Billie Holiday is one of the greatest jazz singers of her time. Although her legacy shines bright‚ her life was often plagued by the adversity of drugs‚ men‚ and alcohol. Critics do not give enough credit to the struggle of Billie Holiday‚ whose highs and lows were commonly expressed through her strong vocals and combination of blues‚ jazz‚ and swing. She‚ unlike any other artist‚ came from nothing in Baltimore and found different avenues to rise through jazz history. Similar to her immediate family
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the city when we discovered the famed jazz club‚ Birdland‚ just a few blocks from our hotel. We spoke to our Music Director‚ and he arranged a visit to the club the following night. Walking into that small dimly lit club seemed to transport us to a place I had only seen in movies. An air of admiration filled the club as those incredibly talented jazz artists shared their craft in an improvisational way. This experience served to intensify my love of jazz and music as a
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Student Name: Tracey Kipp Date: 2/22/2013 10:12 PM 1. Describe some of the influence of Latin music in the US in the early part of the twentieth century. It started a new type of music‚ Jazz ‚ Afro-Cuban Jazz. 2. What was the significance of “Machito and His Afro-Cubans”? They Created Afro-Cuban Jazz. They were kind of like the bridge between worlds finding success with white people also. 3. How did Dizzy Gillespie incorporate Latin music into his music? He invited a player named Chano
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The saxophone is my favorite instrument. The saxophone is in the woodwind family‚ even though it is made of brass. The saxophone is a normally used in jazz music‚ but can also be found in rock music and some classical music. 1. History and/or Manufacturers A. http://library.thinkquest.org It was invented by Adolphe Sax‚ a Belgian. He was born in 1814‚ and as a child he learned to make instruments in his father’s shop. There are a variety of saxophone‚ but the four most popular are the
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was one of the greatest American musician‚ composer‚ songwriter and guitarist. His works were very innovative‚ which usually had free-form improvisation and sound experiments. During his career which was more than 30 years‚ he composed rock‚ pop‚ jazz‚ jazz fusion‚ orchestral and musique concrète works and produced more than 60 albums. Frank Zappa learned composition and performance by himself and influenced by many different artists which resulted that his music was hard to categorize. When he was
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Colored Waif’s Home for Boys. His nicknames all his friends and fans gave him was “Pops”‚ “Satchmo”‚ and “Ambassador Satch. In 1981‚ he replaced Oliver in Kid Ory’s band‚ which was the most popular in New Orleans. In his early life‚ he joined Creole Jazz Band on second cornet in Chicago. In Chicago‚ he was allowed to make his own band and called it‚ “Armstrong
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artists and writers influence people through jazz music‚ fine art‚ and literature. Many jobs were available especially in the North‚ which lead a huge migration of African Americans to urban areas of the north where they were more tolerated. Literature and art flourished during these times. There were many great musicians‚ for example‚ Louis Armstrong‚ an American jazz trumpeter and a singer from New Orleans. Armstrong was basically the foundation to jazz music and was greatly skilled at scat singing
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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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have a preference? I think playing in a band is better than playing in an orchestra because of its modernized features‚ variety and types of music played‚ and the opportunity it gives to expand and to play your band instrument in a marching band or jazz band. Let’s start from the beginning. So‚ what is the difference between Concert Band and an Orchestra? A Concert band is “A relatively large group of brass‚ woodwind‚ and percussion
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desperate to spend time with his son (on Christmas Eve) fight to spend some time with him sneaked boy into Jazz club (get him to experience the world) (see Jazz music below) POSITIVE NEGATIVE thrill-seeker‚ adventurous spontaneous reckless‚ dangerous no respect for time‚ schedules fights to spend time with his son on Christmas Eve tries to expose his son to different experiences Jazz music skiing driving in snow trying to get back together wife his wife (family) spontaneous‚ improvisational
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