artist who stood out to me that I really enjoyed seeing and listening to was Louie Armstrong. I've already heard the song what a wonderful world but never saw or heard Louie perform himself. I was also very entertained with his acting career. I was unaware that African Americans/blacks were even allowed to interact with whites on the the big screen in Hollywood and be respected. What I’m most passionate about Louie Armstrong is that he opened my mind into jazz, which I had no idea could be so good. What
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“You will not cry or whine or laugh or giggle or sneeze or burp. No annoying sounds.” The story starts off as Gru wanting to take the moon, and he already had a plan mapped out to steal the moon. The only thing left he needed was the shrink ray that will shrink the moon small enough so he could grab it. The only person who had a shrink ray was Vector (another villain). Then Gru sees these three little girls who he will use as bait to get inside Vector’s lair. Gru gets the shrink ray and also successfully
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Through the art music, bebop created a way for people to innovate beyond the norms and to look past that. This would help what was coming later in the jazz era. The third reason was individualism, up until this point there was soloist artists. Louis Armstrong attempted it, but the idea didn’t come through until Bebop came along. The vocabulary that was created was new to the Bebop movement. It is said that when Bebop came along it made the swing vocabulary outdated. Most of the words that were created
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played at around 100 beats per minute. Mr. Armstrong moves quickly and widely with the trumpet from high, vibrato tones to low, mellow contradictions. There is the bright addition from a drum-set that keeps the beat up. The Clarinet begins playing at about 45 seconds into the song, which helps to add a mellow opposition to the brassy, crisp sound of the trumpet. In total, the tempo and mood of the arrangement is exciting and energetic. When Louis Armstrong begins to sing, his raspy, low voice acts
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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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Jazz and It's History Jazz started when World War I had just ended and a social revolution was on it's way. Customs and values of previous were rejected. Life was to be lived to the fullest. This was also known as the era of the "lost generations," and the "flapper" with her rolled stockings, short skirts, and straight up-and-down look. They disturbed their elders in the casino, night clubs, and speakeasies that replaced the ballrooms of prewar days. Dancing became more informal - close of the
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"Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History" by Ben Mezrich tells the true story of a young man named Thad Roberts who masterminded the first crime ever to take place in NASA. Thad Roberts, a fellow in a prestigious NASA program had an idea—a romantic, albeit crazy, idea. He wanted to give his girlfriend the moon. Literally Thad convinced his girlfriend and another female accomplice, both NASA interns, to break into an impregnable laboratory at NASA's headquarters—past
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Throughout the 1890s and early 1900s, ragtime or “rags,” was the new American music genre influenced by the blues. Ragtime music was extremely different than anything else that was being played at the time and it was not viewed as proper music, so it was played in saloons and bars. To play rags, a pianist had to be remarkably skilled because they have to be able to keep up with their own rhythm and play every piece of the song until the 1920s, when big bands came in. Scott Joplin, “the King of Ragtime
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It was a cool fall day at NASA. This day was the day; NASA was sending eight astronauts to the Moon to conduct further testing for extraterrestrial life on its surface. One man, in particular, stands out among the others. Jimmy Jenkins, also known as “Chief”, has embarked on many expeditions before, and will be the lead on this adventure. His fellow Crew mates are new to this type of work, and are willing to learn from the master himself. Among these seven are: Jeremy Smith, Jill Williams, Sarah
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Neil Armstrong was one of the greatest aviation pioneers because of all the stuff he did to move aviation to what it is today. He was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio on August 5, 1930. He started his nasa career in Ohio. Neil was a test pilot, engineer, and astronaut for 17 years. He first was a project pilot on many high speed airplanes like the X-15. Then later went to a full time astronaut in 1962 and performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space. He later started to prepare for the
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