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Dave Matthews Ten Years
449 wordsDave Matthews was born outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, on January 9, 1967. As a child he moved around a lot with his family to various parts of the world. And of an early age his mother taught him the evils of racism. When he was ten years old his father died of lung cancer, which later impacted his singing style. During the late 1980 's and early 1990 's Dave worked as a bartender at Miller's, a small club where the area bands would come and play. There Dave would sit and dream of playin...
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Harlem Renaissance Negro Renaissance
992 wordsJon Michael Spencer. The New Negroes and Their Music: The success of the Harlem Renaissance. The University of Tennessee Press, 1997. 171 + xxii pages. In this study, Jon Spencer sets to explain the Harlem Renaissance as not just a literary movement, but also a musical movement. He interprets the Harlem Renaissance by focusing on the music that it produced. He sets out to show the Renaissance in a different light then most of the previous authors on this subject. During the early 1900 s many Afr...
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Boy Band Mp 3
1,292 wordsFor many years music has changed the lives of every generation and in fact helped them develop into their own individuals. As we are reading this right now there is a battle over the way the next generation will get their music and what they will be allowed to listen to. As far back as the early 1900 s parents have been telling their children to turn down that awful noise, and as each generation turns to the next, the music always changes making the parent and child lose touch on each others sty...
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Returned To New York Coleman Hawkins Jazz
1,070 words"I think he was the most interesting jazz musician I've ever seen in my life. He just looked so authoritative... I said, 'Well, that's what I want to do when I grow up. '" (Deveaux, 35) Cannonball Adderley said these words when he first saw Coleman Hawkins with the Fletcher Henderson band at the City Auditorium in Tampa, Florida. Just as Hawkins influenced one of the greatest alto players in history, he has influenced many people to become phenomenal saxophone players. Lester Young and Sonny Rol...
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Hall Of Fame Bessie Smith
983 wordsKnown as the Empress Of Blues, Bessie Smith was said to have revolutionized the vocal end of Blues Music. She showed a lot of pride as an independent African-American woman. Her style in performance and lyrics often reflected her lifestyle. Bessie Smith was one of the first female jazz artists, and she paved the way for many musicians who followed. Bessie was born April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to a part time Baptist preacher, William Smith, and his wife Laura. The family was large and...
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Development And Demise Of The Seattle Sound
508 wordsThe Seattle sound, a phrase coined for music created by Alternative-style rock bands based in Seattle, is said to contain three (3) basic elements: it is loud, it is honest, and it is borne of musicians that have experienced a degree of difficulty in achieving recognition. The Seattle sound, often times referred to as grunge, is notorious for being performed at exceedingly high volume. It has been defined as honest music because it is performed in a raw and unrefined manner, without the aid of e...
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Pop Culture Star Wars
824 wordsTalk about Pop Music, Talk about Pop Music was one of the most catchy phrases of the 1980 s. Just as in the 80 s, today we see many characteristics of pop culture effecting our lives. But, what is pop culture? I spent some time online trying to answer my question and time after time I was led to the same direction: pop culture is what we see, hear, speak, and are otherwise exposed to on a daily basis. The infomercials we see late on television, the billboards we see on the side of the road, the ...
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Claude Debussy Musical Influence
1,100 wordsEven though he grew up in France being a painter was more accepted than being a composer. His father thought that he would become a sailor. He had all the tools for a painter but he was said to have, having a musical ear, but of Debussy it could be said that he had the finest musical eye of any composer (Brown 16). Claude Debussy is one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century, loved by many people of different musical tastes. From his early childhood many people recognized his...
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J S Bowmen S Bowmen Jazz
302 wordsThere are very few musicians who, with their music, can impact our lives for the better. There are even less that can do it over their entire career. Such is the case of Mile Davis. A jazz-trumpeter who? s sound transcended American culture for over 40 years. In this report I will be reviewing his great life which touched so many people. Miles Dewey Davis was born May 25, 1926, in Alton Illinois. (J S. Bowmen). He was born to a prosperous African-American family near St. Louis Missouri. At the a...
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U S History Separate But Equal
686 wordsThere are many important things that happened in history. One of them would be World War II. This was a very important time in America. Many men and women during the holocaust were losing their lives because of one man s beliefs of ethnic cleansing. This was one of the lowest points in the history of the world. The U. S was forced to do something. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor it lead to many years of blood, sweat and tears, which would eventually become worth it in the end. Our involvement in ...
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Value Judgments Material Items
549 wordsWhy Judgments Matter, gives many examples of why value judgments are important in our lives. I feel that value judgments are as equally important and it should be evident why after briefly explaining Frith? s examples and my own as well. In his first example, Mr. Frith gives insight to David Hare? s comment, ? In the end, Keats was just better than Bob Dylan? . The media, without delay, misjudged the true meaning of Hare? s statement and transposed it into a debate of value. Although Mr. Frith d...
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Data Gathering Technique Gathering Technique Group
281 wordsThis book is an in-depth look at contemporary American popular music and the kind of musicianship that is appropriate to it. Stith attempts to explain dynamics of rock musicians by studying how the skills, ideas, and human identities associated with this population manage to be created and transmitted in the context of industrialized culture. In addition, he is trying to examine how musicians begin to take on and are characterized by that identity. Stith is interested with this phenomenon becaus...
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Cigarette Smoke Sonny Blues
1,678 wordsJames Baldwins story of redemption and musical epiphany is filled with gritty realism and thematic uses of music and imagery. One of the strongest themes throughout the story is the use of cigarette smoking as a symbol of interpersonal barriers and depravity. The specific act of smoking not only provides substance to a number of characters within the story, but also symbolizes the dishonesty and unapproachable nature of each particular smoker. Likewise, each time a cigarette is tossed away or ex...
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Louis Armstrong Jazz Musician
1,201 wordsLouis Armstrong Heroes are needed in the world to give people something to look up to, someone to be like. Louis Armstrong over came such adversities as poverty, a lack of good education, and racism to become one of the greatest jazz player not just of the 1920 s but of the 20 th century. Armstrong was one of the creators of Jazz and was one of the most popular entertainers from the 1920 s. Starting out at a young age he never knew that one day he would be such a popular jazz player and also not...
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Psychedelic Drugs Jim Morrison
926 wordsThe Lsd UniversaL SolDier The end of World War II brought a quiet peace across America. People were settling down and starting their own families. Traditional moral values of the past were being re-enforced in the minds of the young. The baby boom was at hand, and this new, highly populated generation of youth was supposed to take these values a step further. The only problem was the baby-boom generation didn t want to be like their parents. This mind-set had been forced upon them and now they b...
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Medieval Era Usual Duties Women
557 wordsHistory shows that women were not as big of participants in music as men until later in the medieval era. This is due to many obstacles that faced women disabling them from singing, playing any instruments, or even composing music. Although barriers were present, many women and nuns were able to surpass them, and make use of their abilities and skills. Women composers had many barriers to pass in order to be able to use their skills and compose music and chants. One main obstacle blocking their ...
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J S Bowmen S Bowmen Jazz
295 wordsThere are very few musicians who, with their music, can impact our lives for the better. There are even less that can do it over their entire career. Such is the case of Mile Davis. A jazz-trumpeter who? s sound transcended American culture for over 40 years. In this report I will be reviewing his great life which touched so many people. Miles Dewey Davis was born May 25, 1926, in Alton Illinois. (J S. Bowmen). He was born to a prosperous African-American family near St. Louis Missouri. At the a...
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Died In 1991 Charlie Parker Book
428 wordsThis book, written by Miles Davis, is the autobiography tht he wrote a few years before he died. In this book I found how he first became interested in jazz. It also explains how he became one of the best jazz players of all time. Miles was born in Alton, Illinois in 1926 and grew up in eastern St. Louis. He learned how to play trumpet while in high school on the trumpet that his father gave to him for his 13 th birthday. He was a bog fan of jazz and said that the thing that made up his mind to ...
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Miles Dewey Davis Birth Of The Cool Sound
1,353 wordsEven in the beginning he was already miles ahead. Its very evident that Miles knew and lived by that old axiom if its named, then its outmoded. Miles Dewey Davis was born May 25, 1926 in Alton, Illinois and grew up in East St. Louis. Miles collected records and for his 13 th birthday was given his first trumpet. Miles family was very fortunate and what you would call apart of the upper class during the Roaring 20 s and the great depression. Miles father Dr. Miles Dewey Davis has 3 degrees in his...
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Write An Essay Convincing Evidence
605 wordsEnglish 4 Music Essay This paper is a claim-driven essay. That means, your goal is to persuade your audience to think the way you do about a particular issue regarding music. You will state a thesis and support this thesis with convincing evidence. Your convincing evidence will include analyses of lyrics, CD covers and videos and secondary sources about your musician or genre of music. There are three ways to approach this assignment: Approach # 1 Write an essay modeled after All the Rage by Cro...
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