Lester Young: The “Sweet” Jazz Saxophonist Influential jazz tenor saxophonist‚ Lester Young led a revolution that changed the way the saxophone is played until this very day. He Inspired through his bright and airy tunes that sharply contrasted the loud and boisterous sounds of his counterparts (Pener 121). Young was known for many of his groundbreaking tunes such as “All of Me”‚ and “Lester Leaps In”. As a result of his very different approach to playing the tenor saxophone‚ he influenced many
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The Beat Generation‚ a literary and artistic movement that emerged in the United States in the late 1940s‚ after the Second World War and in the early days of the Cold War‚ owes its name to street slang. The term "beat" (borrowed from street jargon‚ and meaning down and out‚ poor or homeless) perpetuated the romantic‚ bohemian myth of the “lost generation.” The Franco-Canadian writer Jack Kerouac‚ whose novel On the Road (1957) contributed to giving the movement its mythical aura‚ added a contemplative
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There are many differences between the music represented on the Your Eyes CD and the Big Band music. The most noticeable is the is the way the vocals are represented. On the Your Eyes the vocal are song‚ while on the other hand the Big Band vocalization is done instrumentally. For example‚ Duke Ellington employed the technique of wordless vocals. This technique‚ sometimes referred to as instrumentalized voice‚ became synonymous with Ellington. The instrumental vocals of the Big Band music are spontaneous
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The music itself may just be a word‚ but if you look into the word ‘music’ carefully‚ there is more than that. Inside music‚ there are genres‚ styles‚ rhythm‚ lyrics‚ and so on. It is truly amazing how that one word implies a lot of things that it is hard to describe ‘music’ in a definite way. Every person has different feelings and their own taste to the music‚ and I think it is hard to find something that one word contains so much things and may have a lot of controversies over that word since
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Rachmaninoff stated‚ “Music is enough for a lifetime‚ but a lifetime is not enough for music.” Essential to all nationalities‚ generations‚ and people‚ music can make your soul soar‚ put you to sleep‚ or bring you to your knees in tears. All din and clamor goes silent. Every eye is riveted on the conductor. The baton lifts. Suddenly‚ in a myriad of melodies‚ harmonies‚ timbre‚ and texture‚ a whole new realm is unraveled. The extraordinary feeling of unwinding and renewing your mind by listening to
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Duke Ellington was a prolific composer‚ composing over two thousand pieces‚ many of which are still popular in jazz today. A number of these are written with an image or colour in mind‚ and have a colour in the title. By analyzing the sound of the song‚ it is possible to discover a relationship between the colour in the title and the sound. Because Duke Ellington is considered by many to be "the supreme colourist in jazz"‚ a few of the songs with a colour in the title will by analyzed to determine
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Dizzy Gillespie lived a full life beginning from his birth in Cheraw‚ South Carolina‚ on October 21‚ 1917‚ to his death in Englewood‚ New Jersey‚ on January 6‚ 1993. The jazz trumpet player is known for helping cofound bebop jazz‚ playing with puffed cheeks‚ playing a custom trumpet that had its bell bent at a 45 degree angle‚ and so much more. Dizzy Gillespie’s contributions to the jazz world go far beyond all that he touched and remains a crucial pioneer for jazz music. Dizzy Gillespie‚ born
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Problem Statement Sainsbury’s implementation of LMUK’s Nectar loyalty program is one of its largest outsourcing collaboration in history. Although the partnership has been proven to be successful‚ Justin King ponders over whether Sainsbury’s should continue to work with LMUK or go solo and develop its own loyalty program. Benchmarking with other grocery chains‚ the group chief executive is wondering if Sainsbury’s should continue to invest £120 million on Nectar or shift the investment to other
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With his Db-ish project‚ Canadian trumpeter Darren Barrett excavates voguish ground by merging different styles such as post-bop and hip-hop with a nice‚ cool touch‚ and then spicing it with the addition of electronic samples and other valuable soundscapes. Barrett’s music background includes a graduation at Berklee College of Music and the first place in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition‚ as well as enriching collaborations with the likes of Elvin Jones‚ Jackie McLean
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Formerly based in London and now in New York‚ Andrew Hartman is a passionate guitarist/composer whose sophomore album‚ Compass‚ comes out in May. This work was recorded with a tight quartet whose members include the much-admired saxophonist Chris Cheek‚ bassist Ike Sturm‚ and drummer Zach Harmon. The compositions were written while Hartman was still in London and reflect a period of travels and moves between cities and countries. “The Heights” opens the album with Hartman uttering a continuous melodic
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