John Philip Sousa Influence

On December 30, 1879, Sousa married Jane van Middlesworth Bellis (1862–1944). They had three children together: John Philip, Jr. (April 1, 1881

John Philip Sousa’s career started out when he was the conductor of the military band. Then he was thinking that the military band wasn't quite the right thing for him to so he decided to resign.

Jelly Roll Morton was one of the greatest most talented mans to play the pianist at the tempo he plays it’s at. After sitting and listening to for an hour and a half I realized what a great pianist was. I was exotic when I heard him playing; it was nothing to do but flow with the music after hearing it. It really lit a fire under me to actually enjoy music with a nice pitch and a definite tone.

When J.J. Johnson was 11 years old, his mother, Nina, sent him to piano lessons, and he briefly played the baritone saxophone at school.  At the age of 14, J.J. Johnson’s classmates wanted to be in a band and needed a trombone player, so he took the opportunity and never looked back. Johnson and his friends were really enjoying the concept melody solos from the tenor saxophonist, Lester Young, and he was also drawn to the Trombone work of Dickie Wells. Therefore, around 1941 and 1942, J.J Johnson joined two bands called Clarence Love’s Regional Touring Band and Snookum Russell’s Band. Johnson then received a suggestion to join the band of Saxophonist Benny Carter for an extended tour, so the spring of 1945, Johnson worked with Carter’s band as a trombonist and a staff manager.

what he became and did not let anything get in the way of becoming a musician. In this

Then on December 31, 1912, Armstrong was arrested during the New Years Eve celebrations for shooting his mother’s boyfriend’s pistol into the air. The judge sent him to a colored Waif’s Home for boys in the country. It was ran by a man that went by “Captain” Jones and ran it with a military esc style. He did not like the home initially, but then things started to change. He was actually getting regularly fed, clean clothes, and hygiene. There were many classes that the boys went to and learned practical skills, but his favorite was music class, taught by Professor Peter Davis, who initially did not like Louie due to being raised in the Battlefield. Armstrong couldn’t read music, but soon learned to play by ear. Davis also ran a brass band for the home that would perform at private events and in the streets of New Orleans. Louie would always sit in and listen to their rehearsal. He enjoyed the music and was very interested. After 6 months, Davis asked him to join the band. Louis started on the tambourine, quickly advancing to the drums, alto horn, bugle, and then finally the cornet. Armstrong was a quick learner and had a good ear for music. He would frequently improvise parts of songs, a huge feat for a

“I was determined to play my horn against all odds, and I had to sacrifice a whole lot of pleasure to do so.” Louis Armstrong said this and it shows the amount of dedication he had towards music. In a time of segregation he was born a kid in poverty, but over time he grew up to become the best jazz musician in the world. Louis Armstrong set goals for himself and developed into a major musical force as an innovator, trumpeter, singer, and entertainer. Armstrong had a neglectful mother and father. His father abandoned Armstrong leaving him with a irresponsible mother. To raise money Armstrong would sing in the street for pennies, and did odd jobs for a jewish family who in return took him in with their family.Growing up in New Orleans he loved listening to the many brass bands. These bands motivated him to buy his own cornet. In 1912 he shot a pistol into the sky, and immediately got him arrested.The court decided his mother was not capable of raising Armstrong, so they put him in “Waif’s Home for Orphans.” Life looked gloomy for the youngster but he was given hope as he eventually developed his love for music. Day after day he would continuously practice his instrument, soon making him the leader of Waif’s Band. Soon he developed the skills to work with legendary performers such as Joseph Oliver, and Kid Ory which made his reputation skyrocket in the music community. Heros stay devoted to their goals no matter how low the odds are in their life. This describes Louis Armstrong as he found motivation to improve his skills.

"In camp and hospital they sang -- sentimental songs and ballads, comic songs and patriotic numbers.... The songs were better than rations or medicine.” Music plays a huge role in our society today, and it played a huge role in our society a hundred years ago. Music is fluid, ever changing, and never the same. And yet, one thing remains constant; it tells stories, keeps records, and lift spirits.

The alto saxophonist, John Coltrane, was one of the most cultural-ethical leaders of avant-garde jazz, in the 1960’s. He was an innovative composer and artist who pushed the boundaries of contemporary jazz. Avant-gardism liberated artists from the traditional form of jazz and pushed them to question and change the whole idea of jazz itself. Coltrane was the type of musician who believed that he could always be better than he already was. It was not unusual for someone to see him always practicing his music, he would practice for hours and hours a day. Coltrane mastered a lot of the different styles of jazz, because of this he went on to learn different types of music from different backgrounds so that he could use it to improvise his music. From all the jazz artist we have learned this semester, so far, Coltrane seems to be the one who had the greatest passion for jazz. For this, I admire his hard work and passion he had for jazz. Even though he had already learned just about everything he could about jazz, he still kept trying to learn new

John Coltrane is noted as a legendary saxophonist. His career was brief, controversial yet noted among the most important figure in Jazz. He grew up playing the clarinet and eventually changed to the alto and tenor saxophone. He was not only a musician, but he was also a composer. He endured the loss of several influential men at a young age. Throughout his musical career, he played in many bands including quartets, quintets and sextets. He played alongside many great musicians during his life with most his solo work done later in his career. It wasn’t until decades after his death that he finally got the recognition that he deserved.

John Philip Sousa created an extremely popular band that stayed popular for almost 40 years. The John Philip Sousa’s band toured the country by train for 39 years. John Philip Sousa started the band from resigning from the Marine Corps because he wanted to do something different. But, he did not know what type of band it would be so he combined all of the popular bands at the moment and created his own band the Sousa band.

John Philip Sousa is a famous American composer. He is known as “The March King”He was born in Washington , D.C. on November 6, 1854. neither of his parent were born in the United States. His father John Antonio de Sousa, who played the trombone in the U.S. Marine Band, was born in spain and his mother Maria Elisabeth Trinkaus was born in Germany. Sousa was the third child of ten, having 5 sisters and 4 brothers. Sousa began studying music at age six. wanting to be in a band ever so badly sousa tried to join the circus at age thirteen.since this did not work he enlisted in the U.S. marine Band. 1874, seven years laters, he was discharged.

John Phillip Sousa was born November, 6, 1854 in, SE, Washington DC and he died on March, 6, 1932 he didn’t go too school because of a food situation. John played the piano, violin, flute, cornet and trombone.In February 1879, he met Jane van Middlesworth Bellis during Pinafore rehearsals. They were married on December 30, 1879. The couple had three children. John also wrote the song “Stars and Stripes Forever”. In 1892, promoter David Blakely went up to Sousa, and persuaded him to quit and organize a civilian concert band. The first “Sousa’s Band” performance was performed on September 26, 1892, at the Stillman Music Hall.

An accomplished musician for more than thirty years, Dr. Lambert serves as principal clarinet in the American Legion Band of Bethlehem, the Easton Municipal Band, and the Lehigh Valley Italian-American Band. He also loves playing the alto and tenor saxophones. Dr. Lambert even returns to his alma mater, Penn State, every year at homecoming to play with the alumni Blue Band in front of 100,000 fans. He enjoys performing tenor in the university jazz ensemble and clarinet in the Marching Blue Band. Dr. Lambert also enjoys making music with the pit orchestras for local theatre productions of Broadway

Mr. John Philip Sousa started his band when he was about twenty-four years old. He was appointed Director of the Marine Band at Washington. After ten or eleven years, he attracted the attention of several gentlemen interested in music, who formed themselves into a syndicate and made Mr. John Philip Sousa an offer to leave Washington and start a new band. It was a success from the first time.