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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 ...
Jazz breaks free of restrictions of form and structure, melody and harmony. Jazz allows composers to take "freer liberties with a ...
In her story Let them call it jazz, Rhys "assumes the personality of Selina, a black West Indian in London, whose struggles parall...
the 1920s turned to the American Dream we know today, which involves the assumption that if we work hard we can have wealth, and w...
where responses were made, which in turn may also be seen to have cross overs with gospel music. The aspect in which blues...
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...
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 ...
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 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...
In eight pages the American musical form known as jazz and its development are examined. Six sources are cited in the bibliograph...
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 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...
was three years old (Bailey, 2002). Although she was born in Virginia, she grew up in New York. In fact, she only lived in the sou...
mythos, Negroes were naturally more musical, more rhythmic, and better dancers than any other group. Therefore the studios scurrie...
a well. The reason that Steamers usually has no cover charge or just a minimal fee is because it habitually gives local students a...
musicians fellow players gave quiet murmurs of approval or even whooped their appreciation at especially brilliant improvisation (...
depiction of explicit violence, rapes, flogging, etc. are "implied rather than shown," he seems to feel that this is an artistic a...
won the White House (War, prosperity and depression, 2005). The first two years of Hardings administration continued Wilsons econo...
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 this research paper focuses upon 3 performances delivered by the famous team the Nicholas Brothers in this considera...