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    A COMPARISON OF JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THEIR EFFECT ON MUSICIANS by Amy XXXXXX A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for College Level Writing University of La Verne 4 November 2011 Abstract A thesis presented on the history of jazz as compared to classical music and the effects on musicians‚ beginning with the birth of jazz‚ and covering the twentieth century. Berliner (1994)

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    The Blue Bouquet

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    The Blue Bouquet Millions of people around the word have been in a situation that has transitioned them from innocence to experience. In this story a boy wakes up to go for a walk outside‚ after not listening to the boardinghouse owner‚ and ended up going through a horrible experience. He transitioned from feeling safe in his little town‚ to feeling a sense of horror. In “The Blue Bouquet” by Octavio Paz‚ readers must realize that people go through lots of experiences in their life time‚ good

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    Blue Gold

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    Issue: The short documentary‚ Blue Gold‚ presented an issue of our planet’s water supply. Our planet is made out of about 70% of water. However‚ less than 1% of that water is actually drinkable. The issue is that water is becoming scares and due to lack of rain‚ the precious water begins to dry out. As the water source rapidly declines‚ the corporations saw that as a chance to make profit. Therefore‚ we are forced to buy overpriced water. Summary: Blue Gold did a great job representing

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    Reservation Blues

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    In Reservation Blues‚ Sherman Alexie extensively uses dreams to portray the relationship between white people and Native Americans. The dreams depict a constant struggle between the two societies‚ as well as a gradual extinction of the Indian culture. A complete picture of the Native American way of life could be seen from examining these dreams—and its not a pretty one. None of the dreams are positive or reveal anything good about the Indian way of life. If anything‚ Sherman Alexie tries to show

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    Jazz concert review #2

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    Professor Miller Music-12 5/23/04 Jazz Concert On Sunday May 2‚ 2004 I attended a jazz concert with some classmates. The program was entitled Jazz at the Stockmarket. We kind of got lost on the way so we only saw the second half of the show. The Sacramento based musicians were Jim Malone on keyboard‚ Steve Krohn who played both the guitar and keyboard‚ Rich Defazio an amazing drummer. That night the band was featuring Ken Stout who is an incredible tenor saxophone player‚ and also a guest appearance

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    St. Louis Blues

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    185‚ Summer 2009 For my listening assignment‚ I chose the piece‚ “St. Louis Blues” by Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong‚ recorded in the late 1920s. At this time‚ the country was in the transition from country blues (a single artist accompanied by a single guitar) to city blues (a single artist accompanied by either a piano and/or several instruments). In city blues‚ the form was based on a very rigid 12-bar blues structure‚ which used mainly the I‚ IV‚ and V7 chords in similar progressions each

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    Blue Eyes

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    Journal of Computer Science and Management Research Vol 2 Issue 7 July 2013 ISSN 2278-733X Blue eyes Technology Himanshu Sharma and Gaurav Rathee Computer Science Department‚ Mahamaya Technical University‚ Noida‚ Uttar Pradesh-201309 hmix13@gmail.com & gaurav_rathee@hotmail.com Abstract - This study examines the making‚ building and the real life application of Blue eyes Technology. The BLUE EYES technology aims at creating computational machines that have perceptual and sensory ability

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    Round Midnight Jazz Scene

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    Betrand Tavernier‚ is a very well reflected portrayal of the jazz scene‚ as it was known in the late fifties. The main character and protagonist of the movie‚ Dale Turner who is played by Dexter Gordon‚ leaves New York to go to Paris. Dale leads the audience through the ups and downs of being a working jazz musician. The struggles of business‚ the 24-hour love for the music‚ the constant late hours of the night‚ the run-down residencies jazz musicians are sometimes forced to live in‚ and especially

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    worse‚ hyperthermia? Similar to the child‚ the protagonist from “The Blue Bouquet” is given numerous opportunities to justify his decisions‚ however his naïve and foolish decision will expose him to great harm and dangerous threats. Paz uses a variety of literary elements such as word choice‚ symbolism and foreshadowing to justify that the transition from innocence to experience is impactful. In Octavio Paz’s story‚ “The Blue Bouquet” the reader should understand that the transition from innocence

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    than You Thought Jeans are pants and a world icon for the casual look. It has been so far for decades. I t is known for its comfort and many different styles of fitting. It’s now available in many different colours but perhaps the most famous one is blue jeans. There’s more to a pair of jeans than you thought. Most of you probably think that jeans are just made in factories by machines‚ but that is certainly not the case. For starters‚ the brass wire that makes up the teeth of the zip comes from

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