How does Peter Medak‚ director of ’Let Him Have It’ create sympathy for Derek Bentley? The opening scene of this film has slow piano solo music playing‚ with white Credits on a black background to show that the film is serious. It is actually a drama documentary‚ which means that as well as being dramatic the film is also factual. From the start of the film‚ Peter Medak chose to present Derek Bentley as a victim. The first thing in the film that you see is a high angled shot of Derek trapped
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Concert Report The Wayne Shorter Quarter concert was unlike any concert I have ever been to. The variety of instruments and style of the performers contributed to a unique experience. Not only was the music I heard versatile on several levels‚ but the behavior of the performers‚ appearance of the audience‚ and atmosphere of the venue contributed to my take away from the show. These factors allowed me to obtain a better understanding of jazz as not only an art form‚ but as a culture. The audience
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Trumpets are one of the oldest instruments. In ancient times‚ people used animal horns or shells like a trumpet. It was first used for signaling in ancient China (2000 BC)‚ Egypt (1500 BC)‚ and Scandinavia (1000 BC). It was long and had no valves. In Roman times‚ the trumpet was played at military and civilian ceremonies. The first musical use of the trumpet was in the late 1300’s where it had acquired the folded shape similar to today’s. In the 1500’s‚ Nuremberg‚ Germany became the center
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Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie- or commonly known as Bird and Diz- were two famous composers that came together to release an album after being introduced. The album they composed and released in the 1950’s (which just happens to be named after themselves‚ “Bird and Diz”) was a bebop jazz genre that made a big impact on the music industry. Clearly‚ Charlie Parker’s name has no correlation to the word ‘Bird.’ But early on in his musical career‚ “Yard Bird” was a nickname Parker received that
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! 1 Percy Grainger was a prolific composer and pianist in the 20th century. He is especially well known for his masterful compositions and pioneering for the literature of the wind band. Grainger’s works have taken on a variety of compositional approaches across a wide range of genres. His scorings‚ particularly for wind band‚ have been described as having “a rich sonority and color which compares favorably with any celebrated example of brilliant orchestration.”1 A majority of his works‚ specifically
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I believe John Lennon initially got into music because his mother encouraged him and his half-sister Jackie had taught him how to play the banjo. Shortly after‚ John’s Aunt Mimi bought him a guitar after he learned to play the Banjo. John didn’t have interest in traditional school and always wanted to lead his acquaintance and friends‚ but in reality‚ he was weak and just wanted to feel wanted in our world. John was an introvert who enjoyed reading and writing at home which gave him the time to create
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April 21‚ 2011 Kenny G In the history of Jazz‚ musicians have always found ways to come up with new groundbreaking ideas that cause Jazz to evolve and ultimately increase in complexity. However‚ not many musicians took the simple‚ listener friendly approach. Kenny G was one of the few musicians who took this approach. His style has caused for much controversy between other Jazz artists‚ but in the end‚ he is still looked upon as one of the most successful Jazz musicians in the world. Kenny G
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The performance style of Dave Brubeck Dave Brubeck’s unique performance style is characterized primarily by his use of polytonality‚ polyrhythm‚ and immense amounts of improvisation. His style grew from his upbringing and as he put it‚ “different approach to all of the normal things”. By no means did Dave take the normal approach; he made it all the way threw the conservatory with out being able to read the piano music he was playing. His ability to think on the spot and his amazing ear took jazz
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Against Capital Punishment One of the scenes from Green Mile‚ a film staring the famous Tom Hanks‚ portrays a scene where a prisoner is sentenced to death. The prisoner sat in a chair‚ strapped down‚ with a wet sponge on top of his head as electricity begins to flow through his body. His limbs and torso are jerked all over the place and pain is clearly seen. Later on in the movie‚ John Coffey‚ who was an innocent man who was sentenced to the death penalty for a crime he was accused of. Sadly in
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I have selected Branford Marsalis‚ a saxophonist‚ as my modern contemporary jazz artist. Initially‚ I chose him because his name sounded familiar and I wanted to choose an artist from the list of saxophonists. Moreover‚ the content of his discography was fascinating by its inclusion of several jazz albums with the Branford Marsalis Quartet as well as other collaborative projects and a solo project. Among the list was the album‚ Music Redeems‚ with performances by The Marsalis Family‚ is a collaboration
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