Vocal jazz

Brandon Chau Mr. Jarrard English 8: Jazz age 27, March 2017 The Jazz Age Louis Armstrong was one of the popular jazz musician that began in the Roaring 20s. During this time period, music was appreciated as a way to express opinions about politics, culture, and the world. Armstrong, also known as “Satchmo” or “Pops”, became the foundation of the 1920s jazz. African Americans were having a strong influence on music and began developing their own musical styles. Armstrong was such an example

recital. I like this. This is why I say to people, tunes of the old days really do show intuition and good old-fashioned wisdom on how to play tunes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMAtL7n_-rc ARMSTRONG: HOTTER THAN THAT Date: 1927 style New Orleans jazz form: 32-bar popular song Personnel is Louis Armstrong, trumpet; Kid Ory, trombone; Johnny Dodds, clarinet; Lil Armstrong, piano; Lonnie Johnson, guitar. The music begins with the whole band playing the New Orleans-style polyphony. The trombone plays

Characters of their Music Blues and jazz music, though they both have great roots in African American history, are undeniably different forms of expressing feelings that can be played using the same instruments. In the text, Ma’ Rainey’s Black Bottom by August Wilson, there is a great conflict between one of the main characters, Levee, and the band he is to play with. His style of musical expression is Jazz, but he is playing in a blues band. Toledo and Levee are the two main characters used to convey

History of Jazz Midterm 1.) Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was an American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader who has been one of the most influential musicians in jazz. The Duke has released countless albums and songs, but not many know of his triumph as a musical theatre composer. Duke Ellington’s 1941 Jump For Joy was the first theatre show to openly discard the African- American stereotypes which prevailed in the arts at the time. In fact Jump for Joy openly discussed these stereotypes

When I thought of jazz before I took this course, the Cool style Jazz is what would come to mind. I am a fan of the more relaxed way of playing personally, and I love the classical influence that is found in Cool. This new style could have been a rebellion against the more complex and ‘hot’ Bebop, or it could have simply been society swinging back like a pendulum the way it often does, and favoring something different. “Boplicity” played by Miles Davis and the Gil Evans Orchestra, is very obviously

The 36th Annual Jazz Showcase, on Thursday, March 9, 2017 incorporated many styles of jazz and modern compositions. This concert can best be described as fusion in both jazz and how the songs varied from Fiddler in the Roof to James Bond. The concert was mainly characterized by the songs played in a big band style. It consisted of many musicians and many instruments including, alto, tenor and bari sax, trumpet, trombone, French horn, tuba, keyboard (piano), guitar (acoustic, electric), percussion

An Evening of Jazz On November 17th, 2016, I attended a jazz concert and had quite a time. The experience was captivating, and gave me a warm feeling inside. There were three different bands that play in the hour slot, and all of them sounded magnificent, but “The Santé Fe Jazz Combo” and “Santa Fe Big Band” stood out the most. The only thing these two bands have in common is that some of the musicians play in both bands. Otherwise, these jazz fanatics are polar opposites. When listening to “The

Today, 66 years after the peak of his career, Nat King Cole remains to be a household name. Most anyone you ask will recognize his iconic baritone vocals. Although he is best known for his vocal style, Cole was also an extremely talented piano player. Along with his elegant presence, Cole was able to break the strong barriers of racism in the 1960s, leaving a legacy for artists behind him. Cole was raised in an extremely religious household outside of Chicago. His mother was the choir director

used to sing in old-fashioned way. A lot of performers played jazz-influenced mambo, charanga, cha-cha-cha dance, and traditional music like rumba and son. When it is getting popular, the performers created modern forms of Cuban music with new rhythms and dance moves and it was remarkable. For example, performers played the modern instruments like guitar and cuban instruments like laud. It kept changing into Cuban son with rock, jazz, and funk to gain more people to hear their own music. Their music’s

primary characteristics of this genre is to push the boundaries of “rock’s technical and compositional boundaries.” By utilizing this idea, the songs produced incorporate elements from jazz, classical, and vary greatly depending on the background of the person. If a musician grew up listening to Jazz, there will be lots of jazz elements found in the progressive music he or she was producing. The instrument choice also provides a huge element of the unique sound a musician or band presents through his or