...This episode, titled “Miles Ahead” The music of Miles Davis focused on impact Davis had on those who heard his music and the personal musical journey he went through. The episode spands from his start as a 6th grader listening to Harlem Rhythm on the radio to his comeback tour in 1981. Over the years Davis touched the laves of many musicians and non-musicians alike. The episode gets interviews with Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, George Benson, Bill Cosby, Gil Evans, Robben Ford, Terry Williams, Keith Jarrett, and Miles Davis himself. Some on the most memorable parts of this episode were the stories of Davis by his fellow musicians and the interviews with the man himself. When asked about his trumpet Davis replied with “What can I say...
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...Miles Davis-Dark Prince, one of the well-known jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader, virtuoso started in bebop, went on to pioneer multiple styles of jazz. He was born on 25 May,1926 and grew up in black middle class of East S t Louis. Before enter to the jazz society, he was study at Juilliard School of Music on 1944. His albums 'Kind of Blue', 'Bitches Brew' and 'Birth of Cool' are considered to among the best selling jazz albums in history. The album “Birth of cool” which developed the cool jazz. In this study the aim is focused on the reason that influence Miles Davis to create cool jazz and the impact of cool jazz towards the creation of Modal Jazz. As for cool jazz, we should start of with bebop era. Bebop is a form of jazz with the fast tempo, changing time signature and throbbing bass.On the top, we mentioned about that Miles Davis moved to New York City study at Juilliard school after graduation from high school, but the reason why he want to moved to New York is because there is a hottest jazz scene in the country and he could listen and learn bebop from jazz greats like saxophonist Charlie Parker, and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. When he arriving in New York, he spent most of his first weeks in town trying to get in contact with Charlie Parker, despite being advised against doing so by several people he met during his quest. On the early, he playing was sometimes tentative and not always fully in tune, unique, intimate tone and his fertile musical imagination...
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...One of my favorite trumpet players is Miles Davis. Miles Davis, "American jazz musician, a great trumpeter who as a bandleader and composer was one of the major influences on the art from the late 1940s." Miles Davis was, and still is one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time. His style and smoothness on the trumpet caught the ears of many people. Miles Davis was born in Alton, Illinois., on May 26, 1926. For most of Miles's life he was raised in East St. Louis in an upper middle class family. Before Davis got interested into music he liked sports a lot. He loved playing baseball, football, boxing, and basketball. The first trumpet he received was in his preteen years. He practically fell in love with it the first time he played it. Davis liked to play in his high school band and in R&B bands. In 1942 Miles married his wonderful wife, Irene. In July of 1944 he sat in with Billy Eckstine and his band, where he met his life long idols, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. In the fall, Miles goes to New York to attend Juilliard School of Music. "I spent my first week in NY and my first month's allowance looking for Charlie "Bird" Parker. Later I roomed with Parker for a year and followed him around down to 52nd street. Every night I'd write down chords, on matchbook covers. Next day, I'd play these chords, all day in the practice rooms at Juilliard, instead of going to classes." "Instead of taking classes he hooked up with Bird, playing in his quintet...
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...Since the age of 12, Miles Davis’s life was driven by his passion and love of music. Born in 1926 into a middle-class home, Miles Davis had the opportunity to take his first trumpet lesson from a family friend named Elwood Buchanan. When he was not taking lessons, Davis spent his time practicing relentlessly and studying complex concepts of music theory (Frankl, 21). Miles Davis took advantage of his musical resources and eventually became an iconic jazz trumpeter and bandleader. As an active jazz musician for over 50 years, Miles Davis was able to contribute a stylistically diverse body of music compositions to the jazz community and the world (Gridley, 261). Miles Davis impacted the development of modern jazz by creating a novel trumpet playing style, producing numerous noteworthy recordings and spreading his enthusiasm and appreciation for jazz music. Miles Davis’s colorful trumpet style and sound was very distinct and unique. Thus, many other trumpet players during the cool and hard bop periods admired Davis sound and were influenced by it. Davis was known to use a Harmon mute without the stem in order to soften the instrument’s loud sound down to an intimate whisper (Frankl, 14). At the Newport Jam Session in 1955, Davis became highly recognized for his Harmon mute solo in the song “Round Midnight.” His improvisation had a beautiful sound conveyed a sense of sadness and loss (Frankl, 14). In addition to producing beautiful sounds with his trumpet, Davis used periods of...
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...The Green Miles is an American drama film directed by Frank Darabont and based on the 1996 Stephen King novel of the same name. The film follows the story of Paul Edgecomb and his life as a prison officer on Death Role during the Great Depression. One day, an African-American prisoner named John Coffey arrives on death role charged for raping and murdering two white young girls. Although John is a gigantic muscular man, he has the mindset of a small child and demonstrates attributes of being developmentally challenged. John often cries, keeps to himself, and fears darkness. When John was brought to his cell, he does not mention his crime, but continually emphasizes that he “tried to take it back, but it was too late”. As the movie progresses, it is revealed that John has extraordinary powers. One day when all the other officers were gone, John asks to speak to Paul. When Paul moves toward John’s cell, John grabs Paul and puts his hand over Paul’s groin. The light suddenly flares brightly, and John lets go coughing and gasping until he releases a cloud of spores from his mouth. Paul demanded to know what happened, but John only say that he helped. When Paul goes to the restroom, he realizes that his urinary infection was cured by John’s act. Later on in the movie, John also resurrects Del’s pet mouse Mr. Jingles, and heals Warden’s terminally ill wife. At the same time, a new guard named Percy Wetmore starts to work at John’s prison domain. He is a sadistic and is very unpopular...
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...IAll Blues General Points - Comes from the album 'Kind of Blue' - The band is a 'sextet' consisting of a front line and a rhythm section. - The album was recording with next to no rehearsal and the musicians have no score, they were told only the following things: Structure, basic chord sequence, main melodic idea and which mode or scale to improvise on. Instrumentation The band consists of 2 different sections, the front line and the rhythm section. In the front line there is: - Miles Davis on trumpet. - Julian Adderly on the alto sax. - John Coltrane on the tenor sax. In the rhythm section there is: - Bill Evans on on piano. - Paul Chambers on bass. - Jimmy Cobb on the drums. Structure - 'All Blues' is based on a 12 bar blues progression. - The main melody is called the head and is played by the trumpet and is heard at the start and end of the piece. Miles Davis Melody - The head melody is quite simple and is characterized by a rising 6th (from D to B). The head is then followed by 4 solos. - Trumpet: Lasts for four choruses and is made up of short syncopated motifs. - Alto Sax: Lasts for four choruses and uses quicker notes and a wider range than the trumpet. - Tenor Sax: Lasts for four choruses and uses fast scales and quick runs. It's very virtuosic. - Piano: Lasts for 2 choruses. This is a much calmer improvisation that the others with a simple melody and a string of parallel chords. Harmony and Tonality - The piece is in G Major but has a flattened...
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...The Green Mile is a fantasy film made in 1999, starring Tom Hanks (Paul Edgecomb) and Michael Clarke Duncan (John Coffey). Edgecomb is a guard working in a prison that is filled with convicted murderers and rapists that are sent to 'The Green Mile' to wait for the day of their execution. The prison is turned upside down when Coffey comes there. He is a huge man that everyone fears, although he would never hurt a fly. He was sent to prison for a crime he did not commit: murder and rape of two young girls. Everyone avoids him because they are scared of him, but they soon realize that he is a very special man who possesses the ability to cure dead and dying people and animals by taking away their sickness and transforming it into his own. He is very simple and kind which we can deduce from his request addressed to Edgecomb: ‘’ Do you leave a light on after bedtime? Because I get a little scared in the dark sometimes. If it's a strange place.'' We immediately realize that he could never hurt anyone, which is exactly the opposite of the first impression we get when we first meet this giant. The choice of actors was done brilliantly; no other actor I can think of would have made such a strong effect on the audience. The film is an adaptation of one of Stephen King’s books and having read some of them, I know that sometimes King’s characters are strange and very hard to come by in real life or mimic, but here the perfect actor was chosen. Also the role of Edgecomb was filled perfectly...
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...Crook vs. Miles Name Institution Crook vs. Miles It is quite apparent that Crook’s approach of fighting Geronimo was very different from Gen. Miles’ approach. According to the writer, General Crook’s approach to fighting Geronimo could not have succeeded even in the long-run. General Crook used unorthodox methods of attacking his enemies by sending out his troops for attack each time he wanted to confront Geronimo and his hostiles. During his tenure, Crook lost most of his troops in battles. Many homes in Arizona and New Mexico were raided, many US citizens killed and their horses stolen y Geronimo’s hostiles (Winning the West, n.d). It is no wonder that he was deceived by Geronimo that he (Geronimo) would surrender, only to bolt out of their encampment and flee back into Mexico. Therefore, Cook’s continued pursuit of Geronimo would only result in a cat and mouse game where most of troops and civilians would have lost their lives through attack and counter-attack. Crook’s failure had severe consequences on the relationship between the two states. Many civilians had lost their lives through raids and counter-attacks. Besides, the Mexican troops mistaken Apache scouts for hostiles and opened fire on them, mortally injuring most of them, including Captain Crawford. On the other hand, his successor-Nelson Miles- used a more strategic approach in pursuing and capturing Geronimo. He reorganized the department and dismissed the apache scouts, strategically...
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...From 1960 to 1963 Miles took a short vacation, but sure enough he came back well rested and better than ever. One year later he had brilliant players such as Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams playing in his rhythm section. Together they brought forth the invention of Funky Soul Jazz with George Coleman as the tenor, which Wayne Shorter later came to replace. Very predictable of Miles, he changed his style again, this time a unique mix between Hard Bop and Free Jazz. After this movement was fully established by Miles, surprisingly enough, he changed again, he just could not keep a straight pace. He brought in Chick Corea, electric keyboards, and doubled up sopranos as rock influenced his new style better known as Fusion. Two...
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...Trumpeters Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis became two of the most inspiring American jazz musicians of all time by accessing very differently to their art. In the analysis an album from each artist, I choose “What A Wonderful World” of Louis Armstrong and “Kind of Blue” of Miles Davis. Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971) was the most influential performer to affect a lot of Jazz musicians. He influenced the whole jazz population with his amazing voice and energetic trumpet. And he played a great role in the modernization of jazz. His career spanned almost 50 years, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different jazz eras. The work of Louis Armstrong summed up the achievements of New Orleans jazz style and indicated the way to the later...
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...The Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident The Three Mile Island nuclear reactor meltdown accident is one of the most notable commercial nuclear power station reactor accidents to have occurred in the United States (Walker, 2004). Metropolitan Edison Co. operated the plant. On 28th March 1978, one of the nuclear reactors in the plant (TMI-2) suffered a partial meltdown, resulting in the emission of mild radioactive elements into the environment (Walker, 2004). What ensued was legal action by PANE, trying to stop the reopening of the nuclear plant stating that it would result to “severe psychological trauma to residents of nearby towns” (Gary & Rosen, 2003). The reopening of the plant would have had significant effects on the area resident’s psychological health, wellbeing, and the area community’s cohesiveness and stability. Reopening the plant would have led to the area residents having to live with trauma and fear. Immediately after the incident, the federal government ordered the evacuation of all children and pregnant women from within a 5 mile radius of the Three Mile Island Facility. A day later, the federal government increased the radius to 20 miles (Osif, Baratta & Conkling, 2004). More than 140,000 people had to vacate their homes temporarily because of the incident. This had an impact on the area resident’s state of psychological health. Even after they had moved back from the voluntary evacuation, they had to live in constant fear that there might be another nuclear...
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...Faculty Development Workshops Currently I am offering the following listed topics for faculty development workshops. However, if you have a topic of interest that is not listed, please contact me and we can discuss your needs. The length of the workshops can vary from 1/2 day to 1, 2, or 3 days or more, depending on your needs. New workshops focused on the following clinical topics: Many of these topics can also be used as a conference keynote. 1. ***NEW***** Transforming Clinical Instruction ***NEW*****: Learn how to make clinical meaningful for students and faculty AND develop a valid and reliable clinical evaluation tool 2. ***NEW***** The Curriculum Revision Toolkit© ***NEW*****: A Toolkit for nursing programs to use to guide their curriculum revision process, available as either an onsite workshop or for purchase with telephone consultation. 3. ***NEW***** Strategies for Teaching Pharmacology ***NEW***** Provides learning strategies that are meaningful and engaging. 4. ***NEW***** Review Course for Preparing to Take the Certified Nurse Educator Exam ***NEW***** This can be a one or two-day workshop. 5. ***NEW***** Aligning Nursing Education with Practice: How we can make it happen! ***NEW***** This presentations provides an overview of the education/practice gap and offers practical ideas about how to close the gap. 6. Nursing Curriculum Revisited: “What’s New” and “How to Implement” 7. An Overview of Curriculum Development from...
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...On March 28, 1979 there was a nuclear meltdown on Three Mile Island. There was a melt down in the nuclear reactor because of mechanical and human mistakes that cause the meltdown to happen. That cause the water coolant pumps to stop working and thus causing the reactor to overheat causing many mechanical problems in the reactor.There was no real danger to the people who were a near the island at the time. So people’s health was ok. The Pennsylvania Department of Health kept files on over 30,000 people who might have been affected by the radioactive material that was leaked into the air. They all lived about five miles from the Three Mile Island. To clean up the mess it took about twelve years and about 973 million dollars. Since the incident the INPO (institute of Nuclear Power) took many actions to insure that the workers have had...
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...I feel the fate of TMI is at risk, it should be shut down as soon as possible. Many people believe Three Mile Island has many beneficial factors that make this nuclear power plant a reliable source. However, countless studies have shown many of these statements are false. The scientific evidence I collected has shown these nuclear power plants do not dispose radioactive waste properly. Not disposing this harmful waste could hurt the world around us, such as plants, animals and consequently, human lives. Although, nuclear power plants produce a good amount of electricity, there could be a minor accident which could have a big impact on the citizens around Three Mile Island. In addition, uranium fuel is a huge influence on power plants, this fuel is used in a process called fission. Even though, uranium fuel helps create electricity, it has a negative impact by causing pollution. Uranium is found in only a few countries and is not as common, but on the other hand, fossil fuels can be mined in almost every country....
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...THREE-MILE ISLAND ACCIDENT INTRODUCTION: Nuclear explosion happened as a result of a sudden release of energy from superfast nuclear reactions. It may result by dichotomies or fusibilities nuclear or a combination sequentially in the case of multi-stage explosion. Around the world are five big accidents resulted by nuclear explosion, which are Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Chernobyl, Fukushima, Three-Mile Island and Test "Banbury”. The accident happened Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1945 Chernobyl 1986 Fukushima 2011 Three-Mile Island 1979 Test “Banbury” 1970 We knew in the past years the United States was fought into a big problem in 1979. This problem discovered the Negative effects include health of people. The incident is the worst in the history of the US nuclear industry. TREE-MILE...
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