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    Jazz Critique

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    "The President’s Own" United States Marine Band performed Monday October 2‚ 2006 at 8pm in the PAC. The director was Lieutenant Colonel Michael J. Colburn and the assistant director was Captain Jason K. Fettig. The different numbers in the performance were "Summon the Heroes"‚ "Guillaume Tell Duo Brillant"‚ "The High School Cadets"‚ "Scherzo and Finale" from Symphony No. 4 in F minor‚ "Semper Fidelis"‚ "Lincolnshire Posy"‚ "American Spirituals"‚ and "The Stars and Stripes Forever"

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    The History of Jazz Dance

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    Erin Leigh 11-10-2005 Jazz Dance "Jazz dance mirrors the social history of the American people‚ reflecting ethnic influences‚ historical events‚ and cultural changes" (Kraines‚ 2005‚1). When I was younger I used to take dance. I hated ballet‚ liked gymnastics‚ and thought tap was okay; but I loved jazz. I took jazz dance three times a week and never complained; it was my life. People all over the world are familiar with jazz dance. Jazz dance is found in almost every

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    Origins of Jazz Dance

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    Origins of Jazz Dance in American Culture The varieties of jazz dance reflect the diversity of American culture. Jazz dance mirrors the social history of the American people‚ reflecting ethnic influences‚ historic events and cultural changes. Jazz dance has been greatly influenced by social dance and desired music. Like so much that is “from America‚” the history of jazz dance commences somewhere else. The origins of Jazz music and dance are found in the rhythms and movements brought to America

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    Jazz History in 1920

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    Jazz Poetry in the 1920’s Jazz Poetry can be defined as poetry that demonstrates jazz-like rhythm or the feeling of improvisation. During the 1920’s many poets began to experiment with the conventional forms of writing with rhythm which led to the invention of Jazz Poetry. Poetry and Jazz seemed to both evolve into each other which led to the merge that became known as "Jazz Poetry". Jazz poetry has been an unorthodox style of writing since it was invented in the 1920’s

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    Jazz Music Essay

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    the best‚ jazz music is the best genre of music of all time. Jazz is the best type of music in ways that many other types of music can

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    Report Guitar in Jazz

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    Report Jazz Guitar and all about it Intro Jazz guitar term can mean two things: either it’s a type of guitar or a style of playing the guitar. Jazz guitar made an appearance in Jazz in around 1930’s. Due to its predecessor a.k.a. acoustic guitar being too quiet‚ musicians had it hooked up to amplifiers and that’s how the electric guitar was born. Ever since‚ electric guitar has been the standard of guitars in Jazz and it eventually went on revolutionizing the music industry and making it the corner

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    The Gypsy Jazz Style

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    Even in the common jazz lover community‚ Gypsy Jazz is considered a style rather than an individual genre. The fact that Gypsy Jazz is a style‚ means that there aren’t many specific musical pieces that are original to the style. Jazz musicians started by covering popular jazz standards of the day and‚ similarly‚ Gypsy Jazz musicians had the same material to work with. Gypsy Jazz is an extremely unique style however‚ it’s versatile enough to be able to translate modern‚ and standard‚ popular music

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    Jazz Guide Book

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    Circle of Fifths Scale Degree Names Key Signatures and Order of Accidentals Common Notation Errors II. RHYTHM in JAZZ PERFORMANCE 10 11 12 15 18 19 21 22 28 29 38 41 42 47 48 Polyrhythms Swing Eighth Note Accents and Articulations Rhythmic Roles Harmonic Rhythm in Jazz Performance The Larger View: Form as Rhythmic Structure Placement of the Notes Syncopation Studies Syncopation in the Jazz Waltz Polyrhythms in Performance Clave Beat Odd Meters Mixed Meters Rhythmic Reading and Dictation Exercises Other

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    of the Growth of Jazz This music‚ first practiced by African Americans and Creoles‚ before being adopted also by Euro-American musicians‚ probably akin to archaic Jazz. We do‚ however‚ no documentation about it‚ other than oral testimony to writing. There is indeed a dimension of jazz that makes it both original and elusive in these crucial years between the last two centuries: improvisation. Before the record comes only burn the first work of Jazz in the wax‚ the music of Jazz could not hope to

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    The Java Jazz Festival

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    George Benson performed at the Java Jazz Festival with his orchestra behind him supporting his every note. This performance was in tribute to Nat King Cole. George Benson showed out while performing on the stage in front of hundreds of people with both upbeat songs and calming songs. The overall performance was highly interesting with the combination of different jazz songs and the different rhythms and meanings. Their stage presence was very professional‚ but they also had fun with their performance

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