Louis MacNeice

For the final project there have been several artists and authors I’ve been inspired by and borrowed from. Firstly, Kamasi Washington, an excellent saxophonist, has been a huge influence with his new album The Epic and his live performance Le Poisson Rouge in October. Personally, I gravitate towards a very theatrical element to Kamasi’s music where he tells a very powerful and emotional story. Despite not having many lyrics, he builds the story up by displaying great finesse at low moments, which

Surprisingly a lot of people don’t know the name Louis Armstrong, Louis being one of the most influential artist in the history of music. He was known to be the king of jazz or the jazz original. He perfected the improvised jazz solo, as we know it. But before Armstrong, Dixieland was the style of jazz that everyone was playing. Louis Armstrong was the first to develop the idea of musicians playing during breaks that expanded into musicians

Louis Vuitton(LV) was est. in 1854 in France and is known as one of the oldest French luxury fashion houses. The brand became famous for its exclusive leather bags and trunks. Over the years the LV line expanded from leather goods to fashion, selective retailing; wines & spirits; perfumes & cosmetics; watches & jewellery making the brand one of the most luxurious brands worldwide. The LV brand is most recognizable for its logo, quality, uniqueness and price. It resonates a sense of prestige, quality

wildlife when the domesticated pets are not vaccinated for rabies. Rabies was first discovered in the 16th Century by Girolamo Fracastoro. He was an Italian physician that said rabies was a fatal disease. He called it an “incurable wound”. In 1885 Louis Pasteur, a French biologist, created the

Throughout history, jazz started to become very well known among diverse groups of individuals Jazz began developing in New Orleans and thoroughly established at the beginning of the 1920s. A plethora amount of slaves were Africans when imported into the new world which was New Orleans. However, they were not allowed to bring their musical instruments. Indeed, they didn’t leave behind their musical tastes and rhythmic sensibilities. There was an area in New Orleans where slaves would unite to make

Joe Henderson was a tenor saxophonist was born on April 24, 1937, and lived until June 30, 2001. He recorded several albums, including In ‘n Out. It was recorded on April 10, 1964. On the album, Joe Henderson is both the bandleader and tenor saxophonist. Kenny Dorham plays trumpet, McCoy Tyner plays the piano, Richard Davis plays bass, and Elvin Jones plays the drums. The style of jazz on the album has multiple aspects. The jazz quintet encompasses both a swing feeling (the swinging of the eighth

Experienced trombonist Bob Ferrel was not only a valuable member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra (conducted by Mercer Ellington) but also backed up amazing jazz singers such as Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and Nancy Wilson. On his latest album, Jazztopian Dream, he shows a true penchant for crisply executed musical dialects, hailing from the hard line repertoire of both bop and post-bop currents. “My Secret Love” is an uptempo quartet rampant where Ferrel’s gleaming tone buoys up sharp phraseologies

Takashi Murakami, a contemporary artist best known for his monumental movement, “Superflat”. Murakami is a Japanese artist who was born and raised in Saitama, just north of Tokyo, on February 1, 1962. He studied Nihonga, a traditional Japanese painting method thousands of years old, at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1986. He continued his education until he received his Ph.D in 1993, becoming the first to achieve this in

For this analysis on Louis Armstrong’s West End Blues, I am going to concentrate on Louis Armstrong and how influential he was in the birth of Swing. He was extremely innovative in the way he played his instrument. Louis Armstrong had a brilliant trumpet sound. His power, range, and his rhythmic approach are all trademarks of his playing in the 1920s and 1930s. West End Blues is still considered one of the most influential and classic pieces in the Jazz Industry. I will explain why by breaking down

Francis Albert “Frank” Sinatra was born december 12, 1915 and he died may 14, 1998. His current resting place is Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California. He was a singer, an actor, and a producer from 1935-1995. He had four spouses, Nancy Barbato, Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow, and Barbara Marx. With these spouses he had three children, Nancy, Frank jr., and Tina. The genres he played were jazz, swing and traditional pop. It's been said that Frank was influenced by Bing Crosby's crooning, and