partnerships, segment technology stacks and general provide core applications to our business partners. However we would suggest we are on the midst of our Apollo moment in technology. 1969 saw one of man’s greatest accomplishments achieved. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon a mere ten years after Kennedy’s bold challenge. A relatively insurmountable task when you consider we hadn’t even sent a man to space 9yrs earlier, and yet now we were walking on the moon broadcasting for the world to see.
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Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong, ‘Satchmo’ being his nickname, is a name that is known worldwide. He made a name for himself, not only with his music, but his personality and aura in a holistic sense. Through display of his uniqueness and unapologetic independence, Armstrong’s success and influence in the music world helped develop the genre of jazz and changed its traditional norm forever. Louis Armstrong came into the world August 4, 1901 in the Story Ville district of Louisiana. He grew up
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report on Louis Armstrong. He was a famous Jazz musician that was known around the world. The instrument he was most famous for was the trumpet. Louis Armstrong transformed jazz in the 1920's and gave it a meaning. Louis Armstrong's trumpet playing changed the world of music and continues to have an impact on American music. Early life: Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana. His mother’s name was Mary Albert and his father’s name was William Armstrong. As a child he
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Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald were friends and influential singers of the Swing Era. Each singer possessed a unique musical style that continues to be emulated by today’s jazz singers. Listen to Billie Holiday’s Back in Your Own Back Yard and Ella Fitzgerald’s Flying Home. [Back In Your Own Back Yard (Gridley, Chapter 5, Page 83: Jazz Classics for Concise Guide to Jazz CD 1 track 11; Flying Home: Chapter 5, Page 86: Jazz Classics for Concise Guide to Jazz CD 1 track 12]. Respond to each prompt
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Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, often called the grandfather of jazz, pioneered the artform and to this day is considered one of the most influential musicians of all time. When asked to describe jazz, he famously responded “If you have to ask, you’ll never know”. Many have criticised this reply for its vague nature and for not directly answering the question, but I believe this quote describes jazz and its purpose perfectly. What Armstrong was trying to say was that jazz is meant to be felt rather than
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all his might, showing the pulsing veins throughout his body. Then in a flashing second he storms passed the finish line. Lance Armstrong inspires me to keep fighting in life, even when you get knocked down because he was thrown so many obstacles including a devastating case of cancer. But in the end he fought back, got cured, and won multiple Tour de Frances. Lance Armstrong is arguably one of the greatest athletes of all time, he has won the Tour de France seven consecutive times. He was Born on September
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On July 16, 1969 history was made when the first manned spacecraft landed on the moon. Since then there have been at least six moon landings. Without question this was a very important milestone in the space race. However, there are many people who believe that the National Aeronautic and Space Administration forged the moon landing broadcast. One way the first moon landing can be proven exist is its visibility. We can see it in photos from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. If humans had never
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the 50s Armstrong began losing his audience despite breaking down so many barriers for his race and being a hero to the African-American community for so many years. Bebop, a new form of jazz, had blossomed in the 1940s. Featuring young geniuses such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, the younger generation of musicians saw themselves as artists, not as entertainers; they saw Armstrong's stage persona and music as old-fashioned and criticized him in the press. Armstrong fought back
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Duke Ellington is known to be as one of the innovators to formulating the concept known as Big Band music today. Big Band music is known for its swing style manner that became famous thanks to the famous clarinetist Benny Goodman. Benny Goodman was hired by Fletcher Henderson who was known to have his arrangements broadcast on the radio that was sweeping the nation, this helped aid the new style to reaching national ears. As for any musician in the game it is important on how to get your content
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The Apollo Missions The Apollo missions were not just "one small leap for man, one giant leap for mankind", they were a millstone in the history and capabilities of science, and no manned mission since has rivaled their audacity. The Apollo missions successfully saw human being land on the moon and return back to earth. The scientists and Astronauts that worked on the mission had to answer the questions of how to get to the moon, how to get back, how to do it cost effective, and how to do it safely
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