Duke Ellington Duke Ellington was one of America’s most prolific composers. He led and played piano for one of the century’s most successful jazz orchestra. Although he excelled in big band jazz arrangements‚ He composed in a variety of forms including large scale abstract instrumental works as well as songs‚ night production numbers‚ and dance tunes. Duke Ellington’s music is known for linking images and sound. He often referred to many of his compositions as “portraits or tone parallels”. Duke
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Duke Ellington “It don ’t mean a thing if it ain ’t got that swing (do Do a Do ap...) Well it don ’t mean a thing all you got to do is sing” (Sing). Edward Kennedy Ellington‚ American jazz composer‚ orchestrator‚ bandleader‚ and pianist‚ is considered to be the greatest composer in the history of jazz music and one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. He composed over 2000 works and performed numerous concerts during his musical career. A compilation of some of his most popular music
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In the 1920’s New York was more important to jazz than Chicago. Although Chicago had this larger than life aspect Giola says it was often less glamorous and that the “nightspots were often makeshift rather than opulent” New york‚ on the other hand‚ African Americans created these new societies with the development of Harlem. New york was the 2nd most segregated city and this lead to black living in congested areas one of which being Harlem. Harlem was overpopulated with African American living in
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emotions of life experiences. Music has the power to link generations. In recent history such themes include Jazz and blues‚ the Big Band era‚ country‚ rap‚ and various other genres of music. Each of these classes of music are drawn from and represent the particular culture and time of the background of the artist or the events that inspired it. Jazz first originated in the early 1900s. Jazz wasn’t born on a particular day‚ it was created over a period of time. It wasn’t
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Louis Armstrong visited CSSR‚ Hungaria‚ Yugoslavia‚ Romania and Bulgaria. The first song made a tempo of the whole concert. Louis Armstrong began the performance with «When It Is Sleepy Time Down South»‚ this swing song with slow tempo and Armstrong’s wonderful solo part is now considered as a jazz standard‚ followed by «Indiana» with piano solo by Billy Kyle‚ bass solo by Arvell Shaw‚ clarinet solo by Eddie Shu‚ trombone solo by Tyree Glenn and outstanding instrumental session in general. Louis Armstrong
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Music History (Jazz). October 20‚ 2012 Development and Maturity of the saxophone Style of Lester Young Introduction This essay is about the development and maturity of the saxophone style of Lester Young including his influences and his legacy to the jazz tradition. It will be discussing specifically Lester Young’s early period from 1925 – 1959 to describe and illustrate the main aspects of his influences and his legacy to the jazz tradition. In
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Band. 1938 Boogie Woogie pianists often played in Bars‚ Saloons‚ Brothels‚ and honky-tonks. TRUE Recordings by the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra of arrangements by Don Redman and Fletcher Henderson are some of the earliest examples of the use of “Swing Feel” in early Big Bands. Who was the first great bass soloist in Ellington’s band? Jimmy Blanton Bassist Walter Page led a group known as the Blue Devils Voicings means the way the notes of the chord are stacked by the piano player. TRUE A musical
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rhythmic‚ and they play more of a variety of different notes than swing soloists do. A swing soloist seems to play more melodies‚ because the pieces have more of an arranged pattern with the same kind of notes. This band would have performed for an audience of older people. This kind of music seems like it is more for just sitting and listening to. The swing jazz sounds like it is more for dancing to than this type of jazz
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spine in alignment‚ the supporting foot turned out. The arm over the supporting leg comes straight up next to the ear as the torso tilts‚ unbroken to the side‚ over the supporting leg. The opposite leg lifts pointed through the toes. The other arm swings up as the leg rises and parallels the straight arm next to the head. The body continues to tilt sideways from the pelvis in one unbroken line. A Lateral T shows the line of the torso and extended leg at a right angle to the supporting leg. A Low Lateral
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Kloppenburg Jose Jimenez English 102 18 March 2013 Jazz and Electronic Dance Music Old Fashioned versus Modern Jazz and Electronic Dance Music‚ also known as EDM‚ are two very different types of music; but they have multiple similarities as well. Jazz has multiple sub-genres‚ brass and stringed instruments‚ and swingy‚ bluesy rhythms. Electronic Dance Music is generated from the computer‚ using various sounds ranging from an electric guitar to swords clashing. Jazz music is the mother of all music‚ all the
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