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In this paper consisting of six pages the 'Africanness' thread that continues to link contemporary African Americans to their past...
than one hundred slaves at a time and usually carried other type trading goods on their ships as well, such as ivory, spices, and ...
In two pages this paper examines how the 1920s' Jazz Age was portrayed in this 1931 text. Two sources are cited in the bibliograp...
his first name (Long ppg). Perhaps because in his music, the listener is the musicians accomplice, and from bebop to rap, Miles ...
our waitressing job, we are humiliated. Forced to perform in a way that does not in any way reflect who we are inside, we have bec...
This five paper research paper explores The Jazz Singer. The central theme is delineated and an overview is provided. Five sourc...
is often "misunderstood, under-appreciated and underestimated. If jazz is the underdog, avant-garde jazz is beneath the underdog"...
In five pages Sonny Rollins' life and jazz music are examined in this overview. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....
The life and music of this legendary jazz artist are considered in five pages. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....
Twentieth century jazz musician the life and career of the legendary 'Dizzy' Gillespie is discussed in a paper that is nearly five...
In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the relationship between black poetry and literature with jazz and blues music with...
This 6 page paper compares and contrasts two novels, The Wedding by Dorothy West and Jazz by Toni Morrison. The novels are the onl...
In six pages this paper examines the ties to the South northern based characters have in The Bluest Eye, Jazz, and Beloved by Toni...
In eight pages the American musical form known as jazz and its development are examined. Six sources are cited in the bibliograph...
In sixteen pages this research paper contrasts and compares the careers of influential jazz artists Miles Davis and Duke Ellington...
In five pages this research paper presents an appreciation of jazz violin virtuoso Noel Pointer whose premature death at age 39 di...
a well. The reason that Steamers usually has no cover charge or just a minimal fee is because it habitually gives local students a...
In this paper the writer observes that 'Abraham Lincoln was able to shape the history of the African American. He is the very embl...
In twelve pages this paper examines confrontation in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and in Toni Morrison's Jazz. One othe...
result blurs the lines of what is real or not but the book makes it clear that for Mingus, at the moment of his telling it, it was...
In five pages these revolutionary jazz musicians are compared in terms of these two definitive works. There is no bibliography in...
the life of little Nat, whom the world later came to know and love as Nat "King" Cole. II. A Musical Background Once situated in...
In her story Let them call it jazz, Rhys "assumes the personality of Selina, a black West Indian in London, whose struggles parall...
The world as a whole, in fact, was not privy to that information. It would only be when Joss died and his body was processed thro...
Jazz breaks free of restrictions of form and structure, melody and harmony. Jazz allows composers to take "freer liberties with a ...
the major theme is far from romantic in nature. This story is all about the disintegration of the once proud American Dream. And, ...
they will not have to repeat those classes when they study at the Berklee later (Jazz popularizer feels upbeat, 2003). The systems...
the floor tom-tom- for dynamic effect" (Alfaro). The group would break into a swing change and bounce back into a "hard Latin chop...
p. 6). This community was comprised of "a number of musicians, singers, stage and taxi dancers, and cabaret and dance hall proprie...
where responses were made, which in turn may also be seen to have cross overs with gospel music. The aspect in which blues...