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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Charles Mingus was one of the most influential and groundbreaking jazz musicians and composers of the 1950s and 1960s. The virtuoso bassist gained fame in the 1940s and 1950s working with such jazz greats as Louis Armstrong‚ Duke Ellington‚ Charlie Parker‚ Art Tatum‚ and many others. His compositions pushed harmonic barriers‚ combining Western-European classical styles with African-American roots music. While examining his career is valuable from musical standpoint‚ his career also provides a powerful
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Duke Ellington Duke Ellington was one of America’s most prolific composers. He led and played piano for one of the century’s most successful jazz orchestra. Although he excelled in big band jazz arrangements‚ He composed in a variety of forms including large scale abstract instrumental works as well as songs‚ night production numbers‚ and dance tunes. Duke Ellington’s music is known for linking images and sound. He often referred to many of his compositions as “portraits or tone parallels”. Duke
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After listening to all sixteen musical pieces‚ and from the three big band selections we have to choose from‚ I want to say that my favorite one is “Sing‚ Sing‚ Sing” by Benny Goodman. One of the reasons could be because I had hear this musical piece before‚ maybe in movies‚ commercial‚ or cartoons‚ but also for its rhythm‚ fast tempo and fast beat. This type of music was famous during the swing music area‚ not that I remember it‚ but it is depicted on almost all movie scenes of that era. Some
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Smooth Jazz is a genre of music. As you can tell by its name‚ the music is quite smooth‚ cool. You can also tell that it doesn’t really use swingy rhythms. Some people call it Cool Jazz and it can also be called Contemporary Jazz‚ they’re all the same thing. Smooth Jazz started in 1985. It lost its popularity in 2008. People changed their tastes in music. They got more interested into more new and modern music. Smooth Jazz is like a combination of jazz and smooth R&B. In Smooth Jazz‚ the piano
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Upon first glance at the Guzman hall I was filled with anxiety as well as excitement as to what was to come. Prior to this semester I had not listened to any jazz music and I was unaware of any artists or songs. Therefore going to a jazz concert was a rare experience that I now cherish. When I first entered the hall I was greeted by a group of musicians called ‘The Stamps Jazz Quintet’‚ there were 4 musicians at the front of the hall and they were taking place. The musicians included Sam Hart who
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John Lee Hooker born on August 22‚ 1917‚ in Clarksdale‚ Mississippi. He was the fourth out of eleven children in his family of William and Minnie Hooker. His father was a sharecropper and Baptist minister who was not fond of the blues because his father refers blues music as the “devil’s music”. When he was five years old‚ his parents separated from each other and they divorced when he was eleven. In his younger years‚ Hooker received a limited amount of formal education. However‚ music was an important
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larke hails from Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ born 1914. Originating from a musical family‚ he examined various instruments‚ including vibes and trombone‚ and also composition and music theory‚ while still in secondary school. As a young person‚ Clarke played in the groups of Leroy Bradley and Roy Eldridge. He on the road in the Midwest for quite a while with the Jeter-Pillars band‚ which likewise included bassist Jimmy Blanton and guitarist Charlie Christian. By 1935‚ Clarke finally moved to New York
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29‚ 1899 – May 24‚ 1974) was an American writer‚ piano player‚ and bandleader of a jazz symphony‚ which he drove from 1923 until his demise in a vocation traversing more than fifty years.[1] Conceived in Washington‚ D.C.‚ Ellington was situated in New York City from the mid-1920s ahead‚ and picked up a national profile through his ensemble’s appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. In the 1930s‚ his symphony visited in Europe. In spite of the fact that broadly
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