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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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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created in 1922. The team member‚ Jim Lanigan‚ Jimmy McPartland‚ Dick McPartland‚ Bud Freeman and Frank Teschemacher‚ were all the students from Austin High School. They always got together at a place named the Spoon and Straw to listen to their favorite jazz. One afternoon‚ they heard a new batch of music played by The New Orleans Rhythm Kings. They felt excited and played this kind of music five hours at the Spoon and Straw. They formed their band and named it “The Blue Friars” to salute the band of The
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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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Salsa refers to a fusion of informal dance styles having roots in the Caribbean (especially in Cuba and North America). The dance originated through the mixture of Mambo‚ Danzón‚ Guaguancó‚ Cuban Son‚ and other typical Cuban dance forms. Salsa is danced to Salsa music. There is a strong African influence in the music as well as the dance. Salsa is a partner dance‚ although there are recognized solo steps and some forms are danced in groups of couples‚ with frequent exchanges of partner (Rueda
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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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of the most famous and influential performers in the entire history of jazz. Louis Armstrong began to be noticed by important people in the 1920’s and the early 1930’s. Louis Armstrong was born august 4th 1901 in the ghettos of New Orleans. He learned to play the trumpet. He lived in a home of colored homeless people‚ where he met Peter Davis‚ (the band leader). In 1922 Louis Armstrong joined Joe Oliver’s creole jazz band‚ and by doing that he later on met Lil Hardin. These people made a
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had on Commercial Dance. Commercial Dance can be defined as any style of dance that can create revenue‚ involving any style or technique out there‚ this means that the diversity found under the umbrella term is huge. Ranging from the technique of jazz to the eclectic mix of movement found in Bollywood dance. Bollywood dance is a great example of the ideas that commercial dance has as the style is constantly changing and incorporating itself with movements and fashion styles that are most current
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with other popular bop musicians. 1955 was Miles Davis’ breakthrough year. His performance of "round midnight" at the Newport Jazz Festival alerted the critics that he was "back". Davis form a quintet which included Red Garland‚ Paul Chambers‚ Philly Joe Jones‚ and John Coletrain. In 1957 Davis made the first of many solo recordings with the unusual jazz orchestrations of Gil Evans‚ and he wrote music for film by Louis Malle. In 1963Davis formed a new quintet including the talents
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On October 20th‚ 2017 I attended a performance at Small’s Jazz Club‚ in Greenwich Village. Smalls is a very cozy‚ comfy‚ underground club and I loved that it was so tiny because the sound was bouncing all around the room. I was very enthusiastic about dragging my 2 best friend to a jazz club‚ for my unappreciated fondness for jazz. We saw the Scott Wendholt/Adam Kolker Quartet. Scott Wendholt was on the trumpet‚ Adam Kolker on tenor saxophone‚ Ugonna Okegwo on bass‚ and Billy Drummond on drums. This
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