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    The Cotton Club

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    entertainers. (History) (Boland) (Winter). Famous African American entertainers performed at the Cotton Club for white audiences. Most of the jazz musicians and singers of the Harlem Renaissance appeared at the Cotton Club at some point‚ including Duke Ellington‚ Louis

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    James Reese Europe and Will Marion Cook were leaders of the most popular “Syncopated” music groups of the day. TRUE Mary Lou Williams was the most important female Violinist in the century. FALSE Count Basie is credited with inventing a piano accompaniment style‚ the name is derived from the words “accompanying” and “Complementing” known as Comping One of many mutes used by brass players to change the sound of their instrument is known as Plunger Mute In 1938‚ promoter John Hammond put together

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    movement which harbored and preserved a new black cultural identity in multiple aspects. Prolific writers such as Langston Hughes influenced many poets. The improvisation of Jazz and its syncopated rhythms was popularized by jazz legends such as Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. The Harlem Renaissance began in the late 1930’s after World War II. However much of the foundation of this movement was established by earlier generations of African American educators‚ students‚ and intellectuals. In the

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    Jazz Oncert Report

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    black and white. It was a very intimate setting between the band and the audience. The band was very small in size and was very good. The woman who I believe to be the singer bared a very heavy resemblance to jazz singers from the days of Duke Ellington‚ she was very good. She did many jazz standards and a couple of Billie Holiday songs‚ and even did one of my favorite songs‚ ‘At Last’ by Etta James. The band’s name was ‘Coltrane Revisited’‚ the people on instruments were Joe Lavano on saxophone

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    Red Hot Peppers recorded "George Swing" (Microsoft music). Others say it started on a cold night when Bennie Moten’s band got an entire Kansas City ballroom jumping (World Book 159). Still others say it all started in 1932 when the great Duke Ellington recorded the album "The Anthem of Idiom"‚ "It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)". From the definition of the Webster Dictionary‚ swing involves a departure from the written score by maintaining the underlying beat‚ but

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    places and enjoyed what he talked about in the stories 1. The Harlem renaissance took place in the 1920s 2. The blacks did not like white people coming to Harlem to watch them in their clubs 3. Two famous artist he replied too where duke Ellington and Paul Robeson S the subjects was on the fun times in Harlem O 1920 Harlem renaissance and its times A the audience where people explaining how fun the times were P To reform people what whites‚ blacks‚ and the Harlem Renaissance

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    Apollo Theatre

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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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    Essay On Jazz Music

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    Louis Armstrong is known for many Jazz songs like “What a Wonderful World”‚ “When the Saints Go Marching In” and “Go down Moses.” Another name was Billie Holiday and she was known for “God Bless the Child” and “Billie’s Blues.” The other name was Duke Ellington‚ who have many recordings like “Take the A Train”‚ “Black and Tan Fantasy”‚

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    Why the 20’s Were Roaring The 1920’s were a very roaring decade. This topic is very controversial‚ as some people say that it wasn’t. In actuality it was tremendously roaring! It was roaring for many reasons‚ first is that women started fighting for their rights. There were also a lot of new inventions and discoveries. Lastly‚ the most roaring part‚ there was lots of entertainment like new dances‚ and new music. All in all this decade was very roaring. Before the 1920’s women were not treated

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    Charles Mingus‚ an icon in the Jazz world “only second to Duke Ellington (CHARLES MINGUS BIO). Mingus played a very important role in the development of jazz music‚ he left his mark on the world that got him a lot of recognition. Along with a plethora of grants that were donated to him and the different organizations that were centered on him. He was also honored in New York City by having a “Charles Mingus Day” dedicated to him and many other dedications and assortments of honoring’s (CHARLES MINGUS

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