Today in class we watched a video on Gumbo. The Gumbo we saw today was not about the creation of the famous New Orleans dish‚ but the creation of Jazz. The Documentary Gumbo was directed by Ken Burns who interviewed different people from critics to famous musicians. One of the famous musicians he interviewed was Wynton Marsalis a famous trumpet player. In the introduction Marsalis said something that grabbed my attention‚ he said: “music is a language”. New Orleans was the home for many people of
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The Jazz Age was a cultural movement that began around 1918‚ post WWI. It was born in New Orleans but later spread around the world‚ it was a beautiful mixture of jazz and march banding styled music and was often played by African-Americans. It was the first time that people began to move to the cities rather than in rural areas. It was the first time that African American were given the opportunity to progress in a society that failed them since the ending our slavery. After the war‚ new trends
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Music of the USA History The music of the United States reflects the country’s multi-ethnic population through a diverse array of styles. Among the country’s most internationally-renowned genres are hip hop‚ blues‚ country‚ rhythm and blues‚ jazz‚ barbershop‚ pop‚ techno‚ and rock and roll. After Japan‚ the United States has the world’s second largest music market with a total retail value of 3‚635.2 million dollars in 2010 and its music is heard around the world. Since the beginning
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Compare And Contrast Between Gernes The Vernacular Tradition in African American literature includes spirituals ‚ gospels ‚ work songs ‚ the Blues ‚ jazz ‚ and basically just songs or stories in general that ties back to African American culture . All vernacular genres have different stories to tell as well ‚ however ‚ they all precipitate a vision or message that is being sung or told . The two genres that I would like to bring up are jazz and hip hop . Many people think that jazz and hip hop
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The music of the early 20th century was heavily jazz and blues. The bases of jazz music were influenced by the field hollers‚ hymns‚ and work songs from African Americans in the 1800s. Until 1901‚ improvisation‚ the style of Dixieland‚ created the genre of jazz‚ where every performer is playing different rhythms and tunes at the same time. Cornet player‚ Louis Armstrong‚ changed the Dixieland style and gave the idea for players to perform separate solos at different times. In the 1930s‚ Swing was
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|Observations of the Reaction| A.|NaHCO3 + HCl||Bubbling in center of droplets. Homogeneous| B.|HCl + BTB||Turns yellow immediately after contact. Homogeneous| C.|NH3 + BTB||Turned dark blue. Homogeneous| D.|HCl + blue dye||Solution turns green immediately after contact. Homogeneous| E.|Blue dye + NaOCl||Stays blue. Homogeneous| | with the 1 drop of HCl||Mixes and turns a bluish green color. Homogeneous| F.|NaOCl + KI||Slightly yellowish tint to the solution. Homogeneous| | with 1 drop of starch||Turned
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Bessie by Chris Albertson Rowdy‚ powerful‚ and innovative songstress‚ Bessie Smith dominated the 1920s blues circuit in America. Her soulful drown out voice reinvented the lyrics of many and captivated her audiences. She toured throughout the south and northeast regions building fan base of all races‚ and breaking strides in the newly developing black record business. Like most artist‚ people only knew the musical genius of Bessie Smith. The background‚ personality‚ and struggle of the woman
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Great Rock Musicians: Their Achievements and Effect on Rock and Roll The blues are undeniably the roots of early rock and roll. Rock today has mutated so much that the basic blues patterns have been all but lost. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the birth of‚ and evolution of rock and roll by focusing on three of the arguably greatest rock musicians of the sixties and seventies. The origin of the blues can be traced to the emancipation of the slaves in the rural black areas of the
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with was so poor that him and his little brother‚ Leon‚ were placed in a foster home for a brief time. (West‚ The African‚ 254) In school‚ Johnny painted pictures of Martian sunsets and summer afternoons on Venus. As he grew older he devoured the blues and played air guitar on a broomstick. Johnny got his very first guitar from his father. A social worker of Johnny’s dad told Al that this sort of fantasy was destructive. Johnny not knowing how to read or write music‚ he taught himself how to play
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Coloration/ Appearance of Positive Control | Coloration/ Appearance of Negative Control | Sol. 1 Result (+ or -) | Comments | Reducing Sugars (tube 1) | Opaque Orange | Stays Blue | + | Strong in sugar content | Starch (tube 2) | Bluish Black | Orange-Yellow | - | None | Proteins(tube 3) | Purple | Light Blue | + | None | Results: Conclusion: I tested the solution with Benedict’s‚ Iodine‚ and Biuret’s to determine what it contains. Formula tested positive for sugar and protein
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