Blue Dog Coalition

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On Monday evening, September 21, 2015, I had the pleasure of watching University Jazz Combos. The performance was held at the University of Louisville School Of Music in the Bird Recital Hall. These three combos consisted of the Mark Turner Combo directed by Tyrone Wheeler, Illinois Jacquet Combo directed by Ansyn Banks, and Michael Brecker Combo also directed by Ansyn Banks. I wasn’t for sure what to expect when coming to this concert. Different from the other jazz performance I attended, this…

The Blues and the British Boom Many of the most popular and best-selling musicians of the twentieth century were part of a movement called the British Invasion. The Beatles, The Who, and The Rolling Stones, most notably, are all household names to those with any interest in popular music since the 1960s. Past the initial Invasion, artists such as Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd also had immense success after traveling across the pond to perform in the United States. Even with the…

My whole world was muffled. My sight is blocked by a light blue blur. I couldn’t hear or see a thing so I start kicking my legs to get to the surface. Suddenly my head explodes into the real world. My leg raises up onto the ledge so I can get out of the pool and dry off. From once we got here, the skies have gotten darker. It was going to rain so I walk towards my chair leaving a line of water behind me so my mother and I can pack up and go before it rains. I get to my chair and as I grab my…

Hayley Wilgers History of Rock and Roll March 25, 20 Pop Rock, well known in early days as well as today, precisely means popular. Many believe the term “Pop Rock” to be more of a commercial term, and would describe it as a lighter version of “Rock” in itself. After the British Invasion, people started to use it to oppose the original “Rock” term. It is an upbeat type of music and is very well known by fans of Elvis, The Bee Gees, and The Police. Rock and Roll was one major music category, and…

The Brubeck Brothers Quartet was an exceptionally fascinating occasion. My purpose for my statement is that I have never really been to a live jazz performance and it was a new experience for me. My immediate thought upon entry was that the presentation was going be exhausting and long. In spite of the fact that it lasted quite a while it was justified regardless of my while in light of the fact that I really wound up liking the performance. I think the Brubeck Brothers Quartet was amazing and I…

1940’s in the United States. It was influenced by country and blues music that started making a new sound using electric guitars and a balanced drum beat, which was a faster beat and rhythm instead of a slow one. Rock music also produced greatly on other genres like electric blues and folk. By the late 60’s mentioned as the golden age or the classic rock period rock music sure genres had become known like country rock, jazz rock, blues rock, raga rock, and folk rock.…

After going through all the songs in this module, I can see some similarities in all of them. But the only one thing am going to talk about is the repetition in some of the songs in Jazz, Gospel songs, Blues, and Hip-hop. Also, they were songs of war or civil right movement. Let me start with “This Little Light of Mine” in Gospel music. People sang this song and other spirituals song during the Civil Rights Movement as a way of expressing unity as they fought for equal rights and freedom for…

“The wise musicians are those who play what they can master” (Ellington, 2017). The 1960’s were a decade of cultural calamity which with saw the premature political gripes of racial discrimination and ethnic values. Witnessing the implications of constitutional instability through the social revolution, songs of social commentary demonstrated expressionism of outdated morals through emphasis of lyrical progression. While various genres mirror the social ideals of an artist’s philosophies; as…

Introduction For many centuries, the theory that music can induce and express emotion within a person has been researched and examined with musicologists discovering that it is capable of having a convincing impact on emotional processes (Brooks, 2015). With regard to such theories, this research paper will attempt to provide further contextual information around the potential effects of music variables on physical performance in both professional and recreational athletes. Costas I.…