other people to enjoy‚ but he was a poor Negro boy who could not expect help from the whites‚ so he taught himself to write. That is similar to Sonny‚ who taught himself to play the piano. In the final scene‚ Sonny performs some improvisational jazz. What is improvisational music? What do we learn about Sonny through his performance? Explain. Improvisational music is when the band members just start playing tunes that come out of their heads. These are tunes they have never played or seen
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US AP TERMS: 1920’s Fordney- McCumber Tariff- Created in 1922 raised American tariffs in order to protect factories and farms. Congress displayed a pro-business attitude in passing the tariff and in promoting foreign trade through providing huge loans to Europe‚ which in turn bought more American goods. This was a result of WWI‚ because the government wanted to ensure economic self-sufficiency so that no future enemy could manipulate the American economy. Also‚ many industries wanted to
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Polyphonic- The simultaneous sounding of two or more melodies of equal importance. Group Work: Sidney Bechet First notable jazz saxophone player‚ soprano sax Played clarinet‚ too. Composer Professional by age of 6. Louis Armstrong 1901-1971 [Greatest trumpet player] The most influential jazz musician Learned to play the bugle in home for boys First to be considered a jazz artist. Bix Biederbecke 1903-1931 1924 Formed a band named the Wolverines Trumpet player From Iowa First “cool” artist
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cool touch‚ and then spicing it with the addition of electronic samples and other valuable soundscapes. Barrett’s music background includes a graduation at Berklee College of Music and the first place in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition‚ as well as enriching collaborations with the likes of Elvin Jones‚ Jackie McLean‚ Herbie Hancock‚ and Roy Hargrove‚ just to name a few. For his new outing‚ dB-ish: The Opener‚ the trumpet ace invited American guitarists Kurt Rosenwinkel
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Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Harris (1915–1959) was an African American jazz singer and songwriter. Her singing style‚ strongly inspired by jazz musicians‚ lead to a new way of using word choice and rhythm. A critic named John Bush once wrote that Holiday "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She only co-wrote a few songs‚ but a number of them have become jazz standards that many musicians strive to live up to. Some of these standards were set by songs of hers such as "God Bless the
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Style/Form/Concept | Characteristic features | Period | Jazz-funk | Fusion of jazz and funk-styles. Rhythm of funk music incorporated with jazz harmony and typical rock instruments. Improvisation used. | Twentieth century. | Serial/note row | Notes‚ pitches‚ rhythms‚ dynamics‚ etc.‚ set into a specific order or fixed series. The twelve notes of the chromatic scale might be set into an order which created a series or note row. The series can be altered with techniques such as inversion‚ retrograde
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I believe John Lennon initially got into music because his mother encouraged him and his half-sister Jackie had taught him how to play the banjo. Shortly after‚ John’s Aunt Mimi bought him a guitar after he learned to play the Banjo. John didn’t have interest in traditional school and always wanted to lead his acquaintance and friends‚ but in reality‚ he was weak and just wanted to feel wanted in our world. John was an introvert who enjoyed reading and writing at home which gave him the time to create
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born Ernest Anthony Puente‚ in the Spanish Harlem‚ a Hispanic neighborhood in New York City. His parents settled in New York after moving from their native home in Puerto Rico. At an early age‚ Tito showed a flair for music by listening to big- band jazz stars such as Duke Ellington. Tito admired popular drummer Gene Krupa. Puente’s wanted to learn how to play the drums‚ and he did learn and he also learned how to play the timbales‚ two small tom- toms mounted in a stand. Tito started using his musical
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1. Latin American musicians greatly influenced Jazz musicians in the early part of the twentieth century. Modern dancing styles also originated from the Latin America jazz moves that were combined with an afro-Cuban beat. 2. The Machito and his Afro-Cubans helped create salsa music and Cubop as well as redefined Afro-Cuban Jazz. 3. Gillespie was a prime mover in the creation of Afro-Cuban-jazz ‚ a style that brought Cuban people into a jazz context . 4. It was a concert hall. In new York city
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1. Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern USA. One of the contributions of Latinos to the US‚ Latin jazz gained popularity in the 1930’s into the late 1940s. 2. They were the original Mambo Kings in New York in the ?40?s and are considered the most innovative and influential orchestra in the genre. 3. Dizzy Gillespie incorporated Latin music into his music by the rhythmical of Latin music with jazz and also
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