The analysis I’m doing on a piece is Take Five played by Dave Brubeck‚ I find it interesting because it has a very steady progression. It doesn’t change much and the rhythm is very catchy. I liked it because it was easy to kind of tap to because of it 5/4 meter. This particular song has a very interesting beat to it with very relaxed Tempos and soothing tones‚ as its just adding to another reason why I like odd meters. I found that cool jazz was a modern jazz in it time that arose after the Second
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are too many Genes!”Luigi’s brother tony taught him to sing and dance at a young age. Eugene began singing and dancing for pennies on street corners. He performed in local talent shows and toured as a singer with a performing orchestra named Bernie Davis Orchestra. Eugene was winning local dance contests by the time he was 10 and went on to perform in vaudeville as a singer‚ dancer and acrobat‚ touring the Midwest and Northeast. Before he was out of his teens he was touring
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Jazz Music Developed in about 1900‚ Jazz music has been an influence in many artist’s work‚ from painting to other forms of music. Jazz is an American music form that was developed from African-American work songs. Jazz music was developed about 1900 by black Americans. It possesses an identifiable history and describable stylistic evolution. European classical music‚ American blues‚ and South American songs and rhythms came together to form what became known as jazz. Jazz has borrowed from black
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I live approximately 1050 miles from New Orleans and thus‚ visiting the Crescent City found a quaint little home on my bucket list. It never occurred to me to apply to a college in New Orleans until I started receiving emails from Tulane University. I had never heard of Tulane‚ but
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Life Is Not Paradise Life can often appear to be full of despair. In the constant struggle between good and evil‚ evil seems to get the upper hand. This is also the case in the novel‚ The Green Mile‚ by Stephen King. The story and experiences of the main character‚ Paul Edgecombe‚ the supervisor at a prison block in the 1930’s‚ are the epitomy of the following quote. "Life is not paradise. It is pain‚ hardship‚ failure‚ and temptation shot through with radiant gleams of light‚ friendship‚ and love
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Film Review Stephen Edwin King has written many famous novels that have been turned into great films. The Green Mile is one of the films that have been produced into an award-winning movie. The story begins with a former prison guard named Paul Edgecomb who is currently living in a retirement home. A past memory suddenly strikes Paul in which brings back many old stories from when he was a prison guard at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. He begins to tell the story of a man named John Coffey who
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Jazz and Classical Music Upon entering a modern record store‚ one is confronted with a wide variety of choices in recorded music. These choices not only include a multitude of artists‚ but also a wide diversity of music categories. These categories run the gamut from easy listening dance music to more complex art music. On the complex side of the scale are the categories known as Jazz and Classical music. Some of the most accomplished musicians of our time have devoted themselves to a life-long
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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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