George Benson performed at the Java Jazz Festival with his orchestra behind him supporting his every note. This performance was in tribute to Nat King Cole. George Benson showed out while performing on the stage in front of hundreds of people with both upbeat songs and calming songs. The overall performance was highly interesting with the combination of different jazz songs and the different rhythms and meanings. Their stage presence was very professional‚ but they also had fun with their performance
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In order to convey that history repeats itself‚ Hoffman utilizes weather as a motif to show the recurrence of massive floods. In 1858‚ a massive flood hit the school of Haddan and surrounding area and “After the flood‚ houses in town had to be refloored and reroofed; public building were torn down‚ then refashion from cellar to ceiling…Main Street itself had become a river‚ with waters more than six feet deep” (2). At the end of the book‚ Carlin is coming back to Haddan after a flood hit the town
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The Okefenokee Swamp is a well-known marshland and wildlife refuge located in southeastern Georgia and northern Florida. Its prominence in the world of nature has led to a variety of different opinions and feelings from the people who have researched or visited it. Two particular articles‚ Passage 1 and Passage 2‚ written two years apart‚ paint clearly separate pictures of the famed swamp. Passage 1 admires the swap and uses the details included to impress nature lovers or potential visitors‚ while
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Compare And Contrast Between Gernes The Vernacular Tradition in African American literature includes spirituals ‚ gospels ‚ work songs ‚ the Blues ‚ jazz ‚ and basically just songs or stories in general that ties back to African American culture . All vernacular genres have different stories to tell as well ‚ however ‚ they all precipitate a vision or message that is being sung or told . The two genres that I would like to bring up are jazz and hip hop . Many people think that jazz and hip hop
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The tides were at peek and there was also a full moon during the storm. At 120 mph the storm hit NYC . New London was under 8ft of water. At 5:00pm the hurricane started to slow down. At midnight it started to move towards canada and died. There were 682 people killed. There was 20‚000 houses destroyed and 75‚000 damaged . Only 5% of the population had
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bottoms of the windows to keep dust out. Your parents would also give you a wet towel to put over your face so you wouldn’t inhale the dust. Then you would sit in the middle of the room huddled with your family all together. Oklahoma‚Texas‚Kansas‚ New Mexico‚ and Colorado were the worst Natural disaster spots in American History for dry tidal waves. Tidal waves were so bad there due to the location and timing. With the location being where it is they were normal for those states to deal with. Tidal
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The stench carries for miles causing coughing and headaches; no one wants to be anywhere near the affected neighborhood because of the smell and bacteria. There’s the danger of contamination‚ loss of property values and health risks. The cause is raw sewage. Even though it’s an expensive fix‚ this problem could have been prevented if county engineers had done a better job of planning. Flood-related pollution is a huge issue because it presents such health risks to residents. Being a peninsula
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On Saturday‚ August 26th‚ the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival (the New York City’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival is celebrating its 25th year)‚ happened at Harlem’s Marcus Grave Park with an attractive lineup. The rising singer Charenee Wade opened this day with songs of her latest record Offering: The Music Of Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson. The greatest moments of the concert arrived with “Home is Where the Hatred Is”‚ where groovy funk and swinging jazz in its purest tradition
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category 3 when it struck mainland Florida later that same day (Manzo‚ 2017). Prior to making landfall‚ the path that Irma would take was unclear. This uncertainty lead Governor Rick Scott to issue an evacuation order for 6.5 million residents (The New York Times‚ 2017). In the days preceding hurricane Irma‚ roads were congested with evacuees from both coasts‚ schools were closed‚ and resorts and parks did not open. In the aftermath of hurricane Irma‚ approximately 6.5 million Floridians were without
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He wanted to generate something new‚ yet original; a type of Jazz that was just as unique as Miles himself‚ hence the origin of Cool Jazz. Miles put together a band of himself in 1949‚ called the Miles Davis Nonet and Gil Evans was the arranger for them. This band featured a strange addition
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