CD called "The Popular Duke Ellington." Ellington personally created most of the music played by his orchestra. He often wrote pieces for specific players with distinctive musical styles in his band‚ such as "Concerto for Cootie" (1940) for fellow musician
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The world has witness great musicians who have left their marked in the music industry‚ but Duke Ellington revolutionized the industry with his music and showed the world a different type of style. Duke Ellington described his music as "American Music" rather than jazz‚ and he enjoyed to describe those who try and mimic him as "beyond category”. He is still one of the most influential figures in jazz‚ if not in all American music and is widely recognized as one of the twentieth century’s best known
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end of the book. Mark Twain utilizes the King and the Duke as a means to ruin the peace Huck Finn has grown accustomed to throughout his trip on the Mississippi River. The King and the Duke represent how Huck may be able to escape certain people in his life but not types of people. The King and the Duke live off criminal schemes that hurt the child protagonist and his companions‚ much like Treasure Island’s Long John Silver. The King and the Duke force Huck to participate in activities that hurt the
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Duke Ellington “It don ’t mean a thing if it ain ’t got that swing (do Do a Do ap...) Well it don ’t mean a thing all you got to do is sing” (Sing). Edward Kennedy Ellington‚ American jazz composer‚ orchestrator‚ bandleader‚ and pianist‚ is considered to be the greatest composer in the history of jazz music and one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. He composed over 2000 works and performed numerous concerts during his musical career. A compilation of some of his most popular music
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character is skin deep and based on an individual’s actions. In the novel Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ the Duke and the King are two flat characters that have a one track mind based on bad intentions. To begin‚ the duke and the king are a pair of conmen that are running from a mob of people that they have swindled. They encounter the protagonist‚ Huck Finn‚ and are carried away on a raft. The Duke and the King are the drollest people in the novel‚ the most despicable and the most fraudulent. Firstly
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Duke Ellington definitely stands in my mind as one of the more important and productive musicians of this century. One of the first black band leaders‚ and one of the most innovative‚ the Duke wrote music of all types and styles from solo jazz piano pieces to 16 piece pop songs to symphony orchestra pieces. His wide range of composing styles is seen in his collaborations with prominent performers‚ two of which are John Coltrane and Frank Sinatra. He was born in 1899 in Washington‚ D.C.‚ and came
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of the best jazz writers ever‚ Duke Ellington had a huge effect on the prevalent music of the late twentieth century. Among his more than two thousand melodies are such hits as "In A Nostalgic Mind-set‚" "Refined Woman‚" "I Got It Awful And That Ain’t Great‚" and "I’m Starting To See The Light." For nearly fifty years‚ he visited the world as a band pioneer and piano player. Today his recordings stay among the most prevalent jazz of the enormous band period. Duke Ellington’s commitments to jazz
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Greetings Duke Manor Management Staff This Bruce Harvill‚ Building 3011 Apt. D‚ writing to you. My caregiver‚ Linda and I have been living in Duke Manor for the past 8 years or so‚ and we call it home. For the last year or so‚ we have been hearing rumors that when our lease expires in November‚ we will be forced to move to either a different apartment or out of the complex. However‚ I have also heard that in some cases‚ the lease is extended for one more year. Which of these statements are the
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1. My last Duchess’s Duke begins by bringing up the portrait which he starts reminiscing but they aren’t the most positive thoughts. Memories of the last duchess’s attitude towards other men‚ the Duke had the feeling of being unappreciated by passing on a Victorian name and she did not give the name any respect. I think that all the duchess’s actions made the Duke react by giving the command to “take care of her‚” meaning to get rid of her by death so he can remarry. 2. Ferrara is addressing the
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Duke Ellington was a prolific composer‚ composing over two thousand pieces‚ many of which are still popular in jazz today. A number of these are written with an image or colour in mind‚ and have a colour in the title. By analyzing the sound of the song‚ it is possible to discover a relationship between the colour in the title and the sound. Because Duke Ellington is considered by many to be "the supreme colourist in jazz"‚ a few of the songs with a colour in the title will by analyzed to determine
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