Clifford Brown: Life and Music A musician’s life and works go hand in hand‚ with each one influencing and giving insight to the other. One of the greatest trumpet players in jazz‚ Clifford Brown‚ lived a short but successful life. Clifford Brown gained the respect and admiration of his peers‚ and his works continue to be appreciated by listeners today. His longtime friend and bandmate Max Roach pioneered modern jazz drumming and is featured on almost all of Clifford Brown’s classic recordings. Clifford
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Clifford Brown and Max Roach "Clifford Brown and Max Roach" was the first recording of a quintet that changed jazz. It was tragically short lived; Clifford Brown and pianist Richie Powell (Bud’s brother) were to die in the same car crash within two years of the album’s release‚ an event that affected Max Roach for years to come. The music is based in bop but has outgrown its origins to such an extent that it is clearly one of the first great examples of hard bop. Clifford Brown is superb on
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W. K. Clifford (1845-1879) was a British philosopher and mathematician. He made a compelling argument regarding ethics of belief. In module two reading‚ he stated that it is always wrong to make a claim without sufficient evidence. William James (1842-1910)‚ on the other hand‚ a philosopher and psychologist‚ took a different approach‚ in which he shared a different view concerning religious belief. Notably‚ both evidentialism and nonevidentialism approach have some merit and validity. I will assess
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observe the in-depth content of human nature within a society‚ analyze it from all aspects‚ and perform cross-cultural comparisons. The essay "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" is written by a well respected anthropologist by the name of Clifford Geertz‚ who details his observations of the Balinese culture. Geertz was a professor at Princeton and received his Ph.D. from Harvard‚ as well as publishing several successful books in the field of anthropology. Geertz’s essay presents a study
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101 5 Oct. 2013 Analysis of James: The Will to Believe I In this article by William James‚ it is clear that he criticizes the views of William Kingdon Clifford‚ who argued in The Ethics of Belief‚ that it is always wrong to believe anything for which the evidence is insufficient. James on the other hand thinks that occasionally despite what evidence points to‚ that if true beliefs are more important‚ then believing without strong evidence may be sufficient. James then goes on to describe that
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In our last class we examined the argument of William Clifford‚ and William James. In this essay I will simply examine the two opposing sides. Clifford takes the side of Evidentialism. Evidentialism is the standing that for a belief to be knowledge‚ it must be supported by evidence. According to evidentialism‚ everyone has a rational and moral duty to believe only those claims that are supported by sufficient evidence. If a belief doesn’t fit in with well established scientific beliefs or isn’t discovered
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In his selection titled‚ “Introduction: Partial Truths‚” James Clifford asserts that ethnographies present “Partial truths” and‚ as such‚ are not entirely valid. According to Clifford‚ “Even the best ethnographic texts - serious‚ true fictions - are systems‚ or economies‚ of truth. Power and history work through them‚ in ways their authors cannot fully control” (p. 7). Due to these historical constraints‚ it is impossible for anthropologists to assert the ‘full’ truths about a culture and confidently
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James Herriot born James Alfred Wight in Sunderland England‚ October 3‚ 1916 Moved to Glasgow‚ Scotland as child‚ late October 1916 Graduated Glasgow Veterinary College on Dec 14‚ 1939 Joined Yorkshire practice of J. Donald Sinclair in 1940 Married Joan Catherine Danbury‚ 5 November 1941 He was part of the RAF 1941-43 1966 begins writing using the pen name James Herriot 23 February 1995 Dies of cancer at home in Yorkshire Receives American Veterinary Medical
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One of the most infamous figures of the later 1800 ’s is a man by the name of Jesse James. A legendary outlaw in his own right‚ his actions are still somewhat shrouded by mystery. Jesse James was born on September 5th‚ 1847 in his family ’s farm in Missouri. His father‚ Robert James‚ left his family and died in 1850 leaving his wife‚ Zerelda‚ with the responsibility of taking care of Jesse‚ his two siblings‚ and six slaves (Trout 3). Some probably expected him to grow up to become a minister like
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"I watch Jordan more than anybody‚ for sure‚" James told ESPN’s Chris Broussard for a story in the upcoming issue of ESPN The Magazine. "But I’ll watch tapes of AI‚ too. I don’t take anything from AI. Well‚ I do -- his will. They say he was 6 feet‚ but AI was like 5-10½. Do we even want to say 160? 170 [pounds]? Do we even want to give him that much weight? And he played like a 6-8 2-guard. He was one of the greatest finishers we’ve ever seen. You could never question his heart. Ever. He gave it
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