Cassie Davis

A contemporary sax-bass-drums trio formation makes of diversity its raison d’être. It’s even more enticing when we realize that American saxophonist Ellery Eskelin is part of it, accompanied by a European rhythm section composed of Swiss bassist Christian Weber and German drummer Michael Griener. I was always a big fan of Eskelin’s music, especially that unforgettable trio with Andrea Parkins and Jim Black that delighted countless avant-jazz fans in the 90’s and 00’s. Recently, I had the pleasure

Director, Davis Guggenheim, in the film Waiting for Superman, tells the untold stories of five children waiting for their opportunity to go to a better school. Guggenheim’s purpose is to convey the idea that some schools are waiting for their superman to come save the day. In Waiting for Superman, Davis Guggenheim uses a variety of rhetorical devices to show how the education system is corrupt and what is being done to fix this system. Guggenheim appeals to the viewer’s emotions by providing many

Clifford Brown was a very influential composer who made the most of the short life he had. He was considered one of the top jazz trumpet players by the age of 25. He left a legacy of amazing jazz pieces that are still used by jazz bands around the world. His music has stood the test of time, and for good reason. He still influences many young jazz performers. Clifford Brown was born in Wilmington, Delaware on October 30th, 1930 to the couple Estella Brown and Joe Brown (Leonard). His father

Santana Introduction "My heart is open to complement. Not to compete."-Santana (Cobo, 2004). They were just a group of young man, inspired by B. B. King to play music. With a guitarist that could blow people away with his new kind of rock and roll. Santana helped impact rock and roll with a new kind of rock, also earning nine Grammy awards and other awards, and getting a place in the Rock and Roll hall of fame, making them unique from most bands in the 20th century. Childhood Santana

Waiting for Superman: Who will save education? Writing a letter to a college admissions office can be daunting for any student. This was not the case for Daisy Esparza. At the time Waiting for Superman was filmed, Daisy was in the fifth grade. At this time in Daisy’s life, she already knew she wanted to go to medical school or a veterinarian college so she could study humans or animals and eventually become a surgeon. Neither of Daisy’s parents completed high school, but do whatever they can

Miles Davis is an American trumpeter that had a large influence on jazz music. Jazz is an American style of music starting in New Orleans during the 20th century that is characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm. We asked Davis what it was like growing up in the time where inequality was still effecting society, “It was very hard time to live in. A lot of colored people felt like they didn’t belong anywhere. That is why Jazz music emerged. It was a place

Miles Davis is one of the greatest jazz composers in the world. He was a pioneer for cool jazz by changing how people viewed cool jazz it. One of the most famous songs he released was called “Milestones,” recorded around 1958, in the Modal Era. This legendary jazz song has 4/4 time and a swing feel. Its tempo is set at 119 BPM and is in the key of A minor. The instrumentation consists of trumpet, piano, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano, double bass, and drums. One adjective I would use to

Further, Kern’s innovations in music also consisted of experimenting with different types of songs and new instrument usage. “As early as 1913 he suggested to his orchestrator, Frank Saddler (or acquiesced in Saddler's suggestion), that saxophones be used in the pit band for “Oh, I Say!” Although recent musical research has identified these instruments as the smaller European variety rather than the standard American jazz instrument, this use of the saxophone was new” (Bordman). He also experimented

Sidney Bechet was one of many fantastic up and coming jazz musicians in the Roaring Twenties. He started on the clarinet, but eventually became one of the first performers to adopt the soprano saxophone as a main instrument, as well as one of the first to improvise with the swing style of jazz. In addition, he was one of the first artists to record using a multitrack which was a way of recording where you would play back the track from one instrument while you recorded with another instrument and

Bebop Jazz Jazz is a genre of music in which improvisation is typically an important part. Jazz has had a major influence on most popular music genres in the 20th century such as rock, hip-hop, Latin and the list goes on. There’s a genre of jazz for every single individual out there which makes it such an interesting topic and from there branches another very popular subgenre of jazz called Bebop. Bebop is a style of jazz which was developed in the 1940s. Bebop had the effect of removing jazz