Louis Zamperini

Jazz is important to me because it is a great form of expression. The music is fun, there is a lot of freedom in the genre with improvisation, and playing the music creates a great environment for musicians. Jazz has helped me to grow as a musician by improving my technique and musical knowledge, but also as a person by opening new windows and presenting more opportunities. Performers that have influenced me include my saxophone instructor Neal Smith, my band instructors Mr. McMann and Mr. Collins

When speaking about Louis Armstrong we envision the most outstanding and prominent, leading figures in the history of jazz. Playing the amazing cheerful and exuberant jazz piece West End Blues in 1928 on the trumpet with his band The Hot Five consisting of a trombone, clarinet

Stanley is in Camp Green Lake. Stanley was surprised that there wasn’t a lake “There is no lake at Camp Green Lake” Stanley said. So Stanley met new people their names were Armpit, Zigzag, and Zero they showed Stanley around the camp. Everybody at the camp had to dig holes. Stanley didn’t like digging holes because it will hurt his hand, feet, and he starts to get tired easily. The good thing for Stanley was he was big so it will be easier for him.

In his introduction to the term “Orientalism,” Edward Said begins by paraphrasing the writing of a French journalist’s view of the present-day Orient in order to express the major common Western misconception about the East. This misconception exists in the Western mind, according to Said, as if it were irrelevant that the Orient itself was actually sociologically affected. He then goes on to describe the basis of Orientalism, as it is rooted in the Western consciousness. Said uses the phrase “The

the Hospital. Unlike in The Giver, the parents in Slated took the mission to investigate Kyla’s activities, thoughts and to work as reminders of the rules in a different way. Kyla’s father represents the exemplary advocator of the government; he is the one to put Kyla under pressure of the rules most of the time. During many incidents, he attempts to understand what the mind of Kyla has been reasoning. Kyla and other slated children are supposed to report any one who is annoying them because it

By definition, civil rights are the rights of citizens to political and social equality. To simplify that, civil rights are rights that every person should have, no matter what race, color, ethnicity, etc. Some people believed so strongly that everyone should have civil rights, they were willing to risk their own lives for it. People such as Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Hazel Massery, and many others. One of the many civil rights activists was

it would be difficult for me to succeed as flutist in this genre of music, but I only grew more and more attached. Sophomore year, I enrolled in your Jazz Music Through the Decades class where you opened up my eyes to the wonders of Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and many more, who are among my favorite artists now. I cannot forget "Grinnin' In Your Face" by Son House. That song was stuck in my head for weeks and weeks after I first heard it. I have grown to develop a never ending

Miles Davis a songwriter and an influential jazz musician. Miles Davis is considered one of the top jazz musicians of his era. Miles Dewey Davis III was born May 25, 1926, in Alton, IIinois. With his mother being a Musician and his father being a Dental surgeon Davis grew up in a supportive middle-class household. Since his mother was a musician she encouraged her son to play the trumpet. Davis took many music lessons privately and in school, when free he would experiment with modern jazz. Miles

Louis Armstrong Arlene Kerrigan MUS 362 Professor Hagelganz October 8, 2016 Kerrigan 2 Louis Armstrong also known as Satchmo and or Pops was a great American Jazz artist who came from very humble beginnings to become one of the greatest music legends of all times. Known not only for his mastery of the trumpet but, for the cornet and his scat-style

Eleanora Fagan better known by her professional name Billie Holiday, was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career lasting for nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style started the creation of a new way of phrasing and tempo. Holiday was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills, which was a way to balance out her limited range and lack of