copies per week. It is nothing short of a masterpiece and these six tracks of brilliant improvisation will leave you in a better mood by the end of it. Through the modal sketches of Davis‚ this album takes you on a mysterious and beautiful journey into the world of jazz. The word on the street is that Miles Davis only gave extremely brief instructions to the musicians as to what to play for each song. The way he went about recording this album marked a difference in his musical journey. Basing
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May 26‚ 1926 in Alton‚ Illinois‚ a true legend of Jazz music was born. Miles Dewey Davis III‚ son of Miles Dewey Davis II and Cleota Mae Davis‚ was the middle child in the family. Miles had an older sister‚ Dorothy Mae Davis and a little brother‚ Vernon Davis. Both of his parents worked‚ making enough money live a middle-class lifestyle in a household which was located in a white neighborhood. His dad was a dental surgeon and his mother worked as a music teacher and a violinist‚ which justifies that
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10/26/2012 Word Count: 810 The Dilemma of our Drink: Investigating The Woodland-Davis Water Project In September 2009‚ two cities of Yolo County‚ Woodland and Davis‚ collaborated to form a “joint powers authority to implement and oversee a regional surface water supply project‚” (www.wdcwa.com/the_project). The objective is to gain a new surface water supply from the Sacramento River and construct a number of joint facilities to pump‚ treat and distribute the water to the cities’ customers
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Jazz: Jazz Review Kind of Blue – Miles Davis Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue exemplifies my favorite merits of cool jazz. The bestselling jazz album is bursting with innovative music that is largely independent from the routine melody and rhythm that often accompanied jazz music before the records conception; its recordings perpetuate a sound that is both tranquil and engaging. The artists responsible for creating this widely recognized album are Miles Davis on trumpet‚ Jon Coltrane on tenor saxophone
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of each are the results of the collision of traditionally African rhythms and musical techniques with European classical and popular music genre. Each are adored American styles of music. Miles Davis “So What” and Robert Johnson’s “Cross Roads Blues” have some similarities and some differences. Miles Davis “So What” is Modal Jazz‚ used whole band tenor Saxophone‚ Alto Saxophone‚ Piano‚ Drums‚ trumpet‚ bass‚ and emphasis on melody and rhythms whereas Robert Johnson’s
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people assuming they have known the plot brush it off immediately they hear just the name of the protagonist? Martin Guerre may be one of those names‚ but it figures prominently in the title of the book The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis. Banal though the title sounds‚ the historian never intended to regurgitate what the reader may have known but to engage in “a different way of telling about the past.” Her revisionist interpretation of the story of Guerre‚ however controversial‚
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Glenda Guerra Physical Geology T‚ Thr. 6:30-9:20pm Dec. 8‚ 2014 Caverns of Sonora The Caverns of Sonora are located 8 miles west of Sonora‚ Texas near Interstate Highway 10. Originally known as "Mayfield’s Cave" because it was located on Mayfield Ranch‚ local cowboys knew of this cave for many years. The cave was professionally explored in the 1950’s and developed using revolutionary techniques for showing and maintaining a cave in the most natural condition possible. Claimed by many to
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distinguish between truth and fiction‚ hence the saying “Don’t believe everything you see on T.V.” This may seem like it’s a more recent development‚ but untruthfulness has been with us for longer. Even though it was written more than 30 years ago‚ Lies by Glenda Adams is still able to show us the repercussions of growing up in an environment of falsehoods. In Lies our narrator is Josephine‚ she gives an example of what can happen as a result of growing up in an environment filled with lies. She herself has
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Tossing my graduation cap into the air was a bitter-sweet moment. It symbolized all my proud accomplishments and hard work over the years--the sweat‚ the tears‚ the joy‚ the Monday morning coffees and countless hours of trying to staying awake until 1AM to prepare for the final exam. Throwing the graduation cap into the air also symbolized ambiguity-- something I feared. I was always the type of person who knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life thanks to my parents’ support and LEAP. My goals
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Glenda Farrell was born in Enid‚ Oklahoma on June 30‚ 1901 (as confirmed by both the 1910 and 1920 censuses‚ and later by the Social Security Administration when she was issued SSN 573-03-9877). However‚ her date of birth is almost always listed as June 30‚ 1904‚ because like many actresses of her time‚ she shaved a few years off of her real age. Her parents were Charles Farrell‚ a horse and dog trader of Irish and Cherokee descent‚ and Wilhemina Farrell‚ who was of Alsatian (French/German) descent
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