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Our music industry would not be what it is today without one of America’s greatest music legends, Duke Ellington. He made major breakthroughs at a time when the odds were against him. He was born Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (1899-1974).He was a natural and has many life achievements that have contributed to the genre of jazz. He was a catalyst in his era. His music spoke to the soul. He defied the odds with his musical accomplishments. It was not everyday blacks were awarded the opportunity

virtuoso capable of playing at the most brutal tempos with subtlety as well as power, is usually considered one of the most important drummers in history. He worked with a great deal of the greatest jazz musicians, including Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins and Clifford Brown. His death at 83 was a step toward the end of the bebop jazz world's most influential generation. Few remain amongst the giants who were jamming alongside

will be compared to Take Five composed by Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck. Context “Ko Ko” was composed and recorded in 1945 which marked the end of the Second World War. The original recorded version featured Parker playing alto saxophone, Miles Davis on trumpet, Curley Russelland on double bass, Max Roach on drums and Dizzy Gillespie on piano, instead of his main instrument trumpet.

The development of “cool jazz” in the late 1950s defines the culmination of the style into popular mainstream culture. Mile Davis’ “The Birth of Cool” defines a masterpiece that projected an image of an African-American “cool cat” that played a refined, mellow, and sophisticated style of jazz. Davis would become a central figure in the "cool jazz" movement due to his rebellious attitudes towards society, as well as the drug-related criminal culture that he exuded as a countercultural figure in conservative

Chuck Berg is a professor of film and media studies at the University of Kansas as well as a jazz critic, his articles has been published in the magazines; include DownBeat, JazzTimes, Jazz Educators, Journal American Music and others. Berg has written liner notes in the albums of jazz musicians, for example Coleman Hawkins, Jay McShann, Dave Liebman, Fred Hersch, Lee Ritenour, and others. The Encyclopedia of Orson Welles that published in 2003 was his latest book. The author examined and discussed

Marsalis is a jazz trumpeter of the highest caliber. Marsalis was born in the home of jazz, New Orleans, in 1961. He has been entertaining the world for decades with his mastery of trumpet improvisations; that scream the influences of greats like Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. Marsalis played jazz with many of the greats, in particular Art Blakey. In 1980 he became one of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Marsalis is dedicated to the preservation of jazz and the roots of jazz music. His styles range from

Keith Jarrett is an American pianist whose personality, philosophy, and music emerge as a force; not only within a jazz context, but within any contemporary American musical style. The width of Jarretts musical ability, crossing all genres of music, including, but not limited to: jazz, classical, and “world” music, is unmatched by most. But, for some reason his name, or playing is very rarely mentioned outside of the jazz idiom. Keith Jarrett’s profound and philosophical explanations for his music

Emory Barton Coach Williams US History 11 - 2nd Period 3 February 2017 "The Life and Death of a Musical Legend" William “Count” Basie was born on August 21, 1904 and went from a little boy in Red Bank, New Jersey to becoming a renowned jazz musician who made many contributions to music and inspired millions. He was responsible for developing swing jazz and earned many Grammy Awards. He is most known for the song "One O'Clock Swing." From an early age, he avidly studied music. Basie began

A one of a kind, expressive soloist and an asking for social occasion pioneer, Miles Davis was the most dependably creative craftsman in jazz from the late 1940s through the 1960s. Davis experienced youth in East St. Louis, and took up trumpet at 13 years old; following two years he was by then playing professionally. He moved to New York in September 1944, evidently to enter the Institute of Musical Art however truly to locate his loved picture, (Charlie Parker). He joined Parker in live appearances

Artist Analysis By Johnny Zorzopis DJ Jazzy Jeff is a big name producer and DJ with many hits and even turntable scratching styles named after him. All of DJ Jazzy Jeff's talent and DJ skills have made him gain a huge following and name as one of the industry's "musical godfathers". Being around for over 20 years in the music industry and a repertoire of Jazz, hip hop and much more he is still releasing music today. He may be best known for working as a duo with Will Smith in his early career days