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    accidently meet every couple of years. From the onset of the story‚ Morrison introduces the story with a racist thought from Twyla‚ stablishing the story’s main topic is race. The story in general is to get the reader to contemplate on the significance of the story. She does this by never unveiling the race of either character. Instead she uses various social codes to help the reader identify the race of each character. Also‚ “Morrison has explored the experience and roles of black women in a racist

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    Jazz Critique

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    "The President’s Own" United States Marine Band performed Monday October 2‚ 2006 at 8pm in the PAC. The director was Lieutenant Colonel Michael J. Colburn and the assistant director was Captain Jason K. Fettig. The different numbers in the performance were "Summon the Heroes"‚ "Guillaume Tell Duo Brillant"‚ "The High School Cadets"‚ "Scherzo and Finale" from Symphony No. 4 in F minor‚ "Semper Fidelis"‚ "Lincolnshire Posy"‚ "American Spirituals"‚ and "The Stars and Stripes Forever"

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    Chloe Anthony Wofford‚ better known Toni Morrison‚ was born on February 18‚ 1931 in Lorain‚ Ohio. She is a Noble Prize- and Pulitzer Prize- winning American novelist. Her well known novels are The Bluest Eye‚ Song of Solomon‚ and Beloved. She is the second oldest of four children. Her father‚ George Wofford‚ worked as a welder but he also had other jobs to support his family. Her mother‚ Ramah‚ was a domestic worker. She wasn’t aware of racial divisions until her teenage years. In the future she

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    Jazz Music Essay

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    Louis Armstrong‚ an influential figure in the Jazz world‚ once said‚ “If you have to ask what jazz is‚ you’ll never know.” Over time‚ jazz has kept its essential elements and original style‚ even as new styles have developed. Jazz‚ in its most basic form‚ is defined as “music that includes qualities such as swing‚ improvising‚ group interaction‚ developing an ’individual voice’‚ and being open to different musical possibilities‚” by Travis Jackson‚ a Professor of American Music. Improvisation‚ being

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    Jazz Music Essay

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    the best‚ jazz music is the best genre of music of all time. Jazz is the best type of music in ways that many other types of music can

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    Jazz In The 1920's

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    In the 1920s‚ an era called the Jazz Age‚ also known as the roaring twenties‚ came about. The Jazz Age occurred when the economy of America was in its prime‚ before the tragedy of the Stock Market Crash and Great Depression. The Jazz Age brought forth significant female suffrage leaders‚ writers‚ and musicians‚ each influencing a different class of people in society.              Jazz was created in the twentieth century by a group of African American musicians from New Orleans (Teachout). They

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    Report Guitar in Jazz

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    Report Jazz Guitar and all about it Intro Jazz guitar term can mean two things: either it’s a type of guitar or a style of playing the guitar. Jazz guitar made an appearance in Jazz in around 1930’s. Due to its predecessor a.k.a. acoustic guitar being too quiet‚ musicians had it hooked up to amplifiers and that’s how the electric guitar was born. Ever since‚ electric guitar has been the standard of guitars in Jazz and it eventually went on revolutionizing the music industry and making it the corner

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    The Gypsy Jazz Style

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    Even in the common jazz lover community‚ Gypsy Jazz is considered a style rather than an individual genre. The fact that Gypsy Jazz is a style‚ means that there aren’t many specific musical pieces that are original to the style. Jazz musicians started by covering popular jazz standards of the day and‚ similarly‚ Gypsy Jazz musicians had the same material to work with. Gypsy Jazz is an extremely unique style however‚ it’s versatile enough to be able to translate modern‚ and standard‚ popular music

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    History of Jazz Midterm

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    History of Jazz Midterm 1.) Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was an American jazz composer‚ pianist‚ and bandleader who has been one of the most influential musicians in jazz. The Duke has released countless albums and songs‚ but not many know of his triumph as a musical theatre composer. Duke Ellington’s 1941 Jump For Joy was the first theatre show to openly discard the African- American stereotypes which prevailed in the arts at the time. In fact Jump for Joy openly discussed these stereotypes

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    Expressionism Versus Jazz

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    Reflection Activity: Expressionist Music and Jazz Expressionism is an artistic movement that stresses intense and subjective emotion. Artists that use expressionism usually focus on their inner feelings instead of depicting outward appearances. Expressionism is an art concerned with social protest. Some characteristics of expressionist music are that it is episodic with a fragmentary form. It involves a great emotional magnitude. Also‚ it is discontinuous. Most expressionist works stress harsh dissonance

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