at the Guzman hall I was filled with anxiety as well as excitement as to what was to come. Prior to this semester I had not listened to any jazz music and I was unaware of any artists or songs. Therefore going to a jazz concert was a rare experience that I now cherish. When I first entered the hall I was greeted by a group of musicians called ‘The Stamps Jazz Quintet’‚ there were 4 musicians at the front of the hall and they were taking place. The musicians included Sam Hart who played the saxophone
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Completed Attempt Score 4 out of 13 points Time Elapsed 7 minutes. Instructions Question 1 0 out of 1 points A very common style of playing the bass in jazz from the 1930s through the 1960s is called: Selected Answer: Incorrect running bass. Correct Answer: Correct walking bass. Question 2 0 out of 1 points “Laying out”‚ in jazz music‚ is: Selected Answer: Incorrect when the musicians decide how they are going to play the song. Correct Answer: Correct When a musician doesn’t play
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Utah State Big Bands presented a tribute to Pepper Adams on Wednesday‚ April 5th at the Performance Hall with two groups performing we were sure in for a wonderful evening full of Jazz. The first group‚ the Jazz Ensembles‚ was led by Greg Wheeler. The first piece was “Lost Mind” the stand out of this piece was the Alto Saxophonist‚ Kyle Merrill. He stood out and grabbed my attention more so than the other soloist during this piece. His solo had a rich sound‚ along with a smooth and swingy rhythm
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Jazz has been in the white house almost as long as it has existed‚ but on national jazz day‚ which is April 30th‚ President Obama hosted a jazz concert. This concert featured a wide variety of artists including Chick Corea‚ Robert Glasper‚ Esperanza Spalding‚ Aretha Franklin‚ Wayne Shorter‚ and many others. During this performance‚ there are thirteen different “groups” or different artists that sung at the white house for jazz day. The first performance after president Obama spoke was Aretha
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The purpose of this paper is to show the beginnings of Jazz and how it transformed and developed through the decades. What I needed to research‚ was how jazz all began and how it evolved. How did it start? Who were the people that were involved in the beginning? Where did it begin? How did it evolve into what jazz is today? Jazz had its beginnings in Africa. Before the slave trade‚ tribes in Africa had there own rhythms‚ instruments‚ and dances. It was the slave trade brought by ships to South America
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One of the biggest innovation created in the 1920’s was jazz. Jazz is a combination of African American rhythms and european melodies. Jazz clashed with the old mainly because it gave African Americans more acceptance. African Americans were now allowed to perform in places that only allowed white people. It also brought people of all cultures and races together. Now people of different colors‚ religion‚ etc can have a common interest. Jazz wasn’t always popular. At first the genre was looked down
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MUS 113 History of Jazz November 5th 2010 Jazz Artist Paper “Bird Lives” Charlie Parker is with no question one of the most influential and important jazz players of the 1940’s. This man had such a talent and passion for playing the saxophone‚ more specifically the Alto Saxophone. Charlie’s Jazz era was during the Bee-bop phase of jazz. Bee-bop jazz differed from the other types because it used scales instead of chords‚ had small combos‚ and was built on rephrases of popular songs. Charlie
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Luigi one of the Fathers of Jazz dance Luigi was born in Steubenville‚ Ohio‚ on March 20‚ 1925. He was one of 11 children in his family. He was born with the name Eugene Louis Facciuto but‚ later was renamed Luigi by his mentor Gene Kelly because he told him “There are too many Genes!”Luigi’s brother tony taught him to sing and dance at a young age. Eugene began singing and dancing for pennies on street corners. He performed in local talent shows and toured as a singer with a performing orchestra
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was one of the greatest and most important figures in jazz history. Miles Dewey Davis III was a musician‚ composer‚ arranger‚ producer and bandleader all in one. Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz after World War 2. He was one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the twentieth century along with Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong. His versatility landed him at the forefront of bebop‚ cool jazz‚ modal‚ hard bop and fusion (Kirker‚ 2005:1). His sound
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overt racism dominated the minstrel show even as it provided employment opportunities for black performers; revisionist histories abound‚ especially in the development of jazz music‚ as the invaluable contributions of the black artists preceding the jazz movement often had their story rewritten to assert the development of jazz music by white artists instead. Despite these challenges‚ the growth and spread of music in this era was ultimately a positive influence on black culture. In addition to
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