Duke Ellington: The Music‚ Politics‚ and his Story Duke Ellington was a musical and political genius; he was “America’s only original musical mind.” He was not only a performer‚ but a composer. He learned the craft of composing by observing others instead of disciplined study. One important factor of Ellington’s music was its relation to black heritage and African American history. His symphony “Black‚ Brown‚ and Beige” displayed the African American struggle in America. Not only did Ellington
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November 3rd at the Frontenac Grill. The band‚ Joe Bozzi and I‚ played all kinds of music for us while this place was filled with various groups of people eating‚ drinking and chatting. This band played their songs by using three guitars‚ drums‚ saxophone‚ trumpet‚ xylophone and the piano throughout the whole entire time. The first song called‚ “Through the Eyes of Love‚” was played from the movie called The Ice Castles. This song started off with the xylophone‚ and then the guitars and the rest
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small combo consisting the trumpet saxophone piano drums and bass the musicians took off with improvised lines getting faster and more complex many other bands couldn’t copy someone’s piece now. The syncopations and dotted eighth notes that had characterized earlier jazz were now far less prominent. Making melody statements bebop would consist of artist playing a melody followed by a solo from the trumpet and maybe even a duet with the trumpet and the saxophone this gave soloist a variety of form
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History of the Serpent and Ophicleide The Serpent Canon Edme Guillaume invented this instrument in 1590 in Auxerre‚ France. The purpose for such an instrument was to strengthen the choir’s sound when a choir was singing plainchant. Serpent music was rarely written higher than an octave‚ and the cantus firmus gave the player time to stabilize each note before moving to the next one. Though some believe it to be a member of the cornet family‚ this is untrue. The serpent has too many qualities
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is Called Up Yonder‚ Come Fly With Me‚ When We All Get to Heaven‚ In the Mood‚ and I’ll Fly Away. The instrumentation of the band was the singer in the middle and front of the stage than starting from the left on the front was the keyboard‚ five saxophones‚ and a xylophone. The middle row consisted of drums and three trombones. While the back row contained a bass guitar‚ guitar‚ and four trumpets. I was a referential listener during the performance. Certain songs prompted
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much controversy between other Jazz artists‚ but in the end‚ he is still looked upon as one of the most successful Jazz musicians in the world. Kenny G‚ (Kenneth Gorelick) was born on June 5 1956‚ in Seattle‚ Washington. His first encounter with a saxophone came when he heard a performance from “The Ed Sullivan Show.” His teacher was a local trumpet player named Gerald Pfister. Along with Pfister‚
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Hawkins played what instrument? Saxophone When 2 or more musicians play the same notes together it is called a “unison” TRUE Some of the best known Kansas City musicians played in what early KC group? Benny Moton Notes which‚ when played together‚ cause tension‚ sometimes because they sound like they are different keys at the same time are known as Dissonant. TRUE Lester Young gave Billy Holiday the nickname Lady Day What year did drummer Jo Jones and Saxophone Lester Young joined the Count Basie
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Sinatra. In the instrumental version of this song‚ a Latin-inspired sounding consonance set the romantic mood at the beginning of this song. A piano and saxophone then alternated the melody of the song as though they were dancing like two lovers flying to the moon. As the passion of the song heated up‚ the texture changed within the song as the saxophone took the melody and the piano and other instruments within the ensemble were in accompaniment. The rhythm‚ which was continuously steady seemed to
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percussion instruments and the melody created by the keyboard instruments‚ woodwind‚ and brass. At 1:20‚ idea B begins with an improvised solo that is played by a saxophone. Idea B is signified by the presence of pitch. In the duration that the saxophone plays‚ the melody changes making the notes seem sporadic and shorter. The saxophone plays to 2:19 after which it is followed a smooth transition of a piano solo carrying the same musical idea B. the piano solo goes on until 3:18‚ after which it is
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Even with my glasses‚ or is it because of my glasses‚ I still could not see. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens‚ Sean Covey explains that having incomplete or flawed paradigms about yourself and others is like wearing glasses with the wrong prescription. Taking a first step and walking through a new door can create the beginning to a paradigm shift. I walked in wearing a wacked pair of glasses. Those jacked-up glasses kept telling me that I could not‚ would not‚ and did not fit in. The glasses
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