Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington | | Brittany ThomasMay 2‚ 2012MUSC 1303-100Jason Passmore | | One of the greatest jazz bandleaders‚ arrangers‚ recording artist‚ and composers of all time is none other than Duke Ellington. Born on April 29‚ 1899 in Washington‚ D.C.‚ Ellington was destined for musical talent. His family was musically talented; both of his parents could play piano even though neither could read music. Ellington did not grow up in a poor family; and he had educational
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DUKE ELLINGTON Duke Ellington‚ named Edward Kennedy Ellington at birth‚ was born on April 29‚ 1899‚ in Washington D.C. to James Edward Ellington and Daisy Kennedy Ellington. Both of Ellington’s parents were talented‚ musical individuals. Edward Kennedy was later nicknamed Duke by his childhood friend‚ Edgar McEntire and this name has stuck with him throughout his life and career. Duke Ellington was one of Jazz and Big Band’s most influential icons. He was known for famous recordings such as
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Renaissance(Negro Movement) was during 1919-1929 in Harlem‚ New York. It was a time when African-Americans where able to express themselves through the arts. African-Americans fled from the south to the north because of unfair treatment. This “culture explosion” let African-Americans share their culture through music‚ literature‚ and art. A key figure during this time period is Duke Ellington. Duke Ellington was born April 29‚ 1899‚ in Washington‚ D.C. He was a famous jazz composer that
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ssignment 2 The song I chose to evaluate for Assignment 2 is Searchin’ by DukeEllington. The song can be found in Section 1: Basic Musical Concepts‚ "FolkMusic‚ Art Music‚ and All That Jazz."As a referential listener‚ two things come to mind as I listen to this easy go jazz song by Duke. The first‚ I remember the first time really hearing jazz musicwas when I was at a dinner banquet for my great grandmother. Since then‚ Ihave always associated Jazz with a fine dining background music or elevatormusic
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Edward Kennedy Ellington‚ American jazz composer‚ orchestrator‚ bandleader‚ and pianist‚ is considered to be the greatest composer in the history of jazz music and one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. He composed over 2000 works and performed numerous concerts during his musical career. A compilation of some of his most popular music is collected on a CD called "The Popular Duke Ellington." Ellington personally created most of the music played by his orchestra. He
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The world has witness great musicians who have left their marked in the music industry‚ but Duke Ellington revolutionized the industry with his music and showed the world a different type of style. Duke Ellington described his music as "American Music" rather than jazz‚ and he enjoyed to describe those who try and mimic him as "beyond category”. He is still one of the most influential figures in jazz‚ if not in all American music and is widely recognized as one of the twentieth century’s best known
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Duke Ellington definitely stands in my mind as one of the more important and productive musicians of this century. One of the first black band leaders‚ and one of the most innovative‚ the Duke wrote music of all types and styles from solo jazz piano pieces to 16 piece pop songs to symphony orchestra pieces. His wide range of composing styles is seen in his collaborations with prominent performers‚ two of which are John Coltrane and Frank Sinatra. He was born in 1899 in Washington‚ D.C.‚ and came
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The Song of Solomon Summary: Written by the wisest man to ever live‚ Solomon‚ “Song of Songs” is a composition of lyric poems which portrays the theme of love between a man and a woman and can be seen almost written as a diary of sorts. The book explores the feelings‚ hopes‚ fears‚ and the passion between a man and a woman. It can be seen as a celebration of human sexuality. Just through the first few chapters‚ we learn so much of what a relationship is supposed to look like for the believer and
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9. My Theme Song A theme song that I chose for myself was Some Things Never Change by Foesum. Whenever I play this song I usually feel two emotions: joy and sadness. The sadness comes from not being able to see friends from high school as much as I was used to. The joy comes from knowing although we do not see each other as much we will always be there for each other. This song was a part of my life growing up in high school‚ all my friends listened to the same genre of music called G-Funk. Whenever
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My Theme Song Before “Wrecking Ball‚” like many other young‚ ten year old girls‚ Miley Cyrus was my idol! What made her my idol was that she was living her dream‚ and I wanted to do just the same. I would listen to all her music‚ watch her T.V. show “Hannah Montana”‚ and I even had a Hannah Montana birthday party. In 2009‚ she released a song that I listened to‚ but never understood the words. As a thirteen year old girl‚ I did not realize the impact her lyrics would have on me. My theme song is
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