Ziff Davis

1. I think the biggest element that made this song unique is the use of counterpoint. Counterpoint is the use of two or more melodic lines of equal importance. During the course of the song, no one melody sounds like the main melody, and are all of the same significance. I think this would have upset many of the jazz purists, as it was such a change from traditional jazz music.   2. A vibraphone is a instrument with resonator tubes suspended below aluminum bars to create a natural reverberation

section without a chordal instrument (i.e., piano, guitar, vibraphone) was in part inspired by his desire of using more counterpoint. Having gained a lot of experience as an arranger and composer with previous projects with Stan Kenton, and Miles Davis, Mulligan wanted to create a counterpoint-oriented jazz group. His quartet became the first polyphonic jazz group with a contrapuntal style of performing that

Last night, I treated myself to an outstanding performance by Devan Jones and The Uptown Stomp. The band’s primary sound is Swinging Blues, Ragtime & Jazz from the 1930s through the 1950s. I was amazed that not only was the music vintage, their equipment was also. The band is comprised of young, group of musicians from in and around Knoxville, TN. The members consisted of bassist Clint Mullican, drummer Hunter Deacon and tenor / baritone saxophonist Chuck Mullican, pianist Keith Brown and Devan Jones

Jazz is important to me because it is a great form of expression. The music is fun, there is a lot of freedom in the genre with improvisation, and playing the music creates a great environment for musicians. Jazz has helped me to grow as a musician by improving my technique and musical knowledge, but also as a person by opening new windows and presenting more opportunities. Performers that have influenced me include my saxophone instructor Neal Smith, my band instructors Mr. McMann and Mr. Collins

“Cool” from the theater production, West Side Story, is a classic. Contrary to many song’s we’ve listened to in class, this was written for theater, and therefore is an example of popular music. The song is clearly jazz, it’s slow, follows a typical jazz-like rhythm, and more importantly has finger snapping. The piano plays the same rhythm cyclically, but at different pitches. There is repetition throughout the song lyrically, as well. At around 1 minute in, the continuous lyrics stop, as well as

Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue is the single biggest selling jazz album ever made, selling over 5 million copies, and was my favorite to learn about. It is known to be one of albums that convert people to liking jazz styled music, even though it was created over fifty years ago. The most significant part of the album to me was that it made such an impact on the jazz community and it was only made in seven hours and all but only one of the tracks were first takes. What has stuck with me in the documentary

Ever since I joined jazz band in 8th grade, I have been inspired by the freedom and edginess of jazz music. I joined junior jazz band at North Kingstown High School freshman year knowing that it would be difficult for me to succeed as flutist in this genre of music, but I only grew more and more attached. Sophomore year, I enrolled in your Jazz Music Through the Decades class where you opened up my eyes to the wonders of Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and many more, who are among

Miles Davis a songwriter and an influential jazz musician. Miles Davis is considered one of the top jazz musicians of his era. Miles Dewey Davis III was born May 25, 1926, in Alton, IIinois. With his mother being a Musician and his father being a Dental surgeon Davis grew up in a supportive middle-class household. Since his mother was a musician she encouraged her son to play the trumpet. Davis took many music lessons privately and in school, when free he would experiment with modern jazz. Miles

Dave Warren Brubeck, son of Elizabeth and Pete Brubeck, was born on December 6, 1920 in Concord, California (Dave Brubeck, Bio). He was born cross-eyed and had been prescribed glasses before he had even left the crib (Dave Brubeck, Dave Brubeck Jazz.). Dave Brubeck had two older siblings, Howard and Henry Brubeck (Dave Brubeck, Wikipedia).When he was four, his mother, who taught piano for extra money, began to give him piano lessons. When he was learning piano, he showed a reluctance to read the

The radio for many years was called the “airways”. The reason behind the name is because waves are the mode of transportation through the atmosphere for anything you hear coming through the radio. Many know it called as AM or FM. Everything that happens in a studio or at a radio station has to go through these airways in order to get to your stereo system. Roger C. Bethel discovered that behind a radio microphone, his voice could help country listeners all the way to gospel that were willing to listen