national profile through his orchestra’s appearances at the Cotton Club. Though widely considered to have been an important figure in the history of jazz, but it was Ellington who combined them into the best-known orchestral unit in the history of jazz. Ellington originated over a thousand compositions and his extensive work is the largest recorded personal jazz legacy, with
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Jazz once said “I think everyone goes through a different experience and a different perception of being transe”. Jazz wants people to stay strong and keep moving . She also wants to encourage people that feel not supported by their family to create their own family by finding an adult , peer or anyone that accepts you for who you really are . For the future she wants people to be treated like everyone else with that she said “ after all , we are just people to” . When Jazz was 10 - 11 she started
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A man who needs no introduction in the circles of Latin Jazz; Poncho Sanchez is self-taught and is described by many as the hardest working musician in the genre. Sanchez is a world renown congero that has amassed great fame in recent history. Aside from being a great musician, arranger, composer, lead man, and band-leader, he was recognized by the Grammy’s in 2002 for his album titled Latin Soul. Sanchez went on to win his nomination, defeating other great figures such as trumpet player, Bobby Rodriguez
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The genre of “The Cat’s in the Cradle” is primarily folk rock. Folk-rock is described as taking “the simple, direct songwriting style of folk music” and then combining it to a “prominent rock & roll backbeat” (Pop/Rock, n.d.). Some of the more distinct parts of folk-rock “is the chiming, ringing guitar hooks, coupled with clear vocal harmonies” (Pop/Rock, n.d.). Therefore most folk/rock is primarily composed of release patterns. During the 1950s and ’60s, American folk music became more and more
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Barbara Monk same as her Daughter. By his early teens he began to play the church organ after that he began to find jazz and got better and better at it. In the early to mid-1940s he was a house pianist at a nightclub called Minton's Playhouse. Most of his style was from the nightclub. He got better as well when he participated in cutting contests which featured many leading jazz soloists. Monks musical work at the nightclub was in the formulation of bedpop. Witch would be furthered along with
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The mexican folk dance known as folklorico and the american lyrical hip hop are both dance styles that have a large branch of either a set of movements or regions ,where a specific type of style evolved from . folklorico is a folk dance from mexico which originally originated from the mexicans and europeans which the blood lines crossed over . folklorico isn’t just a dance style it is also considered to also be a culture or tradition to most people . The stems of folklorico comes from ancient people
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A Raisin in the Sun is a play surrounding the life of a black working class family in Chicago. The name of the play is taken from a Langston Hughes called “A Dream Deferred”. The poem describes the possible outcomes of dreams that are cast aside and forgotten. This poem relates the Lorraine Hansberry’s play, as A Raisin in the Sun focuses on the dreams of the family and how society impacts and defers their dreams. The protagonist, Walter Younger, strives to achieve the American dream; however, his
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There are many different music genres. These genres vary from country to rap to jazz. My all- time favorite genre, without a doubt would be rock’n’roll; it’s for the soul. Throughout the years of Rock music there have been some rock star’s to change the face of Rock as we know it. Although, I love many of the people that changed rock’n’Roll, Nikki Sixx is the greatest because he had the worst addictions and while in the midst of them, he created liberating music and made everyone else’s life a living
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during this time Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president, the World War 2 was going on at the same time he was president. At this time if you were born in 1940 people would call you a war baby being born during the World War 2. In the 1940’s a lot of jazz was being played as well as people playing music in a band. The music that they made during this time reflected the pain that the people were going through caused to the World War 2. Fashion was a huge thing back then this was the era of looking good
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Malcolm john rebennack known as Dr John was born november 21 1940 in the 3rd ward of new orleans. After growing up in the music city of new orleans Dr John started playing guitar in the 1950’s for Professor Longhair, Art Neville, Joe Tex, Frankie Ford and Allen Toussaint. Headed into the 60’s Dr John had his left ring finger shot off in a bar brawl but still successfully able to play piano featured his talents with Sonny and Cher, Van Morrison, Aretha Franklin and The Rolling Stones. 8 years later
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