enthralling musicians working in the progressively difficult-to-expound world of jazz. Cassandra Wilson won two Grammy awards; One for her album New Moon Daughter in 1996‚ and one in 2010 for her song Loverly. The American jazz musician and Grammy award winner released an album in the year of 1999 called Traveling Miles. Traveling Miles is purportedly Cassandra’s salute to Miles Davis‚ who was a well respected American jazz trumpeter‚ bandleader‚ and composer. Joy Bennett Kinnon‚ a magazine editor states
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Django Reinhardt Life Documentary—Facts! Part One: 1. Django was the first and only European Jazz performer—(Practically) the inventor of the Jazz guitar. 2. He was born in Belgium—January 23‚ 1910‚ he was illiterate. 3. At 12‚ someone gave him a 6-string‚ banjo guitar—he learned to play without any formal training by watching the way other Gypsy musicians played. 4. At 17‚ he came into adulthood and married a Gypsy girl named Bella. 5. November 2--a wick
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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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studied music at the famed Hull House‚ and by the age of 10 was a skilled clarinetist. At the age of 13‚ Benny’s father enrolled him and two of his older brothers in music lessons at the Kehelah Jacob Synagogue. His early influences were New Orleans jazz clarinetists working in Chicago‚ notably Johnny Dodds‚ Leon Roppolo‚ and Jimmy Noone. Benny learned quickly and became a strong player at an early age. He was soon playing professionally while still ’in short pants’‚ playing clarinet in various bands
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My first trip to New Orleans was during the week of Mardi Gras and it was definitely one of the best weeks of my life. We arrived on February 10th‚ the week before fat Tuesday‚ to find that Mardi Gras festivities were already well underway. I was shocked at how many people I saw. We went to our hotel‚ The Royal Sonesta‚ to check into our room and to get everything situated. Our next stop was The Boot‚ one of the best college bars in America. I found that the area was flooded with campers parked
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the time. They listen in their car‚ at work and home. Some people even study to music. Jazz‚ gospel and rap are some of the most popular kinds of music. A first example is jazz. Jazz has a very soft sound. They use saxophones and horns most of the time. People of all ages listen to this type of music. Jazz is usually played in nice restaurants. Piano plays a big role in jazz music as well. Most jazz music is instrumental. This is very good style of music. A second example is gospel music
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Music professor: Concert Report #1 October 27‚ 2014 RCC Jazz in Concert On October 20‚ I attended a concert by the RCC Jazz in featuring Lanny Morgan at the Digital Library Auditorium. The name of group members which are used were Doug Webb (Tenor Sax)‚ Tom Ranier (piano)‚ Chuck Berhofer (bass)‚ and Steve Schaeffer (drum “The Magic Flea” is an upbeat tempo song with mostly eighth notes‚ it features the Lanny Morgan as the guest artist on the alto sax. It has many key changes in the solo that he
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difficult times they had come across. The Spirituals they had sung in Africa followed and stayed with them in the United States. The Spirituals the slaves performed during enslavement have survived up until this day. They are well known as Blues‚ Gospel‚ Jazz‚ Ragtime‚ and more. Since African Americans followed their traditions so much‚ It was harder for African American slaves to perform Spirituals due to them not being able to own any instruments. Not only did African American Spirituals play a major
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Reinhardt Django Reinhardt once said “Jazz attracted me because in it I found a formal perfection and instrumental precision that I admire in classical music‚ but which popular music doesn’t have.” Reinhardt had worked very‚ very hard to get to the peak of his career. His life was like a story in the genre of “Rags to Riches” because he wasn’t born with the best of beginnings‚ but he still accomplished the impossible and became the first important European jazz musician‚ still known by musicians today
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of Joplin’s rags. And among all of the ragtime artists from that time‚ Scott Joplin is the most prominent and has left a lasting impression. Scott Joplin can be considered as a Post-Romantic Impressionist‚ as his style of Ragtime lead into an era of Jazz and modern music. In 1899‚ Joplin published his most famous ragtime: “Maple Leaf Rag”‚ it was known as one of the most iconic and famous ragtime’s ever made His other famous works are: “The Entertainer”‚ “Peachirine Rag”‚ and “The Easy Winners”. He
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