Louis Armstrong Well-known artist Josh Devine is a great drummer for the band of One Direction‚ with a love for music. Just like many other artists he is well known in his time just as Elvis Presley was in his time or Aerosmith in their time. Every era has a well known musician or band‚ back in the 1920’s it was Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong moved to Chicago in 1922 to play the second cornet in a Creole jazz band. Although two years later Armstrong moved to New York City and began playing
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Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko already gave us enough reasons to trust his idiosyncratic music. Deeply associated with the ECM Records‚ Stanko‚ whose sonorous creativity is almost tactful‚ has one foot on the adventurous modern creative jazz and the other on a relaxing‚ sometimes-cerebral post-bop. His Polish quartet‚ which included the pianist Marcin Wasliewski‚ was active from 2002 to 2006‚ being responsible for great albums such as The Soul of Things‚ Suspended Nights‚ and Lontana. In 2013‚ Stanko
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John Coltrane To the public he is known just as another jazz musician but for those with a more in depth music appreciation he remains one of the most significant saxophonists in jazz history. John “Trane” Coltrane’s impact on the music world was quite considerable. By revolutionizing music with his own techniques Coltrane changed jazz music forever. Coltrane was a American jazz saxophonist‚ composer‚ bandleader‚ and iconic figure of the twentieth century. As a jazz singer and jazz enthusiast myself
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William "Count" Basie was a famous pianist‚ composer‚ arranger‚ and band leader. He was one of the biggest influences of the swing era with his big band style. Basie was respected as much by musicians as audiences. He learned to play piano from his mother as a child. He later ventured away from home to study along fats Waller a student of Harlem Stride School. He made his professional debut as an accompanist for vaudeville acts and replaced Waller in an act called Katie Crippen and her Kids. He toured
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Even though jazz music was developed from mixed cultures at the beginning of the 20th century‚ and rock music came about in the 1950’s and was a combination of blues‚ country‚ and jazz‚ they both have similarities and differences. Some of these similarities and differences can be found in the way each of these two music genres use improvisation‚ the atmosphere they create‚ and their sound. For example‚ it is true that jazz is known for its improvisation‚ but rock can also improvise; Jimmy Page‚ from
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Duke Ellington definitely stands in my mind as one of the more important and productive musicians of this century. One of the first black band leaders‚ and one of the most innovative‚ the Duke wrote music of all types and styles from solo jazz piano pieces to 16 piece pop songs to symphony orchestra pieces. His wide range of composing styles is seen in his collaborations with prominent performers‚ two of which are John Coltrane and Frank Sinatra. He was born in 1899 in Washington‚ D.C.‚ and came
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Utah State Big Bands presented a tribute to Pepper Adams on Wednesday‚ April 5th at the Performance Hall with two groups performing we were sure in for a wonderful evening full of Jazz. The first group‚ the Jazz Ensembles‚ was led by Greg Wheeler. The first piece was “Lost Mind” the stand out of this piece was the Alto Saxophonist‚ Kyle Merrill. He stood out and grabbed my attention more so than the other soloist during this piece. His solo had a rich sound‚ along with a smooth and swingy rhythm
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Gillespie recognized rhythm as his greatest influence in seeking to make connections with music from around the world. His explorations were not limited to Cuban music but expanded out Argentina and include tango music. Oscoaldo Frisedo and Gillespie made a record but it was never released in the States (Gillespie 431). “Tangorine” was a song Dizzy recorded to historicize this experimentation. Without any hesitation‚ Gillespie confirms that he was the first one in the North American continent to
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The Braggart Soldier tells the story of a cunning slave’s plan to free himself from his egotistical soldier using a mistress to seduce him. Community tells the story of a group of misfits attending Greendale Community College that form a study group and become best friends despite religious‚ social‚ political‚ academic and age differences. I have chosen the area of characters and the similarities between the Roman Braggart Soldier and NBC/Yahoo’s critically acclaimed hit sitcom Community. In
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"It don’t mean a thing if‚ it ain’t got that swing." Considered one of the best jazz writers ever‚ Duke Ellington had a huge effect on the prevalent music of the late twentieth century. Among his more than two thousand melodies are such hits as "In A Nostalgic Mind-set‚" "Refined Woman‚" "I Got It Awful And That Ain’t Great‚" and "I’m Starting To See The Light." For nearly fifty years‚ he visited the world as a band pioneer and piano player. Today his recordings stay among the most prevalent jazz
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