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    Small is the new big. Is big going to work this time? Will Honda Jazz 2.0 capture the buyer’s imagination? “No matter how small an item is‚ the delight of manufacturing a product is a feeling that probably only an engineer knows” Soichiro Honda‚ Founder‚ Honda Motor Corp. This case is written by Prof. Anish K. Ravi & Mr. R.Gautham Bharathi‚ Chennai Business School‚ Chennai 600 042‚ India. It has been compiled from various sources and is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather

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    Senior Jazz Band Critique

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    On the Lisgar CI senior music night‚ the four music ensembles performed their favourite pieces for an audience of parents and students. I attended to critique the performance of the Senior Jazz Band. The band‚ conducted by Mr. Arrigo‚ looked sharp as almost all members were wearing full black concert dress. They played three jazzy pieces‚ which were each different and fun in their own way‚ and they nailed each one. First of all‚ the sound quality was impressive‚ and the instruments blended well

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    Bud Powell falls into the category of the jazz style of bebop. This style began in the 1940s and was something totally unexpected. It had really fast tempos‚ which were unusual for jazz at the time.”This was not dance music‚ and it was never really intended to be popular. It was jazz for the artists themselves and for the true jazz lovers.”(Hopkins Lesson 7). But become popular it did. Not only that but it “established the primacy of virtuosic solo improvisation” (Hopkins Lesson 7). In this sense

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    genres that I have selected are Opera and Big-band Jazz. These are two very diverse genres that have different musical elements‚ such as melody‚ rhythm‚ etc. The Opera piece is Purcell: Dido and Aeneas‚ Act III‚ Opening and Lament by Henry Purcell and the Big-band Jazz piece is Strayhorn: Take the A Train‚ by Duke Ellington Orchestra. Opera was very popular during the Baroque Era from the 1600’s to the early 1700’s. First gaining popularity in Italy‚ early opera was widely used for royal weddings or other

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    Swing Low‚ Sweet Chariot Swing Low‚ Sweet Chariot‚ John McCrady‚oil on canvas‚1937.The piece’s subject is clearly stated not only in the title; Swing Low‚ Sweet Chariot. But‚ the illustration is a clear depiction of the famous hymns message; when death is upon a good soul the angels will come to take them home. The scenery offers many focal points. Such as a small wooden shack filled with a three person family and doctor watching an older man on his death bed. Above the shack are a group of angels

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    Chuck Berry's Jazz Career

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    Chuck Berry’s career is one full of power‚ hope‚ rock and roll‚ sex‚ and despair. All of these attributes go hand in hand with a real musician. Chuck’s early life was rare for most afro American men in the 1940’s. He was middle class; his mother was a principal and his father was a contractor and a deacon for a community church in St. Louis. With this type of upbringing it allowed him to persue music. However‚ with all this it did not prevent him from getting into trouble‚ while he was still in highschool

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    In the story by Langston Hughes named Jazz‚ Jive‚ and Jam we see that the main conflict in this story is that Jesse B‚ Semple one of our characters if not the main one doesn’t quite like his wife’s idea of going to interracial seminars‚ according to him they are very boring he explains how one seminar was like three days‚ and how he would have to leave and smoke and have a drink just so he wouldn’t get so bored‚ he even says that his wife was falling asleep that the only reason why she didn’t fall

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    Jazz Shoes Research Paper

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    The Jazz Shoe Have you ever wondered about the different types of shoes you see on the dancers feet while they are performing? I know I have. As a dancer‚ I have seen and worn tons of shoes. But there is one type I have always wondered about‚ the different types of Jazz shoes. I personally own black and tan jazz shoes. I have always wondered‚ “Why the different color?” or “Why does this kind fit me in this size‚ but this kind fits me in another?” I learned that there are so much more to the jazz

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    A COMPARISON OF JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THEIR EFFECT ON MUSICIANS by Amy XXXXXX A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for College Level Writing University of La Verne 4 November 2011 Abstract A thesis presented on the history of jazz as compared to classical music and the effects on musicians‚ beginning with the birth of jazz‚ and covering the twentieth century. Berliner (1994)

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    Jazz concert review #2

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    Professor Miller Music-12 5/23/04 Jazz Concert On Sunday May 2‚ 2004 I attended a jazz concert with some classmates. The program was entitled Jazz at the Stockmarket. We kind of got lost on the way so we only saw the second half of the show. The Sacramento based musicians were Jim Malone on keyboard‚ Steve Krohn who played both the guitar and keyboard‚ Rich Defazio an amazing drummer. That night the band was featuring Ken Stout who is an incredible tenor saxophone player‚ and also a guest appearance

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