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Song Had A Meter Listen To Jazz Trumpet
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1,296 wordsOn October 21, 1917, John Birks Gillespie was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. He was the youngest of 14 children. His father was a poor farmer and a skilled amateur musician. He played bass in his own band and owned all the instruments because most of the other players were so poor that they would sell the instruments for money to buy food if they had them. The town of Cheraw was primarily black town and was very poor. By the time John was 7, he was beginning to learn that noone would take care ...
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1,717 wordsThe Life of a Pioneer One of the greatest jazz composers that has ever lived is, arguably, Duke Ellington. Born Edward Kennedy Ellington in Washington D. C. in 1899. By the age of 17 was playing professionally. In 1923 he moved to New York City where he started recruiting people for his orchestra. He started off with an average jazz band of ten people but through the thirties and forties that number greatly expanded. He started playing in small nightclubs, theaters, and on the radio. His biggest...
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924 wordsKnown as the King of Jazz, Louis Stachmo Armstrong was one of the most important figures in early jazz. He was said to have defined jazz music. Only Charlie Parker comes close to having as much influence on jazz as Louis Armstrong. Armstrong was born on July 4, 1900 in New Orleans. He grew up singing on the streets of New Orleans at a young age and had a troubled childhood. At the age of twelve he was placed in the Waifs Home For Boys for firing a gun into the air. However, at this home for boys...
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Playing The Trumpet Jazz Trumpeter Music
690 wordsPurpose: By the end of the speech I hope you all will understand the joys and pains of playing jazz on the trumpet. Introduction: (turn off lights) Imagine its night time in New York City. You head over to the village vanguard to see the hottest players in jazz, out do each other on stage. You enter the club it seats about fifty but there s more like 80 all wanting the same thing, to hear John Coltranes sextet perform. (play Lazy Bird up to 1: 40). The recording you just heard was from the John ...
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1,105 wordsInstruments of the Orchestra Strings: The viola is an important member of the orchestra, but is not often heard by itself. Because it is bigger than the violin, with longer strings, it makes a rich, warm sound that is lower in pitch. In contrast to the viola the violin is the smallest member of the string family. Because its strings are the shortest, it produces the highest sound. The viola is a little heavier, and its shape is slightly different, too. But it is still played on the violist? s le...
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2,786 wordsJazz When it comes to music, most people dont say they like it. People say they like heavy metal, pop, rhythm and blues, or any other type of music, since they have their own preference to what type of music they like, not just enjoying the broad area of music. One of those types of music which many enjoy is jazz. Actually right now jazz is really big and popular in Europe, andis rising in its popularity in the USA through its many forms. Jazz does have many forms, so many that some people would...
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Stock Market Crash One Of The Most Important
1,314 wordsThe 1920 s was a huge decade for the phenomena known as " Jazz" . Due to the closing of the seaport in New Orleans, musicians were forced to travel up the Mississippi to find work. Two of the cities most affected by this move were Chicago and New York. Chicago was home primarily for New Orleans traditional music during the 1920 s. From this New Orleans style came four major types of jazz: Boogie-Woogie, Chicago Jazz, Urban Blues, and Society Dance Bands. Because of the ever-growing pop...
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Made Me Feel John Coltrane
759 wordsOn September 15, 1957, John Coltrane recorded Blue Train, an album he considered his favorite, and many critics considecontributes to the sound. Coltrane provides listeners with an impressive r his best work. The albums rhythm Chambers finishes up with a bass solo before the opening statement is repeated, bringing the song to a full circle by its end. The next song is Moments Notice which is also swung and in 4 / 4. This song played at a faster pace and has a catchy melody that becomes rather co...
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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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4,177 wordsMiles Davis And The Development Of Improvisation Miles Davis And The Development Of Improvisation In Jazz Music Abstract This essay is a discussion of how the way jazz trumpeter Miles Davis changes his way of improvising, looking at two pieces from different times. The solos in the pieces were transcribed by myself and then analysed in detail. From these analyses, several conclusions on the style of improvising were drawn, and then the conclusions from the two pieces were compared. The piece? Ne...
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328 wordsMiles Dewey Davis was born on the 26 th of May 1926, in Alton, Illinois. He became famous around the world for his incredible trumpet and flugelhorn playing, but he was also an accomplished keyboard player, and composer. Although born in Alton, Illinois, Miles Davis lived in East St Louis. He came from a wealthy middle-class background. It isnt surprising to see that a person with the talent of Miles Davis came from a Davis father musical family. His mother played the violin, and his sister play...
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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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