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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! 1 Percy Grainger was a prolific composer and pianist in the 20th century. He is especially well known for his masterful compositions and pioneering for the literature of the wind band. Grainger’s works have taken on a variety of compositional approaches across a wide range of genres. His scorings‚ particularly for wind band‚ have been described as having “a rich sonority and color which compares favorably with any celebrated example of brilliant orchestration.”1 A majority of his works‚ specifically
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I believe John Lennon initially got into music because his mother encouraged him and his half-sister Jackie had taught him how to play the banjo. Shortly after‚ John’s Aunt Mimi bought him a guitar after he learned to play the Banjo. John didn’t have interest in traditional school and always wanted to lead his acquaintance and friends‚ but in reality‚ he was weak and just wanted to feel wanted in our world. John was an introvert who enjoyed reading and writing at home which gave him the time to create
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April 21‚ 2011 Kenny G In the history of Jazz‚ musicians have always found ways to come up with new groundbreaking ideas that cause Jazz to evolve and ultimately increase in complexity. However‚ not many musicians took the simple‚ listener friendly approach. Kenny G was one of the few musicians who took this approach. His style has caused for 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
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“Waiting for Superman” Movie Review The movie‚ “Waiting for Superman” depicts the struggles faced by children and families to gain a seat in a charter school. The children are from various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. However‚ they all have one goal in common‚ receiving a better education than offered by public schools or pricey private schools. As the movie shows‚ it is not an easy task to gain admission into charter schools; the process is stressful and based on luck‚ not merit.
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Alicia Augello Cook is a singer-songwriter‚ pianist‚ music producer‚ actress‚ and philanthropist. She is best known professionally as Alicia Keys. Apart from writing and singing influential songs‚ she is a leader that most aspire to be. Alicia Keys is important to society because‚ of her powerful use of words and her contributions made to help others in need. Alicia Keys is the co-founder of the Keep a Child Alive foundation. “Our mission is to realize the end of AIDS for children and families‚ by
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The performance style of Dave Brubeck Dave Brubeck’s unique performance style is characterized primarily by his use of polytonality‚ polyrhythm‚ and immense amounts of improvisation. His style grew from his upbringing and as he put it‚ “different approach to all of the normal things”. By no means did Dave take the normal approach; he made it all the way threw the conservatory with out being able to read the piano music he was playing. His ability to think on the spot and his amazing ear took jazz
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Wendy Davis “kick-started” her campaign by standing in a court room for 11 hours straight talking about putting a ban on abortion after 20 weeks. The exception Davis advocated for would be more broad than the abortion law in Texas today. Allowing women to abort for a bigger range of medical issues‚ including a wider range of fetal abnormalities. “Texas only allowing post-20-week abortions in the case of fetal abnormality with "severe‚ irreversible brain impairment" and threats to a woman’s life.”
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Bette Davis was a strong‚ independent women in a film industry dominated by men. She was born Ruth Elizabeth Davis on April 5th‚ 1908‚ in Lowell Massachusetts. Her parents‚ Ruth Augusta and Harlow Morrell Davis‚ divorced right before her tenth birthday; leaving her and her younger sister to be raised by their mother. They were both sent to attend the boarding school Cushing Academy. Upon graduation‚ and a refused admittance to Eva Le Gallienne’s Manhattan Civic Repertory‚ Bette enrolled in John Murray
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Stephen Dedalus: Religion Religion is an important and recurring theme in James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Through his experiences with religion‚ Stephen Dedalus both matures and progressively becomes more individualistic as he grows. Though reared in a Catholic school‚ several key events lead Stephen to throw off the yoke of conformity and choose his own life‚ the life of an artist. Religion is central to the life of Stephen Dedalus the child. He was reared
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