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Karley Dodd N.Tolbert History 1301 5 February 2018 The Beginning of Jazz and Blues Music Jazz was born in New Orleans nearly one hundred years ago. It’s roots can be found in the musical traditions of Africa and Europe. In fact, some people say that jazz is the perfect combination of African and European music. From African music, jazz got its: rhythm and "feel", "blues" quality, some even say it originated from the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from slaves

Ryan Henderson Professor Johnson From The Phonograph to the Autotune Cylinder Report 2/8/15 Title of Recording: Crazy Blues Artist: Noble Sissle UCSB Cylinder Number: 9806 “Crazy Blues” by Noble Sissle is a cover of the song originally written by Perry Bradford. This timeless piece of history was first recorded on August 10th, 1920 by Mamie Smith and later released on as a vinyl record by Okeh Records.3 Smith’s version of the song was wildly successful, selling 75,000 copies in the first month

Introduction Blues is a music genre originating in Africa .This genre emerged with the introduction of African people as slaves to America's south. Slaves were employed in poor conditions in the cotton fields before the Civil War. Making music meant avoiding the pain for them. People think Blues music is slow and smooth because the lyrics of the Blues music always includes depression, loneliness and anger. After the emancipation movement, Blues expanded to lots of states. Each states blended their

The first apparent difference is how the blues is primarily a vocal music, earliest form being singing and hand clapping (voice and percussion) and are highly improvisational. It was simpler, with simple chord progressions as compared to ragtime which has complex chord structure. Blues, which can be sung freely by one person without strict rhythm, thus always enjoyed an advantage over ragtime. Ragtime, on the other

Have you heard of “Blue Babies”, Some babies are born with a bad heart. They start turning blue. Eileen Saxon was a one year old born with a bad heart condition her body was starved with oxygen. It wasn’t unique in 1940’s it was common the blue babies were to live just a few years. Back then the doctors couldn’t do nothing it was going to change. Viven Thomas was 11 years old he worked as a carpenter after school he went to work. He saved money for his life savings. In the 1940’s the

Code Blue “Attention bulldogs! We are going blue!”. What on Earth does “going blue” mean? Well, the entire “going blue” is for the students to strive for the best of the best. We need to set the standards higher for ourselves but, going blue, does not mean just our actions. It’s a combination of our actions along with grades, respect, responsibility and pride. These can not be achieved by one individual. We must work together so we can go blue! Starting with actions, this means that as students,

The Blues Tyler Bragg MUS-110 IN1 7/15/15   After the Romantic era of music came the era of modernism. While modernism itself has the connotation of being “now” or “current” the phrase actually refers to the rise of particular musical styles during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One of these styles of music was Jazz music, a style of playing that involves a great amount of emotion and connection with the music. Jazz music itself splintered into many different genres of music

the South for blues, catfish, and the mixture of cultures that make up the people of the state. If I was asked to tell the story of the “South” I would begin with the music of the Mississippi Delta. The blues are a new sound according to nps.gov: The success of blues music, however, is a relatively recent phenomenon. Originally a rural sound, strongly connected to place, blues went unrecognized as commercially viable for years, due to racial prejudice and the subsuming of the blues under other types

A tale of Transformation and Spirituality: A look Into “Sonny’s Blues” Introduction The book, “Sonny’s Blues” is not simply the story of the experience of the narrator. Rather, it is a story that captures his inner transformation as well the spiritual progression that his previous experiences of death and loss have influenced. Yes, it is. In that, the story starts as an identified or unfamiliar algebra teacher tries to familiarize with something at the same time riding the passageway to school

Sunday mornings at House of Blues Chicago are different from most music venues. The House of Blues holds Kirk Franklin’s Gospel Brunch. The inside of the House of Blues is amazing. The lobby walls are filled with famous musicians portraits and American Art. They start opening up the morning by asking questions about the history of the venue. The first House of Blues opened in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1992. The venues goal is to serve the community while bringing music to the community. They feed