Blue Man Group

when both their families moved away. Years later in October 1960, they happened to bump into each other at a train station. Jagger was a student at a school for economics in London and he had his own band called Little Boy Blues and the Blue Boys. Jagger was a huge fan of blues music and Keith Richards was more of a fan of Chuck Berry’s style of rock and roll. After Jagger and Richards talked, he soon joined Mick’s band. Later while going around some…

work, because they are not legal citizens. The group of men are then seen working while another man is watching over them. The group of men appear to be Hispanic or mexican, while the man who is supervising them appears to be a caucasian American. The group of men are wearing jeans, plain shirts, and rugged hats, however the other man is wearing a formal construction worker jumpsuits and a blue construction helmet. The men take a break and one man takes out a small photo from his wallet of a…

Running Away from Home: Prejudice in the South The songs Alabama Blues by J. B. Lenoir (1965) and Good Kid by Kendrick Lamar (2012) both exemplify the rampant racial prejudice against black Americans that occurred in the southern states back in the 1960s and in the present, respectively. Alabama Blues is a blues song that tells the story of a man who blames the state of Alabama for all of his misfortunes, specifically the deaths of his sister and brother. Lenoir’s brother is murdered by police…

Soul Jazz is widely regarded as one of the most influential types of music in American History. Since it’s formation, jazz has represented the literal sound of freedom for many African Americans. James Baldwin’s “Sonny's Blues,” tells the coming of age story about a young man named Sonny and his life as an aspiring jazz musician. To become one of the great jazz musicians Sonny must focus on listening to those around him including his older brother. Ironically the person he struggles to listen…

improvisation jazz style and trumpet sound through many recording sessions. In 1949, he released The Birth of Cool, along with multiple singles. It was a success and considered to be a great contribution to modern jazz. The album consisted of a nine man band with unique instrumental additions. These additions included the tuba, trombone and French horn. Miles Davis was influencing the music…

Willis 000376048 46982 Essay #1 Performer: Little Richard Career Span: 1951-present Location: Born on December 5, 1932 in Macon, Georgia. Band Members: Little Richard was considered a solo artist; however, he intertwined with multiple well-known groups such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Bio: Richard Wayne Penniman, also known as Little Richard, is known to be one of the craziest, most entertaining leaders of the 1950s. He topped billboards early on and was able to maintain a spot…

Louis Armstrong was a part of an influential time of the Harlem Renaissance. He played a major role in the Jazz Age, otherwise known as the Roaring Twenties. He helped this time period move forward with this type of jazz. Louis and his group, the Oliver band, brought “swing” to this time period. Louis Armstrong helped start a significant music period (“Louis Armstrong”). Armstrong was born in New Orleans, on the fourth of August in 1901 and died on the sixth of July in 1971 in New York, New…

typically dancing music. The main founders of this band was Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Glenn Gray, Chick Webb , and Jimmie Lunceford. The main person who was called the King of Swing was Benny Goodman. After the swing came the Rhythm and Blues. Each of these types of music had and huge outcome on music and made allot of music what it is today. It was a type of music that had a positive and optimistic vibe, it has this don’t worry everything will be ok. This type of music helped…

I saw Buffalo 40 perform at the DC9, a night club in northwest DC. Buffalo 40 is a rock band that was created in 2013 that combines many musical elements such as “rock funk blues metal and modern rock”(ReverbNation). These fusional musical elements of their performance highlighted their country music and rock musical identities as well as their attire, lyrics, gender identity socioeconomics and race. During the performance of clothing but one exception was one band member was wearing a top hat…

Kansas City, Missouri. He was the inventor a more complex and individual music by disregarding the four- and eight-bar standards of jazz, which is also known as bebop. The year 1945 was extremely important for him. During that time he led his own group in New York and also worked with Gillespie in several bands. In December, Parker and Gillespie took their music to Hollywood. Parker continued to perform in Los Angeles until June 1946, when he suffered a nervous breakdown and was kept at a state…