Dexter Gordon was a Jazz saxophonist. He was born February 27‚ 1923 in Los Angeles California. Many people know Mr. Gordon because of bebop. This style of play is what brought him fame. Gordon played amongst many jazz greats like Charlie Parker‚ Charles Mingus‚ and Buddy Collette to name a few. Gordon started to play at the age of 13. His first instrument was the clarinet but quickly after he decided to take up the tenor saxophone at the age of 17. Music was always popular around the Gordon household
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warming‚ and the potential dangers that goes with it has been a topic‚ which needs to be fixed. Clean coal technologies (CCN) are methods that will... An Inconvenient Truth - Documentary 2 The 2006 documentary‚ An Inconvenient Truth‚ directed by Davis Guggenheim gained several awards due to the bold message that gained its audience attention worldwide. Former... Restoring Posterior Teeth Posterior teeth can be restored with amalgam‚ composite resin or glass ionomers. Compare and contrast these
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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 named Bernie Davis Orchestra. Eugene was winning local dance contests by the time he was 10 and went on to perform in vaudeville as a singer‚ dancer and acrobat‚ touring the Midwest and Northeast. Before he was out of his teens he was touring
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and approach to soloing. However‚ Dizzy Gillespie‚ with work with Charlie Parker‚ gave great contribution to the development of the styles of Bebop‚ Swing‚ Latin‚ and Afro-Cuban‚ and influence to many other musicians‚ especially trumpeters of Miles Davis‚ Jon Faddis‚ Fats Navarro‚ Clifford Brown‚ and Arturo Sandoval‚ as well as many
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path and identity. This may be due to the fact that the media manipulates this transfer of knowledge to ensure we agree with certain ideas and experiences. A Man with Five Children by Nick Enright and the documentary An Inconvenient Truth composed by Davis Guggenheim explores how living within the global village can alter an individual’s identity and specific choices resulting in both limiting and extending their individual freedom. Media has the power to reshape individual choices which can have a
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Charles Mingus). He also later would play and record with other musicians such as “Charlie Parker‚ Miles Davis‚ Bud Powell‚ Art Tatum‚ and Duke Ellington” (B. Charles Mingus). By the 1950’s Mingus had started his own recording and publishing companies in order to protect his compositions (B. Charles Mingus). One of the companies that he had formed was the Jazz
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great musicians are considered the “big three” of swing tenors. Hawkins was a talking‚ walking jazz composition—a living exercise in artistic improvisation. Lester Young thought Coleman Hawkins was the President first‚ he was the second one. Miles Davis once also said: "When I heard Hawk‚ I learned to play ballads." To that extent‚ Hawkins is also a powerful person at music. But there is some different style between Hawkins and Young‚ Hawkins played around harmonic ways while Young played flurries
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The Battle of Gettysburg: Why Was it a Turning Point? The Battle of Gettysburg was a very harsh battle that turned the tables in the Civil War. There were more than 20‚000 casualties on each side. The Civil War was into it’s third year before the Battle of Gettysburg took place. The general who led the Confederates was General Robert E. Lee‚ the general of the Union was General George Meade. In each army there was about 75‚000 soldiers. Stated in the background essay‚ “Over the next three days Gettysburg
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villains is Leprechaun. Here are some quick facts to provide you with some background if you are unfamiliar with Leprechaun. -Leprechaun is a horror character whom Mark Jones created in 1993. -Leprechaun is played by dwarf actor‚ Warwick Davis. -The Leprechaun franchise consists of six films: Leprechaun (1993)‚ Leprechaun 2 (1994)‚ Leprechaun 3: Leprechaun in Vegas (1995)‚ Leprechaun 4: Leprechaun in Space (1997)‚ Leprechaun 5: Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)‚ and Leprechaun 6: Leprechaun
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naive‚ but Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis are both so vibrant‚ funny‚ and sweet that you can’t help but feel for them. Many people view this film as sexist‚ attacking the male gender. However‚ I have quite the different outlook on it. Although it is overall empowering to women‚ that does not have to automatically mean it must be downgrading to men. There are some positive male roles‚ such as the police detective‚ Hal‚ and Jimmy‚ Louise’s boyfriend. When Geena Davis was asked about Thelma and Louise
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