At the same time, however, he shows remarkable fluency in multiple idioms, from the technical acuity of his jazz playing to the tonal control of his contemporary classical work to his folkloric sensitivities in dealing with ancient and modern Arabic music.To anyone who keeps score on developments in avant-garde music, this A-list roster points to the ambitiousness of the venture, which Falzone has been conceiving for at least a year.The term "Renga," says Falzone, refers to a Japanese form of collaborative
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Apollo 11 was the first space mission to the moon. American astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Edwin ¨Buzz¨ Aldrin, were the first people to ever walk on the moon. Going to the moon was a great accomplishment, because it had never been done before. It was a great opportunity to explore a different planetary body in our solar system. The Apollo 11 mission impacted history because it opened new science opportunities and brought a newfound confidence to scientists. Exploring the moon was applicable to history
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Duke Ellington,a very prominent jazz composer and musician, performed in many nightclubs and was the leader of a 10 person ensemble called the Kentucky Club Orchestra, later known as the Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra in 1927. Louis Armstrong seen as a “founding father of jazz” performed over 300 concerts every year and was a great jazz musician and composer as well. He was born in a very impoverished area of New Orleans called “the battlefield”. He later joined King Oliver’s Creole
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Neil Alden Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio on August 5, 1930 and was the first astronaut that has ever walked on the moon and was apart of the mission of apollo 11. Armstrong was a great influence to america and has redirected the world to the way it is.Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio,on August 5, 1930. He began his NASA career in Ohio.After serving as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for
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lunar orbit become achieved. On July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 was launched into orbit and on July 20, 1969 Apollo 11 landed on the moon. With the mission of Apollo 11 there were hundreds of samples collected from the moon. On that day in 1969 is when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and said his famous quote “That's one small step for man, one giant leap
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Eddie Charles Gunderson gave birth to Lance Edward Gunderson. Linda Gayle divorced Eddie Gunderson when Lance was two years old and she later remarried to a man by the name of Keith Armstrong who decided to adopt Lance and take him on as one of his own. Due to this life event Lance changed his name from Gunderson to Armstrong and thus a star was born. Lance took up competitive cycling at the age of thirteen but by the time he hit the age of sixteen he became a triathlete. In 1989 and 1990 Lance was the
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After watching the 1974 version of “The Great Gatsby”-by: Jack Clayton, and the 2012 version by: Baz Luhrmann, Obviously i thought the 2012 version was a lot better. Both have good and bad parts in my opinion, but i overall enjoyed the excitement of the 2012 version, the loud people, the intense parties, and the mic of common day ideas to jazz age ideas, it was great to me. Although most think that the 1974 version is more real to the story. Although most people think that the 1974 version
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To steal the words of others… Just let me say that this weekend Bellefonte was all jazzed up…. It was the 2015 Summer Jazz Celebration. The Jazz Celebration was originally in State College until 2008 when it moved to Bellefonte. It has been growing ever since. Jazz takes a little from all the music styles and builds it into a wonderful form of jazz. A great deal of the energy, drive and passion that makes the festival happen comes from Catherine Dupuis, she grew up in Centre County and loves
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I have always been fascinated by the Apollo missions especially Apollo 11 mission, which was the grand landmark of the first humans to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969. Although it is stated by NASA that the primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy there was so much more to this incredible experience. Scientific exploration by far was the key motivation that led these astronauts and scientists to discovery more about the moon. Not only this
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Apollo 11 in the 1960’s Imagine you were an astronaut for the Apollo 11 mission, and the faith of the mission depended on you. How would you feel? What would you do? That is what Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins had to do. Apollo 11 was a manned mission to the moon, the astronauts included, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. What was Apollo 11? Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The astronauts returned to Earth with samples from the moon (“Apollo
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