When most people think of rock as a genre of music, their thoughts range from thinking about classic rock to heavy metal rock. Within this genre there are a variety of subgenres that people know and associate as rock. Once you ask the person specifically what kind of rock, then will they mention a subgenre. Rock started off as a specific genre, but over the years it has branched off into more specific genres, because of new ones evolving from those before it. You won’t hear true classic rock performed
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Compare & Contrast: Music Genre Music has many different genres with certain aspects. That is what makes music so unique. There are many types of genres and each are different from each other. Some genres also have similarities too. It is a wonder how nobody takes the time to not notice the aspects of music to create these different types of genres. First off, lets talk about rock music. Rock music is very difficult to find differences for. Rock music shares a lot of aspects that each genre can
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Steve Reich is a pioneer is the genre of Minimal music. His studies of African rhythms heavily influenced his work throughout the late 1960’s into the 1970’s. During this time period, postwar modernism music was very common, which was shown through popular composers “Boulez, Berio, Cage, Ligeti and Stockhausen among others”. In this research of this article, researchers discuss the similarities and difference between Reich’s “Clapping Music” with Reich’s influences of African drumming styles. Reich
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Monk Music is a vehicle to communicate our ideas into sound. John Coltrane is in colossal jazz giant who was a gifted composer, band leader, improviser, and whom mastered the saxophone unlike any before him. He could play sheets of sounds with incomparable speed and dexterity, that rivals Charlie parker and the lyrical lines of Coleman Hawkins. Coltrane was one of the pioneers in bebop, cool jazz, modal jazz and Avant-Garde music. The collaboration between John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk was undeniably
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Alvin Ailey was one of the most famous dancers in the world who wanted everybody to be able to dance. His main goal in life was to have his own dance company in which African American choreographers and dancers could display their work. After Alvin passed away, his company became the most popular place for people to watch and enjoy dances. The primary goal of his dances was to make everyone understand the lifestyles of black people in America. He put in a lot of effort in his choreography and he
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Bebop was only around for a short period of time but, had a significant influence on all jazz music to come after it. Bebop is different than big band as far as size. Bebop was usually made up of bands that consisted of a string bass, drums, a piano and maybe a guitar. There was usually a soloist as well. When bebop came around in the 1940’s, it was during the time of “Swing” and big band jazz. Swing was for dancing and required big bands. Because of the fact that there was a lot of racism during
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Mercer Ellington was born in Washington, DC. He is the son of Edna Thompson and of the famous composer, pianist, and bandleader Duke Ellington. A rising composer and arranger, Mercer Ellington was only 18 when he had written and composed his first piece titled "Pigeons and Peppers". Mercer Ellington's most famous composition, "Things Ain't What They Used To Be", was featured over the years by the Ellington band. However, some of Ellington’s lesser-known pieces such as "Moon Mist” and “Jumpin' Punkins"
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Joseph Nathan Oliver (1881-1938) was a pioneer of the Jazz Age through his famed Creole Jazz Band. He was born and raised in Louisiana, where he frequented brass and dance bands. Performances under that official name began in Chicago circa 1922, with Oliver on the cornet and a series of protégés by his side. His style of "Hot Jazz" differed from the solos that preceded his work. Rather than having a single artist step forward to improvise a melody, he and his remarkable pupils preferred collective
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A Raisin in the Sun is one of a great American plays written by the Lorraine Hanseberry. The play was successful enough to end up on Broadway and it is the play which made Lorraine Hansberry the youngest African American to win New York Critics’ Award. First performance of the play was at Ethel Barrymore Theatre on March 11, 1959. Since her early twenties she moved boundaries in drama and in personal life. She wrote under her initials L.H. for protection since her lesbian identity has been exposed
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My Research Paper for this semester is based on Beach Music from the Carolina’s that some call “Carolina Soul”. The bands I am covering are from the Beach Music / Rhythm & Blues scene that got their start playing local clubs in the 1960’s. My Dad is a Beach & Shag music DJ (He was inducted into the Beach Music DJ Hall of Fame in 2012 http://www.abscdj.com/djhalloffame/index.htm ) so I can remember as a kid hearing this type of music all the time. My parents had a party room in the basement and I
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