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Stacy Everett MUS 167 November 7, 2017 JACK GIST Your Radio Buddy and Blues Harp Player If you listen to any one of the six Visionary Related Entertainment’s radio stations, you have probably heard your radio buddy, Jack Gist. If you’ve been around the Maui music scene long enough, you know he’s also a musician who plays the blues harp. Jack has performed with the House Shakers, Jack Gist & Friends and, Mick Fleetwood. Like most musicians, Jack’s passion for music began early in life. While

HERE) (Insert course number here) Dr. Oller WR100, Jazz Now! 7/11/2017 Paper # 1 Examining the Changes in Jazz Music Over Decades Introduction In this analysis of the history of Jazz the focus will be on the song "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" written in 1937 by Duke Ellington which was then subsequently covered by a wide assortment of other artists till the inception of its currently well-known 2000s jazz iteration by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (Gridley 723). Before proceeding,

The Blues: Genre Analysis The blues is a musical genre that originated among African-Americans in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. From these humble and provincial origins it has come to be appreciated all over the country and the world, and has also spread its influence even more widely by way of its offspring, jazz and rock. While the word "genre" is certainly appropriate, the blues can be defined more specifically as a closely related set of melodies, harmonies

The Influence of Blues on Jazz The blues more than any other form of music is jazz 's greatest influence. From its origin in southern United States, in the 20th century, blues and jazz have had a strong correlation. "Both the blues and jazz have multiple definitions that sometimes go beyond music and speak to the processes and viewpoints that give these revered musical art forms relevance today." From a musical structure prospective, jazz would not exist if it was not for the creation of the music

The five characteristic of Reservation Blues Leonardo Dagne Hanna Ellis AICE English Language AS Level 20 December 2016 Reservation Blues was written by Sherman Alexie and is based on a modern Native American society in a Spokane Tribe Reservation where a group of people try to accomplish a dream but fails miserably due to one of the character’s mistake. In more detail, Reservation Blues initiates by introducing Thomas builds-the-fire in a Spokane Tribe Reservation and him finding

two chapters of Blues Chicago, the author focuses on the significance of place branding and ethnic and cultural tourism as it relates to the commodification of Chicago blues and its accompanying subculture. The author explains how the “city government, local boosters and cultural authorities” are capitalizing on the global allure of the blues as a catalyst to stimulate economic growth. However, he neglects to produce a closer analysis of the cultural voyeurs seeking the Chicago blues experience and

Everyone is born in different times with different opportunities. Some of us have to struggle to make ends meet and others are born with money at their feet already. “Sonny’s Blues” opens up in Harlem with the narrator on a bus reading a newspaper learning that his brother, Sonny, has been arrested for selling heroin. Sonny’s brother takes him in after he is released from jail. However, his brother is scared if he lets him back into his home he will fall into his old ways. Sonny’s true passion in

differentiate Rhythm and Blues music from Gospel music. Some argue that their similarities are hard to decipher. Others argue that their differences are hard to decipher. Since both types of music interconnect, I will dissect each type of music totally. There’s always been a connection between gospel and rhythm and blues music. Rhythm and blues were birthed from gospel music. Gospel music is spiritual music with emotion and a lot of soul praising deity. While rhythm and blues kept the same emotion and

The Kite Runner uses blue symbolically to show the guilt that follows the story’s characters. This novel is filled with references to past guilt that people hold onto as they grow up. This is most prominently seen in our main character, Amir, who never learned how to redeem himself for the atrocities he committed in his youth. Leading him to be often haunted by his past mistakes no matter how long ago they were or how far away he gets away. However basically any character that is followed for any

literacy rate across the nations. Neither the title, nor anywhere on the map specifies when the data was collected exactly. The map used different colours to distinguish between ranges of percentages of literacy rate throughout the world. Here, blue represents a literacy rate of higher than 97%, dark green portrays a literacy rate of 90%-97%, light green to represent a literacy rate of 80-90%, and yellow shows a 70-80% literacy rate. A peach colour was used to show a literacy rate of 60%-70%