The Jazz Age lasted from 1915-1935‚ and the music created during that time period has left a lasting impression on American pop culture. The music still has a large fan base‚ and can be found in numerous books and movies. Biographies and movies have been made about people like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington‚ who made huge contributions to jazz. However‚ many of jazz artists from that time period died without much money or fame. Jazz originated in New Orleans‚ and traveled on to Chicago and New
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William "Count" Basie was a famous pianist‚ composer‚ arranger‚ and band leader. He was one of the biggest influences of the swing era with his big band style. Basie was respected as much by musicians as audiences. He learned to play piano from his mother as a child. He later ventured away from home to study along fats Waller a student of Harlem Stride School. He made his professional debut as an accompanist for vaudeville acts and replaced Waller in an act called Katie Crippen and her Kids. He toured
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On September 3‚ my boyfriend and I attended the 38th Chicago Jazz Festival in Millennium Park. This was my first jazz concert. My boyfriend and I headed towards the Jay Pritzker Pavilion; its stage looked like a steel version of the Sydney Opera House. As we looked for a place to sit‚ I noticed that the audience’s demographics consisted of Indian‚ Asian‚ some African Americans‚ and Caucasians. We sat near the stage in the plastic orange seats because the grass area was extremely packed. However‚
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Contents Prologue Seventeen‚ dead‚ and in charge of heaven’s dark angels—all itching… One The car was hot from the sun‚ and I pulled… Two Fort Banks Mall was a wave of air-conditioned coolness. I… Three “Ace!” I shouted‚ the hard pavement under my feet sending… Four Nakita stood beside me in her designer jeans and trendy… Five The spaghetti sauce smelled spicy‚ just the way I liked… Six My sneakers slid on the damp grit of the roof‚… Seven I was glad
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29‚ 1899 – May 24‚ 1974) was an American writer‚ piano player‚ and bandleader of a jazz symphony‚ which he drove from 1923 until his demise in a vocation traversing more than fifty years.[1] Conceived in Washington‚ D.C.‚ Ellington was situated in New York City from the mid-1920s ahead‚ and picked up a national profile through his ensemble’s appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. In the 1930s‚ his symphony visited in Europe. In spite of the fact that broadly
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Before going to the jazz showcase I only had three previous experiences with live music and for the most part those experiences were not acoustic sessions but had more synthetic instruments. Due to this I was excited to go to this performance because it would be something that I had never experienced before. I had a pretty good idea of what the experience would be like since we talked about it in class and also because I have listened to jazz music in the past. Despite this there were still a few
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Markus Clancy Evangelism Luke Fetters Blue Like Jazz essay December 9‚ 2010 In the book Blue like Jazz there is a couple of conversion stories I would like to talk about. The first one comes from Chapter 4. It is the conversion of Millers friend Penny. Penny was a person who did not like Christians and Christianity based on the stereotypes that she had seen and the world has given to them. In the chapter it says that Penny wanted nothing to do with Christianity until she met a friend from
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Impact of Cultural Exchanges: Jazz and Rock n’ Roll Americans and Soviets both viewed popular culture as an important weapon in the battle to attain influence in Europe during the Cold War. Each thought that increasing the strength of its culture could play a crucial role in winning support for its side. The U.S. wished to limit the influence of the Soviet Union and prevent Communism from spreading over the world. Due to the USSR having significant control over Eastern Europe‚ the U.S. needed
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Father of Jazz: Louis Armstrong Being heard in movies‚ the radio‚ television‚ and even elevators‚ jazz music has made its mark in just about every single location of the world. As popular as jazz is around the world‚ its original roots and foundations in the African-American culture are often forgotten. One of the most influential jazz musicians‚ Louis Armstrong‚ also known as Satchmo or Pops‚ is considered to be among the founding fathers of jazz music. His career launched in the early 1900s‚ where
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TECHNIQUE OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG Louis Armstrong is widely known as a founding father of jazz. His abilities and inventive musical mind have given to music a style that still dominates jazz today. His innovations changed the face of jazz music and have influenced many‚ filtering down and contributing to rock and roll. In his instrumental music‚ Louis Armstrong revolutionized jazz. Prior to his arrival as a jazz performer‚ the emphasis was always with the band as a whole and not with an individual
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