Newport Jazz Festival

would do several songs with Adelaide Hall. One of the most popular songs created by the artists was ‘Creole Love Call’, which became a worldwide sensation. His fame would only grow from here. Eventually, in 1956, Ellington would perform at the Newport Jazz Festival. His concert there would make international headlines, and even make TIME magazine. After many musical achievements, and writing around 1000 compositions, Ellington died May 24th, 1974 at age 75.1 One of Duke’s more popular albums, titled

My father loves jazz and has an extensive collection of records and reel-to-reel tapes he used to enjoy after returning home from work. He might have entered the house in a foul mood, but once he had his Dexter Gordon and a vodka martini, the stress melted away and everything was "Beautiful, baby, just beautiful." The instant the needle hit that record, he'd loosen his tie and become something other than the conservative engineer with a pocketful of IBM pencils embossed with the command think. "Man

“Rage to Survive, The Etta James Story” as told by Etta James, and written by David Ritz, is a biographical telling of the history of the soul singer who, through a series of crashes and comebacks, became one of the most famous blues, R&B and jazz singers in history. Born in Los Angeles, California, Etta James, or as a young child known as Jamesetta Hawkins, was born January 25th, 1938 to Ms. Dorothy Hawkins who was just fourteen, and an absent father. This is a solidified fact, the place and date

on August 19th, 1989 at the Newport Jazz Festival. It features a full length trumpet solo by Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts on piano, Todd Williams on tenor/soprano saxophone, Wessell Anderson on alto saxophone, Reginald Veal on string bass, and Herlin Riley on drums. “Embraceable You” is a jazz ballad, characterized by the slow tempo and romantic tone. I believe that the song, as recorded, was arranged by Wynton Marsalis specifically for the Newport Jazz Festival, since trumpet replaced the lyrics

The Woodstock Festival became very important for this reason. The festival was the most well documented of all the large festivals in the sixties and had the most direct protesting. Woodstock has been portrayed by the media to be the most important and influential festival of the sixties, however that may not be the case. The Monterey Pop Festival is one of the pre-Woodstock festivals that had the same or more effect on the culture of the 1960s. The Monterey Pop festival took place directly

Introduction Festivals for years have been leading the outdoor events industry by force. With the music scene always changing and now modern day music being dominated by technology, the same goes for how the festival trying to brand them self’s around using technology. This Research assignment will look at the history of Glastonbury from 1970 until the early 2000’s taking into account some recent developments from the last few years. From Michael Eavis inspirational thinking to David Bowie’s early

stability of the United Stated in chaos. Because of this, 40% of the population was unemployed. Things were no different for jazz musicians, bands got larger and restrictions were established in order to achieve success in the troubled economy. This led to an age of dullness among many jazz bands. A prime example was the Sweet Bands, even though these helped popularized jazz, performers were not allowed to do what they loved the most, improvise. This situation created a need for self-expression, therefore

There are different types of jazz: blues, ragtime, swing, bebop, and others. Blues started approximately in 1890s that was brought into the United States by African and they sang spirituals, hymns, and work songs. Ragtime began as dance music in New Orleans; it started approximately in 1897 and died out before 1920. New Orleans style early jazz began in 1917; Louis Armstrong is one of the major musicians from this time. Chicago early jazz style began in the early 1920s. The differences between New

Throughout the years there have been several amazing composers and artists around the world and Miles Davis is considered one of the finest in the jazz genre. As one of the greatest jazz musicians ever, he instrumental in developing new forms of music such as jazz fusion. Like many famous twentieth century composers and artists, Davis grappled throughout his career with drug abuse, however, his music is still inspirational today and will impact and influence future generations and push them to their

Mary Elfriede Scruggs was born in May 8 1910 in Atlanta Georgia. She moved to Pennsylvania and was raised there. One day she surprised her mother by playing a song on there pump organ so her mother trained her and she started playing professionally by the age of seven. As a teenager she started playing with John Williams a famous saxophonist, years later in 1927 they married. Years later she moved to Kansas City and started playing in a band named the Clouds of Joy. She was a pianist in the band