I saw The Santa Fe Big Band 22nd‚ Annual Evening of Jazz Concert. The band was dressed up all matching. The men were wearing black dress shirts and pants‚ with dress shoes. The women wearing black formal dresses with red shoes. They all looked very professional and when they started playing it immediately took me back to the 1930s‚ the big band era. Most of the songs were of long length and with many solos through the songs. The instruments used to create the songs were: saxophones‚ trombones‚ trumpets
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One subset of world music that is probably familiar is Latin music‚ as there is a growing population of Spanish and Portuguese speaking people in the U.S from Mexico‚ South America and Brazil. But Latin music is much more than Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony! More Americans are discovering the amazing fluidity of Ottmar Liebert’s (who is actually native to Germany) flamenco guitar and the rustic‚ hand-clapping rhythms of the Gipsy Kings. Liebert has collaborated with such greats as Carlos Santana
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Born in Washington D.C. on April 29‚ 1899‚ Duke Ellington was an American composer‚ pianist‚ and bandleader who gained fame by performing with his orchestra both in the Cotton Club in Harlem and in Europe. Regarded as a major figure in the development of jazz‚ Ellington identified his music as American music and adopted the phrase of his colleague Billy Strayhorn “beyond category” as a principle. Ellington started taking piano lessons locally at the age of seven and his mother insisted that he be
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“Sonny’s Blues‚” a short story written by James Baldwin‚ highlights both the peace and the trials of life in Harlem during the 1950s. Sonny‚ the narrator’s brother‚ is a young musician who struggles with a heroin addiction‚ turning the narrator’s life upside down. Sonny has a “love” for both music and heroin‚ both of which help him mentally escape the harsh society he faces in the poverty-stricken and dangerous Harlem. Sonny’s passion for the freedom that both heroin and music causes him to feel
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Melanie Moreno 5453835 MUL 1010 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Jimi Hendrix is part of the group of musical geniuses that died at age 27. He was extremely influential and part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His music was way beyond the times that he made them and sound much more modern. Hendrix was an iconic left-handed player of the guitar. He had an amazing ability to make new melodies. He was revolutionary black man during his times. He played with white players and played white music in a time
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Music is an intrapersonal‚ adaptive‚ global‚ and ever evolving form of art. Considering that music is adaptive‚ it is a reflection of cultural‚ political‚ and social events of a time period. Contemporary music compares to vintage music by virtue of derivation. In the instance that American artists and genres derive from earlier forms of European music‚ there are several similarities yet stark differences that aid in the progression of layers and depth in musical performance. In efforts to illustrate
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The Jazz Shoe Have you ever wondered about the different types of shoes you see on the dancers feet while they are performing? I know I have. As a dancer‚ I have seen and worn tons of shoes. But there is one type I have always wondered about‚ the different types of Jazz shoes. I personally own black and tan jazz shoes. I have always wondered‚ “Why the different color?” or “Why does this kind fit me in this size‚ but this kind fits me in another?” I learned that there are so much more to the jazz
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I am writing to request that you chose Paul Rowe as a recipient of an “Unsung Hero Award”. As a student of Mr. Rowe I look to him for inspiration and as someone I can trust. As a Music Education teacher‚ professional trumpet player‚ and conductor‚ Mr. Rowe shows leadership as well as an inspiration to others. No matter what the circumstance is‚ he always finds a way to push forward. Mr. Rowe is a symbol of an ideal hero. To start off with‚ Mr. Rowe struggled at a young age. With the mom working
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Wendy Waite Dr. Robert Winokur Music 103 – Online December 4‚ 2016 Concert Assignment Studio Big Band Concert Attending a Jazz concert was something new to me. The concert that I attended was at the University of Redlands School of Music. The performing band was called Studio Big Band and was under the direction of David Scott. It was held in the Casa Loma Room which was large and had the ability to hold many excited music lovers. It started at 8pm and was about an hour long. Since this was
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Dizzy Gillespie John Birks Gillespie was arguably one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all‚ renowned for his bent trumpet and broad cheeks. John Birks Gillespie‚ or most commonly known as Dizzy Gillespie for his crazy or ‘dizzy’ behavior‚ was born in Cheraw‚ South Carolina on October 21‚ 1917‚ and found a passion of music from an early age. Gillespie’s father‚ an amatuer bandleader‚ started the basics of piano to Gillespie by the age of four. After his father’s death‚ Gillespie began teaching
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