Benny Goodman really drew my attention after watching the film about him in Jazz class a few weeks ago. I was very surprised to see that his instrument of choice was the clarinet. I didn’t think the clarinet t was that influential in the musical world until I learned more about Benny. From the film I learned about how his father wanted his children to pick up music because he wanted them to make a career out of something they loved. Benny’s father was a tailor and according to the film he wasn’t
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October 14‚ 2011 Seeing Ragtime and Blues as Parents of Jazz Jazz is a music genre that has complex characteristics and history of development and thus many musicians and scholars face troubles in defining what jazz is. In general‚ jazz is believed to have born in New Orleans. Jazz developed for the pleasure of the social dancers. According to the “Understanding Jazz: What Is Jazz?” of John F. Kennedy center for the Performing Arts‚ Jazz was created mainly by Afro-Americans‚ and had elements of
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A. Performance On‚ April 5‚ 2017‚ I attended a jazz performance by Jim Schmidt and Chris Janzen. The performance was held inside a restaurant called Campagnia‚ which is located in Fresno‚ California. On April 7‚ 2017‚ I attended a live jazz group‚ that went by the name Rich Severson Trio. They performed at a local restaurant in Fresno California called Ginz Bistro. B. Instrumentation Jim Schmidt and Chris Janzen worked as a duo. They had a acoustic guitar‚ saxophone‚ and a flute. As for the Rich
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15 years of swing Swing is the natural evolution of jazz music‚ retaining much of the style and characteristics associated with it‚ while being different enough both musically and socially to separate itself. Swing is generally accepted to have been conceived in 1924‚ when the name synonymous with swing Louise Armstrong joined Fletcher Henderson’s band. However 1929 is the year swing really picked up in popularity. From this point swing grew through some wonderful technological and social advancement
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Modal jazz is a style that uses modes instead of chord progressions and is a harmonic guide for the soloist to use during an improvisation. The improvisations in modal music are usually based on only one or two chords that are repeated. “Flamenco Sketches” has five modes per each improvisation and each mode is either four or eight measures long‚ except for the last mode in the song. The first muted trumpet improvisation by Miles Davis starts at 0’ 18"‚ the tenor saxophone improvisation by John Coltrane
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Luigi one of the Fathers of Jazz dance Luigi was born in Steubenville‚ Ohio‚ on March 20‚ 1925. He was one of 11 children in his family. He was born with the name Eugene Louis Facciuto but‚ later was renamed Luigi by his mentor Gene Kelly because he told him “There are too many Genes!”Luigi’s brother tony taught him to sing and dance at a young age. Eugene began singing and dancing for pennies on street corners. He performed in local talent shows and toured as a singer with a performing orchestra
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Romantic Art genre portrays imagination and elaborate emotions. This genre challenged traditional society norms by showing sacrifices in order to establish liberty‚ equality‚ and humanity. An example of Rococo art is The Swing by Jean-Honore Fragonard. In this piece we have a woman on a swing surrounded by men and statues. She is ascending in the air whilst kicking off one of her shoes. At
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ranges Previous Exam Question Rhythm Section – developed in America and set the foundation of today’s music 1. Chord Instrument 2. Bass Instrument 3. Percussion Instrument Texture – How the music is “interwoven” * Classical and Jazz: counterpoint * Rock Styles: homophonic Counterpoint vs. Homophonic * Counterpoint: a contrapuntal texture‚ 2-3 or more melodies work together to create the rhythmic energy in piece. * Homophonic: where the bass line coincides with
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to as the ‘new face of jazz’; the thirty-eight year old jazz/pop sensation has won three Grammy awards as well as multiple Juno awards. Bublé has had ten albums‚ which have all been great hits. Bublé’s 2009 album Crazy Love debuted at number one after only three days of sales. Bublé is a Canadian who was born September 9th‚ 1975. Bublé claims‚ in an Oprah interview‚ he slept with a bible and prayed every night to become a singer. He grew up listening to his grandfather’s jazz music‚ and credits him
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time. The Swing Youth in Nazi Germany is a great example of adolescent defiance. It began in Hamburg‚ Germany in the mid 1930s‚ and they called themselves the “Swingjugend” making fun of the name for the Hitler Youth‚ “Hitlerjugend” (“Music and the Holocaust”). These teenagers described themselves as “lottern” which means that they consider themselves as a mixture between happy-go-lucky and sleazy. This idea of rebellion appealed to many teens and thousands joined the swing movement. The Swing Youth
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