San Francisco Jazz Festival

than the traditional norms. These generations who rejected traditional culture helped carve out a new trajectory for the United States and the movements influences can still be felt to this day. It is believed that the Hippie movement began in San Francisco, California but it quickly spread throughout the United States and Canada as well as in Europe and other parts of the world. The individuals involved in the hippie movement were from a wide range of different backgrounds. Many of them parted with

released the first rock concept album titled; sgnt Pepper’s lonely hearts club band. This album established new standards for studio recording and helped to portray rock musicians as creative artists. In 1966 a new rock developed,this was known as san fransisco rock,or psychedelic rock. It was associated with the use of hallucinogenic drugs, including LSD, and Marijuana. there were psychedelic art and light shows, and

composing music. One may ask when his fascination of music began and how he inspired today’s music. Wayne Peterson “was born in Albert Lea, a small town Minnesota on March 8th 1927” (Henken, 1992, pp 1). He is now retired and has been living in San Francisco, California since 1960. Since Peterson is still alive and a private man there are currently no sources that tell how he started writing his music. Although it is known that where he began composing and that he composed under the influences of Copland

Twisted Wheel and officially at the Sixth Annual Windsor Jazz & Blues Festival. Cream arrived in the U.S. in March of 1967 and gave nine concerts at the RKO Theater in New York City and returned to the city in May to record Disraeli Gears at Atlantic Studios. This was their second album and reached number 5 in the charts both in the U.S and the U.K. Cream played their fist headlining dates in the U.S. at the Fillmore West in San Francisco in August of 1967. IT was not long afterwards when the band

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to perform in strip clubs, in Tijuana. He was inspired by Artists like B.B King, Ray Charles, blues music, little Richards, and American rock and roll. Hoping to find work, Jose Santana moved the family to San Francisco in the 1960’s. Carlos Santana was then introduced to new music, such as Jazz, and folk music which had an influence on

looked more grungy with scruffy chins and mustaches and worn out clothing, while the Hippies wore bright vibrant colors with peace symbols and had long beards. Music also fluctuates so during the Beat Movement many listened to jazz music because it took place during the big jazz scene (Beat 34), while the Hippie Generation started with rock and roll and vinyl

Peter Max (c. October 19, 1937 present) is an artist known for using bright colors in his work. He was and still is a pop culture icon who revolutionizes the concept of modem art in the U.S. as a graphic artist. Max became known for his psychedelic style of painting and use of bright, vibrant colors. Regarded as one of the most popular among all living American artists, Peter Max has played a significant role in shaping the way contemporary America views art, but he had to start from somewhere.

popular around this time who ventured with LSD include Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Santana and many more. One of the most prominent users of LSD was Jerry Garcia, who was a member of the Grateful Dead. LSD had become embraced by San Francisco Hippies, where often they would get together and have light shows, film projectors and live music to accompany their mind expanding experiences. People would also give LSD to people without their consent or knowledge, like putting it in the drinks

View into civil right movement through Jazz Jazz, used by artists as a means of expressing their emotions and feelings, has had a lasting impact on the United States. Many look at Jazz as a simple art form, however, few know its roots as means of bringing blacks into mainstream American music. Also, few know that Jazz brought together multiple American music forms together into a global phenomenon. Marching bands, church music, religious hymns, and underground civil right music were all integrated