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Experienced trombonist Bob Ferrel was not only a valuable member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra (conducted by Mercer Ellington) but also backed up amazing jazz singers such as Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and Nancy Wilson. On his latest album, Jazztopian Dream, he shows a true penchant for crisply executed musical dialects, hailing from the hard line repertoire of both bop and post-bop currents. “My Secret Love” is an uptempo quartet rampant where Ferrel’s gleaming tone buoys up sharp phraseologies

Mike Clement MUS 245 21 March 2011 The British Invasion The British Music Invasion was one of the most influential time periods for the development and maturation of a new variation of rock and roll. This innovating movement was initially inspired by some of America’s greatest rock and blues musicians including: Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry, and so on. The establishment of the British music scene absorbed and completely reconfigured the traditional instruments

Their arrival opened the doors for more British bands to make it big in America, and steal the attention of every boy and girl who listened to the radio. A few examples of bands the British were responsible for includes The Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, The Who, the Animals and Manfred Mann. But how did this British Invasion happen in the first place?

group who played in the same local pubs as the Rolling Stones. The band was short lived and they broke up in August of the same year. Eric Clapton joined another band, The Yardbirds, in September 1963. They were a Blues band, Clapton’s preferred musical genre. He remained a member of the band until 1965 when The Yardbirds began to move to a psychedelic pop sound. In the spring of 1965, he joined a

Did you know that the King of Rock himself, Elvis Presley, recorded over 600 songs, but he did not write a single of them? Rock became popular in the 1950’s, it got their roots from 1940’s and 1950’s its style which drew heavily on the African-American genres of jazz, blues and rhythm and blues. Musically, rock is centered around an electric guitar, electric bass, drums in one or more singer. Typically, rock has a 4/4 time signature using verse to chorus form, but the genre has become very diverse

Cream Another British rock group which really rocked the charts with their music was Cream. The boys in the band were Jack Bruce vocalist/guitarist, Eric Clapton Vocalist/guitarist, and Ginger Baker drummer. Their special kind of music consisted of blues rock, hard rock, and psychedelic rock. When Cream came out with their third album titled Wheels of Fire it became the world’s first platinum-selling double album. During their time they sold over fifteen million albums all over the globe. Among

first concept album? • Psychedelic music can either enhance a drug trip or mimic it using instrumentation • Dr. Timothy Leary wrote “The Psychedelic Experience” • Know song examples of the Beatles’ Innovation and Emulative phases • Members of the Yardbirds formed Led Zeppelin • Understand the definition of a concept album • What events led to the end of the first wave of rock and roll? • Alan Freed started the Moondog Show in which city? • Sam Phillips started Sun Records and signed Elvis

The British Invasion The “British Invasion” was a time period occurring throughout the 1960’s. During this time period British musicians and bands that could adapt to the American style of music, came to America to get more fans and be more well known in the world. Some of the Musicians were: The Rolling Stones, the Animals, and the Beatles. The Beatles were the most known. They got so popular, that people called them the the leaders of the “British Invasion”. Famous bands that appeared during the

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With no doubt about it, Chuck Berry is the true King of Rock and Roll as well as the Father of Rock and Roll. His music stood out, his style was in general was unique and his impact on the races brought them together. He influenced many musicians and when it comes down to Presley and Berry, “Presley was an imitator; Berry was an originator”. His music was meant for everyone and he wasn't afraid to share it with the world and especially the white community. To me, Chuck Berry’s style is one of the