and the emotion behind the words are what helped makes jazz music so unique. Some of the lyrics that he sings‚ such as “I’m white… inside… but‚ that don’t help my case…” helped give Jazz expressivity as well as shows how Jazz could be very blue. Louis’ voice while singing this particular song comes off as sad or down. There seems to be a lot of emotion and pain behind his words. This is some of the expression in Jazz music that helped to set Jazz apart from most other music‚ which at the time was more
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style‚ the name is derived from the words “accompanying” and “Complementing” known as Comping One of many mutes used by brass players to change the sound of their instrument is known as Plunger Mute In 1938‚ promoter John Hammond put together a concert at Carnegie Hall‚ which featured 3 boogie woogie piano masters Meade Lux Lewis‚ Peter Johnson‚ and Albert Ammons. TRUE Coleman Hawkins played what instrument? Saxophone When 2 or more musicians play the same notes together it is called a “unison”
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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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and listening to the jazz and swing rhythms of one of the best musicians of the 20th century‚ Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong is easily recognized by simply listening to his infamous raspy voice and legendary‚ creative skill on the trumpet. All Armstrong had to do to play beautifully was to play one note. Louis Armstrong had a strong influence in music. His forte in jazz‚ ragtime‚ and swing was solo performing and improvisation. First‚ his dedication to music influenced jazz music and then later
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my favorite instrument. Despite being made entirely of brass‚ the saxophone is considered a woodwind because it utilizes a reed to create its sound. It looks smooth and sexy‚ yet the sound is rich and strong. Although it is more commonly found in jazz‚ military and marching bands than in orchestras‚ it is occasionally found in some classical music. 1. History and Manufacturers: A. http://library.thinkquest.org. This website was wonderfully rich in information. On this website‚ it
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Charles Mingus‚ a man who had made many contributions to the jazz world‚ which had included the introduction of the stand-up-bass as a lead instrument where it normally was used to keep time. He is known for composing the second largest amount of pieces just second to Duke Ellington2. He had mainly focused on collective organization when writing is charts that were similar to old school New Orleans street jazz bands‚ and his peers had once called him an organizational genius for this. Mingus’s
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with other popular bop musicians. 1955 was Miles Davis’ breakthrough year. His performance of "round midnight" at the Newport Jazz Festival alerted the critics that he was "back". Davis form a quintet which included Red Garland‚ Paul Chambers‚ Philly Joe Jones‚ and John Coletrain. In 1957 Davis made the first of many solo recordings with the unusual jazz orchestrations of Gil Evans‚ and he wrote music for film by Louis Malle. In 1963Davis formed a new quintet including the talents
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MARKETING PLAN for entertaiment youth club I. Executive Summary This marketing plan was designed for a entertainment club ‚ which is a small‚ cozy‚ family owned club specializing in authentic and traditional acoustic jazz music. In addition to the music and the upscale atmosphere‚ youth club’s offers a wide selection of alcoholic beverages and appetizers. This plan outlines in the following pages‚ a renewed vision and strategic focus of what it will take to run a successful
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Jazz music has always existed as a voice for black musicians and audiences. The sounds and rhythms are extremely unique and colorful. It certainly changed America in the 1920’s with the swing movement and it put jazz on the map. During this time many white people started to be influenced by this infectious music‚ and started to enjoy it. Many white people also discriminated against blacks and treated them as less than equal. A goal for an artist named Billie Holiday was to make America listen to
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advertisements‚ making it likely as recognizable as Chopin’s Funeral March or Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. But unlike these two pieces of iconic classical music‚ Rhapsody in Blue “resists classification.”1 In it are elements of classical music‚ blues and jazz‚ making it at once “Gershwin’s most famous piece” but also “possibly his least understood composition.”2 Indeed‚ while Rhapsody became a popular hit in the 1920s‚ the reception from critics was mixed at best – even worse were the many critics who dismissed
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