Born in Washington D.C. on April 29‚ 1899‚ Duke Ellington was an American composer‚ pianist‚ and bandleader who gained fame by performing with his orchestra both in the Cotton Club in Harlem and in Europe. Regarded as a major figure in the development of jazz‚ Ellington identified his music as American music and adopted the phrase of his colleague Billy Strayhorn “beyond category” as a principle. Ellington started taking piano lessons locally at the age of seven and his mother insisted that he be
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the best instrument chosen for their personality. Gender Correlation Gender definitely correlates to instrument choice. Gender stereotypes have a huge influence on the student instrument choice (Bayley 2000). Woodwind instruments‚ besides the saxophone‚ and the violin considerably fit the top female biased instruments. On the other
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Reflection Activity: Expressionist Music and Jazz Expressionism is an artistic movement that stresses intense and subjective emotion. Artists that use expressionism usually focus on their inner feelings instead of depicting outward appearances. Expressionism is an art concerned with social protest. Some characteristics of expressionist music are that it is episodic with a fragmentary form. It involves a great emotional magnitude. Also‚ it is discontinuous. Most expressionist works stress harsh dissonance
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of the post-swing era‚ thus having a great influence on other jazz musicians. Thirdly‚ I also found it interesting how trombone was not the first instrument that he played‚ and that he began with piano lessons at age eleven‚ then played baritone saxophone at school for a short time before beginning to play trombone at fourteen years old because his classmates needed a trombone player to form an amateur band. Fourthly‚ similar to many other jazz musicians of his generation‚ Jay Jay consumed heroin
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Salvatore’s remembers many good things from his childhood‚ growing up in the 40’s and 50’s. There were also some tough times in his childhood. One of his struggles started early‚ and it’s the same struggle a lot of kids have even today. He felt school was boring‚ and that some teachers could be strict or mean. Like today‚ there were bullies and kids who got bullied. Sal said he was one of the kids who never really bullied anyone. When he went to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. High‚ (when he was twelve)
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of the song was as high as it could be. I do not like how Royal Crown Revue covered the song either because I think that their efforts to use a higher tempo with a saxophone as the main instrument gives a false representation of the lyrics. There is also a lack of instruments as I only heard the symbols and snare drums with the saxophone. I think if a song is going to have more instruments then it should be played and sung a different way.
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The all male band was comprised of baritone saxophones‚ tenor saxophones‚ alto saxophones‚ bass trombones‚ trumpets‚ a clarinet (occasional)‚ a guitar‚ a piano‚ an upright bass‚ and drums. The first set consisted of 8 pieces: Soupbone‚ by John Clayton; Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)‚ by Stan Getz; Ascending‚ by Fred
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was impressive‚ and the instruments blended well. The band mostly didn’t give the feel of different parts being mashed together‚ but more of a single moving part. The trombones and trumpets had quite nice‚ clear‚ and pleasant sound‚ as well as the saxophones during their solos and the rest of the band. As far as I could
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things about me: I have a bad habit of being late‚ I occasionally text in class‚ and that my vocabulary contains a few bad words. However… D. Music 1. I’m not a bad person; I guess you could call me a band geek‚ because I play the saxophone. I’ve been taking private saxophone lessons for about 8 years now. They’ve been EXTREMELY helpful when I have an audition coming up. Even after the audition‚ I continue to better myself by memorizing scales‚ arpeggios‚ pentatonics‚ and how to transpose into different
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Description: In the beginning of the concert before the band started to play‚ two musicians appeared on stage. They started to tune and warm up their instruments; a woman playing an oboe and a man playing a saxophone. When the concert was about to start the rest of the band came on stage and everyone took their places. The members of the Navy Band were dressed with their white uniforms. Some members wore the officer dress uniform which consisted of white clothes and turtle neck with a white cover
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