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Britany Reed Dr. Keast Music April 15, 2015 Benny Goodman Benny Goodman the “King of Swing”. A man who owned the American Jazz and an amazing swing musician, clarinetist, and bandleader. This naming him as the infamous “King of Swing”. Goodman led the most popular musical groups known in America. Goodman was recognized as putting the most important jazz concert in history out to the public in 1938. Singlehandedly being the most recognized clarinet player for this era and doing it flawlessly

seven, switching to string bass at age nine. While studying music at the University of Oklahoma, he began working the clubs around the state. In 1980, Lynn relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio to join the Steve Schmidt Trio and the Blue Wisp Big Band. He was awarded a Jazz Studies Fellowship in the summer of 1981 from the National Endowment for the Arts to study with Rufus Reid. Lynn has been a faculty member at the College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Long Island University, State University of

suffering from being inflated, overuse of credit, a farming crisis, and other events led America to the economic downfall known as the Great Depression. During the great depression, the unemployment was high, the wages were low, lines stretched around the city for food, families that lost their house had to live in makeshift homes in communities called hoovervilles, and children had to stop school to work for money. Teens effected by the Great Depression worked

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home to nearly 300,000 Americans. Pittsburgh is the world’s steel and glass capital, ketchup, and the world’s first radio broadcasting station. This city also holds one of the greatest science centers in the United States. This center is known as the Carnegie Science Center. This science center is home to two different science centers that came together as one. It has a very vast history and importance to its region. Its ability to attract families and people all of ages

Throughout history, music has changed. One instrument has been able to stand the testament of time. Many instruments have had their time, but faded away. The trumpet has survived them all. It is probably the most popular instrument of all time. With talented musicians like Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis, the trumpet has been able to endure. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the careers of Armstrong and Davis, and how the trumpet became their way into Jazz. Louis Armstrong was born on

Country Music Country music. Just saying that word ignites a train of thought to many people to think of the deep ole’ American South and cowboys. What causes people to begin to imagine those things? From the cowboys featuring in movies to the loud blaring music the hillbilly neighbor plays, country music has brought its way to people around the world. From the 1920’s to now Country music was one of the first genres in modern music and is still popular today in the United States. The history of country

Country Music Country music. Just saying that word ignites a train of thought to many people to think of the deep ole’ American South and cowboys. What causes people to begin to imagine those things? From the cowboys featuring in movies to the loud blaring music the hillbilly neighbor plays, country music has brought its way to people around the world. From the 1920’s to now Country music was one of the first genres in modern music and is still popular today in the United States. The history of country

love with a style of music all his own. Forever young, buddy Holly still has a musical impact on his fans. Charles Hardin Holley, widely known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer with a brilliant talent. (“Buddy Holly Biography,” Buddy Holly) Born on September 7, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas, Buddy Holly was the youngest of four. Lawrence Odell Holley and Ella Pauline Holley were Buddy Holly’s parents. (“Buddy Holly Biography,” Amburn) Holley was born into a family of music. Even though Holley’s

1950’s Rock and Roll and Juvenile Delinquency Zachary B. Sandefur Texas State University   The 1950’s, a time of growth, a time of a technological advancement, a time of a new culture, this was America. Post WWII America was full of joy, full of ambition and overflowing talent that helped develop an amazing period in American history. One important outcome of this decade was the birth of Rock and Roll. Rock and Roll was new, it was hip, but it was also frowned upon by many of the adult

worried that “jazz would destroy young people’s interest in classical music” (Culture Shock). However, jazz made it through and is still played today. The places that jazz evolved from, the generation that loved jazz, and struggle for jazz helped shape it into what it is now, furthermore, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes jazz in the party scenes to help show how the love and closeness between Gatsby and Daisy.