natural talent from God II. Performance Career A. Experiences in New Orleans and Mississippi B. Chicago and Jazz Band C. Life from 1924 to 1930s III. Late Stage A. Armstrong’s 1950 life B. The end of Louis Armstrong’s Music Life IV. Music History A. Trumpet and Early Jazz B. Collaborators and Followers C. Armstrong’s Music Style 1. A Jazz musician 2. A singer Huang “I never tried to prove nothing‚ just wanted to give a good show. My life
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getting married‚ having three children until the lost of his younger child‚ Gracie who died of polio. Sonny is the lost brother and son of Harlem. He only lives for one thing and only‚ to be a musician‚ and he wants to play his piano and play the jazz. When the narrator and Sonny are finally getting along it seems like it is already too late to save Sonny from the bad habits of using drug. Sonny is a drug addict to heroin. His suffering life controlled by the addiction of heroin is also the life
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are in for an exciting ride. New Orleans is brimming with rich culture from everywhere‚ like how it contains a plethora of Haitian background‚ French is a primary language spoken here‚ it is known for its feisty southern eating‚ and it is the former Jazz capital of the world. Haiti’s Takeover A plethora of the population in New Orleans is of Haitian background. This is because in 1698‚ French explorer‚
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volumes. 1920’s – 1940’s In the mid-1920’s‚ jazz was being played in dance halls‚ roadhouses‚ and radios all over the country. Radios and phonograph records were bringing jazz to locations so remote that no band could reach them. And the music itself was beginning to change. The popular dance music of the time was not jazz‚ but there were early forms taking shape in the evolving blues-ragtime experimental area that would soon turn into jazz. Popular Tin Pan Alley composers like Irving Berlin
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Music plays a very important role in our life. We can almost hear music anywhere. Different music serves different functions in our life. Why is music important to many people? Can you imagine any type of dance without music? Dance steps are created according to the rhythm and beats of different types of music. Operas‚ plays and musicals all revolve around music. While watching different dance forms and musicals‚ you also enjoy the music that is a part of it. Dancing and music cannot be
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Coltrane’s life and his search for the incorporation of his spirituality with his music. John Coltrane was not only an essential contributor to jazz‚ but also music itself. John Coltrane died thirty-two years ago‚ on July 17‚ 1967‚ at the age of forty. In the years since‚ his influence has only grown‚ and the stellar avant-garde saxophonist has become a jazz legend of a stature shared only by Louis Armstrong and Charlie
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Copland believed that coupled with the influences and ideas of jazz he could create and develop a symphonic sound that was distinctly American. In the late 1920s Copland’s attention turned to popular music of other countries. By the late 1930’s Copland had become one of the most popular composers in the country‚ as well as a leader of the community of American classical musicians. He had moved away from his interest in jazz and began to concern himself with expanding the audience for American
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The world of music has endless types of music‚ country‚ pop‚ electronic‚ jazz‚ blues‚ and tons more. One of these types of music are rap‚ a toneless‚ beat driven‚ fast paced‚ rhyming song. On the opposite side of the musical spectrum is music of Broadway‚ a musical type of music used in a lot of theatre productions. These two types of music are interesting to compare‚ since while they appear very different at first‚ the two types of music actually have a few things in common. Although the rap genre
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Dance is an extensive term that describes many different forms. There is Ballet and Modern dance‚ Jazz and Hip-Hop‚ Lyrical‚ Musical Theater‚ Ballroom dancing‚ Irish dancing‚ Tap dancing‚ and many other styles. Each style of dance is similar to one another but they are all very unique in their own way and have completely different moves they entail. Ballet is the basis of all forms of dance. It is based on classical technique‚ grace‚ and precision. Within Ballet there are many different styles
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figures in the history of this instrument include jazz musician Charlie Christian‚ who in the late 1930s was one of the first to play the amplified guitar as a solo instrument; Other instruments commonly used in rock music include the electric bass guitar keyboard instruments such as the electric piano‚ organ‚ and synthesizer; and the drum set‚ an Instruments that play important roles in certain rock-music genres include the saxophone—prominent in jazz-rock and soul music—and a wide assortment of traditional
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