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Gioia, Ted. History of Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. 1997. Print. The book tells history about how Jazz became its own type of genre in music. Jazz ascends smooth beats in the ecstatic sounds that changed Jazz in 1950, which is modern day Jazz. The book contains great detail, giving us information by writers and veteran artist on their perception of Jazz. Ted Gioia covers the historical events of Jazz up to the year of 1995. Publisher from Oxford tell the exciting stories of how…

Vietnam world. They used Jazz as a kind of expression, as a political believes. The most notable musicians in these time were Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, and Dave Brubek. All of them moved the Jazz to another level. A new kind of Jazz became, some improvisation, no guides, new styles such as “Bebop”, many “solos”, different “tempo”, among others. Miles Davis recorded “Kind of Blue”, it was the best seller. He was a Jazz trumpeter. Another icon was Dave Brubek, he liked and…

The differences between these two kinds of Jazz mentioned in the test seems to have more to do with “the five-year gap between them,” a lot can happen in five years especially with the introduction of record players and the radio (Starr & Waterman, 88). The suggestion that “the ODJB’s recordings are rooted in the past,” being more similar to ragtime than The Creole Jazz Bands style of Jazz, which “points toward the future of jazz” makes a valid point (Starr & Waterman, 88). ODJBs were playing…

Both Edison and Young attained their fame from one thing that they had in common, 'Originality'. On Edison's appearance at Riverwalk Jazz, in 1993, Edison mentioned that "All the musicians used to say they'd rather be the world’s worst 'originator' than the world’s best 'imitator'" as he knew the importance of being original. Lester Young's fame came from the similar reason. Rather than adopting the normal 'forceful' approach, he came up with a completely new concept in which to play his horn,…

com). Miles Davis was a leading figure when it came to combining the styles of Jazz and Rock music, especially when it came to his album “Bitches Brew” (AARegistry.org). It was with his album success of “In a Silent Way” in 1969 that Miles started to challenge the meaning of the word jazz (Jazz.com). Lester Bangs who was a writer for the Rolling Stones had said that “the music was neither Jazz nor Rock, and that new music is in the air which knows no boundaries or categories…” (Jazz.com). Miles…

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue One of the greatest albums in jazz - Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue has received innumerable commendations ever since its release in 1959 and has been admired by jazz fans far and wide. Miles Davis and his sterling band that consisted of top performers at that time together brought this masterpiece to the world. This album features Miles Davis on trumpet, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone, John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Wynton Kelly and Bill Evans on piano,…

Ornette Coleman (or in full- Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman) was born in Texas on the 9th of March 1930 and died last year (2015) on the 11th of June, in New York. He was a saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He released loads of albums over the span of his career and is known to be one of the most important initiators of free jazz. When Ornette Coleman was a child he played alto, then moved onto tenor saxophone in his teenage years. His early style of jazz was influenced not only by…

Born Cabell Calloway III, on December 15, 1907, in Rochester, NY, Cab Calloway was a multitalented individual. Not only was he a big band leader during the swing era of jazz, but he was also an actor, author, drummer, and singer. With humble beginnings in a large family, Calloway was exposed to music at an early age. His parents expected him to follow his father’s footsteps into the world of law, but after some time at Chicago’s Crane College, Calloway realized his true passions were in the…

The Forest Acres community offers a number of opportunities to those who live in the area. As a city that has increased from two square miles to approximately five square miles in the area size, and from 375 to around 10, 500 in population size, it is understandable why this community appears to be becoming more upscale when compared to other local communities. After visiting different areas of this community, Forest Acres appears to be a community that is populated mostly by upper middle class…

Scott DeVeaux is a professor and an author who specialized in jazz and American music. He is currently teaching at the University of Virginia. His book The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History that was published in 1997 had won the American Book Award, an ASCAP–Deems Taylor Award, the Otto Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society, and the ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Sound Research. His other published books and articles include Jazz, which was co-author with…