Bebop

swing, bop, cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz, Third Stream, jazz-rock, and fusion (Wheaton, 1994). The first jazz-style to receive apperception as a fine art was bebop, which is mainly instrumental and was composed by solemn ebony jazz musicians who experimented with incipient conceptions in the tardy night jam sessions (Wheaton, 1994). Bebop evolved in the 1940s and was said to have been created by blacks in a way that whites could not copy (Gerard,…

Music Heals The Soul “A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” -Leopold Stokowski. Stokowski is not from the 40’s, however, his quote goes with any era. Music in the 40’s was a big hit because it gave people a way to express their feelings. From the war and bombs to clubs and jazz, the 40’s were musical in many ways. Jazz all began in the mid 1930’s after big bands struggled to stay together during WWII. In the 40’s people like Dizzy…

and he built on to the virtuous style of Roy Eldridge, but he added layers of harmonic complexity that has not been previously heard in jazz. His skills were essential to the popularizing of what is known as “Bebop.” In the 1940s Gillespie became a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters Miles Davis, Jon Faddis, and Chuck Mangione. I listened to Gillespie’s piece “An Then She Stopped”, which he composed. This…

“Where words fail, music speaks.”-Hans Christian Andersen (Phillip). Jazz was not born on a specific day. It formed over years of slavery, pain, and discrimination. Jazz music led to the exploration of the pain and troubles of slaves and African- Americans went through during the course of many years. Slave music is the basis of jazz music. In 1619, the first slaves arrived in America (Shmoop). Slaves could not speak poorly of their masters, so they used songs to speak in code (History). Often…

but since it is a beginner model, it won't be able to capture high quality images. Parrot Bebop Quadcopter Drone The Parrot Bebop Quadcopter drone is another excellent machine which novice pilots can use for mastering their drone flying skills. This aerial vehicle is more advanced than the Husban X4 and comes with a camera capable of shooting high quality photos as well as videos. The Parrot Bebop has a number of sensors that help you in flying it in a more controlled manner. To control…

He moved from swing to bebop to cool jazz to hard bop and kept on going, but the thing that remained constant throughout his “genre hopping” was his unequivocal talent as both an improviser and musical innovator. Miles was a revolutionary – he changed the name of jazz and spearheaded…

regarded as “the most spectacular failures of the jazz club scene” in the liner notes(“Miles Davis”). Later Davis became the representative figure in hard bop, that “use[s] slower tempos and a less radical approach to harmony and melody” compared with bebop, but differs from cool jazz by “virtue of a harder beat and by its constant reference to the blues”(“Miles…

Breaking into and out of the Blues: The Universal Neuroses of Mankind in Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin In Sonny’s Blues, James Baldwin illustrates what Sigmund Freud might call the “universal neurosis of mankind.” It is also the story of overcoming the silence caused by that neuroses, which for Freud, is deeply rooted in the history of human conflict. Baldwin’s story gives the reader an intimate look at the reciprocal nature of societal repression and the way in which people express that…

Mississippi, one of the three tenor saxophone giants was born, Lester Young, also known as the ‘Prez’ or the ‘Pres’ (Ron T). Along with Ben Webster and most notably, Coleman Hawkins, he culminated his own style of intricate swing and paved the road to bebop. Folks like Charlie Parker and Sonny Rollins had all of his solos memorized in every key, by heart. He was the father of every style of jazz that followed. In the 20’s and 30’s, jazz was the music of dance. meant for entertainment, it was the…

• 1890’s - Ragtime o West African (folk music/rhythms) European influence • African slaves went to America however at first their style of dance wasn’t received well. Some of the slaves later on went to Europe where their dancing was recognized. African jazz with European influences then made its way back to America. African Slaves→America→Europe Jazz→ Europe→America • Ragtime • Syncopated rhythms (marches, waltzes, other classic rhythms…) o Tommy Turpin (piano) Harlem Rag → the first…