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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...

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...

the major theme is far from romantic in nature. This story is all about the disintegration of the once proud American Dream. And, ...

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...

comes in many variants: field hollers, levee camp hollers, prison work songs, street cries, and the like" (Gioia, 2005). It is rea...

p. 6). This community was comprised of "a number of musicians, singers, stage and taxi dancers, and cabaret and dance hall proprie...

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...

In her story Let them call it jazz, Rhys "assumes the personality of Selina, a black West Indian in London, whose struggles parall...

incorporated into the traditional Spanish flamenco, which originated with the gypsies in the Andalucia region of southern Spain.5 ...

performing with others but always alone. They talked the talk of jazz, built communal rites around using the jazzmans drugs, and ...

Fitzgerald, had acquired a bad reputation in Paris. When they werent on drinking binges, they were flirting with members of the o...

In ten pages this research paper examines how jazz and folk music profoundly influenced this Russian composer as he works clearly ...

phonograph - and when the record skipped, so did the sound synchronization. The results, predictably, were humorous - the movie-go...

Miles Davis, and many of the works which came from those periods are still considered classics today (Biography of Miles Davis, 20...

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...

In ten pages the history of Latin jazz is presented with a discussion of locations such as New York City and important musicians s...

attended but did not graduate from Princeton University. While at Princeton however, Fitzgerald was first exposed to the exceeding...

include: The Homestead Act, National Urban League, direct election of U.S. Senators, child labor laws, and federal regulation of b...

As this suggests, their styles are quite different. Hawkins monopoly on the tenor sax ended in 1933 when he was playing with the...

where responses were made, which in turn may also be seen to have cross overs with gospel music. The aspect in which blues...

This essay provides a hypothetical example of how a student might report on a jazz concert. The works summarized and analyzed incl...

This concert report offers a hypothetical example of how a student might describe a jazz concert that occurred at Yavapai College ...

This research paper offers a discussion of literature pertaining to the early history of jazz and the African influences that play...

This research paper describes the relationship between blues and jazz within the context of the history of these genres. The write...

won the White House (War, prosperity and depression, 2005). The first two years of Hardings administration continued Wilsons econo...

musicians fellow players gave quiet murmurs of approval or even whooped their appreciation at especially brilliant improvisation (...