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    changed. The Jazz Age made a lasting impact on nearly everyone‚ either in a positive or negative way. After World War One ended‚ America wished for change. America received that change with jazz‚ and the decade was named the Jazz Age. The term “Jazz Age” was created in 1922‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ author of The Great Gatsby‚ as he wanted to “describe the flamboyant-“anything goes”-era that emerged in America after World War I”. The older adult population thought that jazz was condemned

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    Jazz came from nineteenth century in New Orleans‚ In fact‚ this music genre came for African American underclass. Since the early times of seventeenth century‚ many native born Africans had been brought to America. They were unwilling to immigrate‚ and they hoped they can take away the elements of the their culture. Thus‚ they remained music and folktales. Most of these people were illiterate‚ they did not have entertaining activities‚ so they could only sing their songs. When the time passes by

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    syncopate the rhythm and introduce the influence of jazz into the composition.The second vocalist David Frankel initiates a call and response and then call out Latin-American countries to create a sense of pan-latismo. The next song “I Like it Like That “ is one of my favorite that I have fond memories of as a child.At first the composition wasn’t familiar to me because it started out with the instruments that you normally associate with jazz music‚the bass‚trumpet‚and the sax.A minute into

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    Sharp Theater‚ I was glad to have equipped myself by thoroughly understanding the purpose behind the structure of the performance I was here to witness. We chose to be seated on the balcony to better appreciate the music‚ and I realized that the concert hall possessed a similar layout to the college auditorium. It was also considerably smaller than the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center‚ where I have been to see wonderful ballet performances. The demographics encompassed an audience composed

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    The Black Violin concerts are a fusion of jazz‚ classical‚ blues‚ hip-hop‚ and R&B portrayed by virtuoso violinists Wil Baptiste‚ who prefers to be recognized as “Wil B”‚ and partner in the Black Violin duet‚ Kevin Sylvester‚ who also prefers to be known as “Kev Marcus”. Will B and Kev Marcus made a trip down to Lubbock‚ Texas to preform live in the Allen Theatre on the Texas Tech Campus on February twelfth at seven o’clock pm. The audience consisted of a very extensive variety of people. Whites

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    that swing (do Do a Do ap...) Well it don ’t mean a thing all you got to do is sing” (Sing). Edward Kennedy Ellington‚ American jazz composer‚ orchestrator‚ bandleader‚ and pianist‚ is considered to be the greatest composer in the history of jazz music and one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. He composed over 2000 works and performed numerous concerts during his musical career. A compilation of some of his most popular music is collected on a CD called‚ “The Popular Duke Ellington

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    adopted itself to many musical styles‚ ranging from jazz to rock and roll. The musical sound of the Blues is also found in many other non-vernacular styles such as 20th century classical music. Regional Styles and their Evolution WC Handy received a lot of credit for discovering BlackAmerican musical genres. Once he found something he would then turn around a sell the rights for profit. He also claimed in his memoirs to be the first Jazz musician. Despite some of these inaccurate claims‚ Handy

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    Kevin Fickel MUSC 105.003 An Analysis of “When the Saints Go Marching In” The origins of “When the Saints” have never been fully explained in modern times. It was originally written as a Negro Spiritual hymn sometime near the beginning of the twentieth century. On written music‚ composers usually notate it as a traditional piece‚ but the identity of the original author remains up for debate. Some sources claim that the original lyrics of “When the Saints” were penned by Katherine Pervis and

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    result of many factors; The slave trade‚ exiled Acadians‚ and adventurers chasing easy money in an active port city are a few of the reasons why New Orleans is an American anomaly. One of New Orleans most noteworthy exports is jazz. First thought of as the “Devil’s Music” jazz eventually became immensely popular and well respected among many people‚ including for example‚ young people in the roaring twenties‚ when it was the popular music of its day. It gave way for some African American and creole

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    Duke Ellington Duke Ellington was one of America’s most prolific composers. He led and played piano for one of the century’s most successful jazz orchestra. Although he excelled in big band jazz arrangements‚ He composed in a variety of forms including large scale abstract instrumental works as well as songs‚ night production numbers‚ and dance tunes. Duke Ellington’s music is known for linking images and sound. He often referred to many of his compositions as “portraits or tone parallels”. Duke

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