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    Business Description Chick-fil-A is one of the most successful fast food restaurant establishments in the country. With over 1,300 locations in 37 states in the Southern U.S., they continue to grow the brand by expanding to new territories (Chick-fil-A Company, 2009, para 1). In 2008 Chick-fil-A has seen a 12.17 percent sales increase over the chain’s 2007 performance and a same store sale increase of 4.59 percent (Chick-fil-A Company, 2009, para1). Throughout the years Chick-fil-A has come up with

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    My company of choice is Chick-fil-A, and I believe an appropriate mission statement would be, “to serve the best-tasting, freshest chicken sandwich while glorifying God and having a positive influence on the families who enjoy it.” Some objectives that the company could strive for to achieve this goal could be to: -Retain a commitment to using fresh chicken and ingredients -Provide a family-friendly atmosphere -Hire employees that respect customers and value the mission statement -Give back to the

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    Anyone with an interest in Latin-American Jazz in the past twenty-five years is sure to have heard the remarkable vocal styles of Flora Purim. She is well known for her part in “Return to Forever” with Chick Corea. Purim has also recorded and performed with many critically acclaimed artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Opa, Stan Getz, Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, Santana, Jaco Pastorius, and her husband Airto Moreira. Flora Purim is called the “Queen of Brazilian Jazz.” Flora Purim

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    Essay about Jazz

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    Jazz      Jazz is a type of music developed by black Americans about 1900      and possessing an identifiable history and describable stylistic evolution. It is rooted in the mingled musical traditions of American blacks. More black musicians saw jazz for the first time a profession. Since its beginnings jazz has branched out into so many styles that no single description fits all of them with total accuracy. Performers of jazz improvise within

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    During the middle of the 1950’s, Rock and Roll was taking over the music industry, gained popularity with teenagers, lead drastic changes towards American culture, and made a great influence on jazz music/styles. Although Rock and Roll was an incorporation of blues, country, jazz, and other types of music, many of the genres became overwhelmed by its growing popularity and crowds. According the Columbia Encyclopedia, this type of musical style was for and about adolescents who rebelled against adult

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    Suzette Club Dredd

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    The protagonist was drawn to Suzette because of their contradicting musical taste. Suzette’s taste in music, which leans more towards jazz as seen in the music she played such as Steely Dan and Chick Corea, was contrasting to the music the protagonist played in his band, which was more of a rock band that was inspired by The Smiths and Junjun Jones. We can speculate that the protagonist was drawn to this because of his turbulent past. “There was a medical student who hung out at Club Dredd on most

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    Miles Dewey Davis III was a phenomenal jazz trumpeter from the late 1940’s who composed several timeless jazz classics and would soon become immortalized within the genre. While attending the Institute of Musical Art, Davis skipped several classes only to participate in jam sessions with his mates, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, who too will become popular musicians. Davis and Parker often collaborated during the late 1940s, exploring with the capabilities of what one can improvise with harmonies

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    Mark Wade Album Analysis

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    I thought of it as a crossing between Stevie Wonder and Chick Corea. Borrowing melody from Debussy’s “La Mer”, “The Bells” is an imaginative waltz encompassing glorious suspensions and a chamber-esque sparseness created by the bowed bass. On top of this musing, Harrison’s left-hand onrushes are perceptible on the

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    to three electric piano players, and a percussionist, all playing simultaneously, etc... The musicians on the album are: Miles Davis on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on soprano saxophone, Bennie Maupin on bass clarinet, Joe Zawinul on electric piano, Chick Corea on electric piano, John McLaughlin, Dave Holland on bass , Harvey Brooks on electric bass, Lenny White on drum set, Jack DeJohnette on drum set, Don Alias on congas, and Juma Santos (credited as "Jim Riley") on shaker, and congas. This new album

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    Return To Forever

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    the full effect of a piece. Considering it is more musically complex than a genre such as pop, you can hear something new almost every single time you listen to the same piece. For my CD review, I chose to write about Return to Forever written by Chick Corea, released in November of 1999. Some of the reasons I chose this album is because it is seen as “alternative” jazz, and I was extremely curious as to what that sounded like, and also after listening to the first track, because it has electronic music

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