During the 1950’s African American migrated over to the United States to get jobs. Because we lived so close we picked up their style of music and mashed ours with theirs. Rock and Roll was born in the 1950’s by the overlapping of blues and rhythm. During the 1950’s many parents did not allow their children to listen to Rock and Roll because they thought it was going to cause teen rebellion. But because their parents did not want their kids listening to it, it only made them want to listen to
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First of all, Michael Jackson and James Brown were two of the biggest music stars in there era. James Brown was one of the hardest working men in the music industry and it always showed when he came out with new music. People loved James Brown music because it puts them in a good mood. Music is what he loved to do and you could tell by the way he put so much effort and hard work into making music for everyone to listen too. His song “Say It Loud─ I’m Black and I’m Proud” had an impact on the whole
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Jazz is an art form that is as American as baseball, yet as synonymous with the country that the music is normally used to describe it. Present from storefronts and coffee bars, all the way to movies, and pop culture, jazz is everywhere. Coming into being during the earlier decades of the 20th century Jazz is an art form that describes that changes in American society around that time, while also allowing minorities to gain the spotlight for the first time. An art form that praises skill, innovation
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As a student who loves listening to music on the radio and listening to the meaning of the lyrics and the story being told. For example, when I hear country music the meaning of the song can be identified pretty easily through the lyrics and how the artist uses different tones and emotion. When it comes to jazz music the story and meaning behind the song are hard for me to find. Before reading any section of the book I believe jazz is broken down into two sections, the sound from the instruments
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until we got closer. "Move out of the way! Clear a path!" Stevie shouted, pushing ahead of us as people cleared out of the way. Lying on the ground was a boy who looked to be no older than 17. His dark brown eyes were wide behind his broken baby blue glasses. Twigs and dead leaves were tangled in his dark red Mohawk. And his bright clothes were in tatters. On his right index finger he wore a silver skull ring that was similar to Nico's. "What's your name?" Nico asked, kneeling down beside the
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The two biggest icons in the modern music industry, Michael Jackson, and Elvis Presley ironically both dead of heart failure. Gone but not forgotten these to artists left a great impression in the music industry. The effects left on the music industry by both artists was their original music that combined various types of genres, their iconic dance moves that set them apart from other artists, and the positive influence they had on future artists all resulting in the titles as “The King of Pop” and
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When The Blues music started to become popular, this made many African-American women start to feel more comfortable with who they were. During this time period, many white middle class people were started to finally see African-Americans as equal, however, it was still up for debate to most. I find it interesting that the blues music genre is the only one that really stands up and talks about intersectionality. When I think about contemporary society, I can easily think of many songs in many different
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John Philip Sousa who has known as the March King is the one who I applaud and praise. A famous conductor and composer during 1854-9132, Sousa led the American musical organization. Born in Washington D.C., and raised in a family with musical background. His father was a former trombonist in a Marine band. Sousa also, starts his musical career as a Marine musical trainee. After that, he works, as musicians in theater were Sousa, wrote some of his compositions and conducted. Because of his passion
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ension and release in Hank Mobley's playing have been too often ignored by critics and academics alike. Few attempted to study Mobley as it was much easier to pigeon hole his playing to that of a “Charlie Parker-influenced” hard bop player. Mobley's overall playing aesthetics were hard to be categorized into hard bop. This is supported by the fact that he once told journalist John Litweiler that he was “working on his own style” (Litweiler 1973). Most of the online publications or studies focused
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Life For this research paper, I have decided to write about Joe Williams, a famous American jazz singer in the late 1930s. Joe Williams was born in Cordele, Georgia on December 12, 1918. During the 1920s he lived in Chicago with his grandmother and mother, and was influenced by the many African-American musicians such as Duke Ellington, Ethel Waters and Louis Armstrong. His mother took him to see Louis Armstrong play the trumpet at the Vendome Theater when he was a young boy. His mother Anne, taught
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