Most Influential Jazz Singer, Billie Holiday

Throughout time, jazz music has always been a very popular genre of music, especially in the early 1900’s. It was famous towards African Americans mostly and had many incredible artists. Artists such as Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and the famous Louis Armstrong are some of the fan favorites. Their smooth, peaceful melodies kept people of all races listening to the beat. Although jazz music is not as popular as it used to be, the artist’s legacy will always be strong. To begin with, Billie Holiday was one

listeners well being. Jazz has been an extremely popular form of music throughout time. Its interesting melodies and meaningful lyrics give voice to artists to display their emotions through beauteous music. During its heyday in the 1920’s, jazz singing was a landscape of the American sound (Carr 9). Being a jazz singer, Billie Holiday deserves to be put on the list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Not only for her being in the general population of influential jazz musicians, but

Jazz Musicians of the 20th Century An ideal citizen is knowledgeable about his or her own rights and responsibilities. They respect others, environment, contribute to society and community. An ideal citizen looks to better themselves and others. It is important for an ideal citizen in a democratic society is to realizes the important of the job that. Some might not think that jazz musician’s represent the ideal citizen because of drug use, and because the areas they first performed were riddled

The life of Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday Two of the most influential Jazz musicians of their time were Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday. Duke Ellington was one of the most successful musicians, changing the way the world saw Jazz and making it an American icon. Billie Holiday was known for her incredible voice, which was known as one of the greatest Jazz voices of all time. Both Ellington and Holiday’s music was the influence for the types of Jazz seen today. All in all, they both made major

Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan, is best known as one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. “Lady Day” as her friends like to call her, shared a vocal style inspired by jazz instruments as well as the artist she listened to growing up. Holiday was discovered at the age of 18. It was not long after that her beauty and voice graced stages all over the United States. Billie’s career lasted twenty-six years before she passed away in 1959, due to drug and alcohol use. Since then, much

History of Jazz Midterm 1.) Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was an American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader who has been one of the most influential musicians in jazz. The Duke has released countless albums and songs, but not many know of his triumph as a musical theatre composer. Duke Ellington’s 1941 Jump For Joy was the first theatre show to openly discard the African- American stereotypes which prevailed in the arts at the time. In fact Jump for Joy openly discussed these stereotypes

she managed to support herself through the Great Depression, a feat that is most commendable. Ella found her

The Harlem Renaissance was a blossoming of African American culture, particularly in the creative arts, and the most influential movement in African American literary history. Embracing literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts, participants sought to separate “the Negro” apart from the white stereotypes that had influenced black peoples’ relationship to their heritage and to each other. The renaissance was not dominated by a particular school of thought but it was characterized by intense debate

All That Jazz: America’s Original Art Form Music Appreciation Crystal Prat South Piedmont Community College All That Jazz: America’s Original Art Form Jazz started in New Orleans in the late 19th Century when the combination of European horns ran into the loud rumble of African drums. Local folk took that sound and put it together with the music they heard in churches and the music they heard in bars and saloons and they played a new music, wild and euphoric. It is said to have grown from

Ally Johnson November 13, 2016 African American History Art, Music, Literature…Freedom. The Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement that began in the 1920s and continued until the early 1930s, brought excitement and a new found freedom and voice to the African-Americans who had been silent and oppressed for far too long. “Centered on the Harlem district of New York City, the Harlem Renaissance was part of a nationwide urban revolution sparked by World War I. The cultural outburst, which followed