and Coltrane did indeed find work as a laborer in a sugar-refining factory. A couple of months later he enrolled in the Ornstein School of Music on 19th and Spruce Streets. In Philadelphia John Pg. 2 Coltrane could hear a lot of the blues and jazz which weren’t often broadcast in the South further extending his experience and horizons. He continued to practice his sax alone in his room until he was drafted into the Navy band in 1945. He returned to Philadelphia in 1946 after being discharged
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The Disillusioned Society of the 1920’s The Jazz Age of the 1920’s can be described as a dizzying whirl of a time. The U.S. economy had boomed from manufacturing success in WWI‚ and wealth was well distributed enough for most people to not have to worry about money in major cities. However‚ these national achievements were not only a source of excitement‚ but served as a blindfold over the eyes of the 1920’s society as well. Despite the appearance of everlasting happiness for the people of 1920’s
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John Coltrane The ever growing love that I have for jazz was started because a friend told me to buy a John Coltrane CD the summer before my freshman year in college. For as long as I have known my friend he has always been interested in music and has played drums for the majority of his life. He had a few albums of Coltrane ’s and would always tell me I would love them. I remember the first time I heard that piercing voice that Coltrane gets out of his tenor saxophone. I took a trip out to
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Ella Fitzgerald is the topic we will be covering. We will be covering Ella’s life‚ music‚ and her legacy. The reason we chose Fitzgerald as a topic is because she was one of the most notable singers in the 1920s‚ even being named the Queen of Jazz. In addition‚ her music appealed to us with her beautiful vocals. On April 25‚ 1917 in Newsport News‚ Virginia‚ Ella Fitzgerald was born in Newsport News‚ Virginia. She was born to William and Temperance Fitzgerald‚ who divorced shortly after her birth
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From the time Tatum was born on Oct. 13‚ 1909 in Toledo‚ Ohio‚ he was destined for revolutionizing jazz. He was born with a blind eye and the other partially blind‚ but his ears were his way of seeing the world. He could sit down and play the same music meant for four hands. He was unbeatable at any piano competition. His influence on jazz will be forever respected by jazz pianists (and non-pianists) worldwide. As a child‚ Art received a little formal training for piano at Toledo School of Music
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music. Jazz was the start of it all. Jazz triggered many different types of music‚ such as rock and roll and rhythm and blues. Jazz started the revolution of music in America‚ which prompted the racial integration of society. This transformation of society began largely due to one man. He was perhaps one of the most famous Jazz musicians and composers of all time. His name was Duke Ellington. He was a very clean musician‚ well spoken‚ and very well educated. He was already big into the Jazz industry
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visual arts‚ music is no such stranger to academics drawing weak links between historical events and new music styles. In our case‚ the origins and influences of free jazz are being called into question. While the civil rights tension during the 1950s and 1960s is often cited as the main influence of free jazz‚ in actuality‚ free jazz stems from a combination of the civil rights movement‚
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Twenties‚ the Golden Twenties‚ the Jazz Age‚ and the Lost Generation. The Jazz Age‚ another name for the 1920’s‚ was the age when music became more popular through African American singers and instrument players. The Lost Generation was actually a group of writers who wrote about the disillusionment of the 1920’s these writers were the start of the new era. They wrote about the American Dream‚ but
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other jazz clubs‚ gave birth to what is now known as ‘be-bop.’ Musicians he played with were Charlie Parker‚ Dizzy Gillespie‚ Mary Lou Williams‚ Kenny Clarke‚ Oscar Pettiford‚ Max Roach‚ Tadd Dameron‚ to name a few. The jam sessions that took place here were inspiring many musicians of the day. From the time Thelonious was on the scene this new thing called ‘modern jazz’ was emerging‚ and people either really liked it or didn’t understand it at all. And Monk was the leader of modern-jazz. No one
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played in orchestras‚ jazz bands‚ brass ensembles‚ popular music and bands. Different sized trumpets have different pitches and are used in different musical groups. Most trumpets in bands are in the key of B flat major. Historically‚ trumpets were used for many different things but music was not thought of until the late 1300’s. Louis Armstrong ‚ born in 1901 and died in 1971‚ was a trumpet player. He was one of the most famous and influential trumpet player in Jazz history. Many people thought
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