Blues-rock

Ryosuke Koizumi Ethnomusic 50A Harrison Charley Oct 16, 2015 Ragtime and Blues Jazz is widely considered as the greatest form of African American music in the twentieth century, and it is distinguished by the originality of its improvisation, the virtuosity and erudition of its performers and composers and its professionalism and artistry. (Burnim 163) Although Jazz is one distinctive music genre, some of the other genre influenced the emergence of the jazz, such as African American traditional…

street clap and dance to the beat of the music. The lyrics speak of overcoming all and living in what seems to be such a distant world. The people enjoying the music are African-Americans and they are playing a genre known today as the Blues. The origin of the Blues genre dates back to the Atlantic Slave Trade, which took place from 1619 to 1809 and beyond. In order to get the cheapest labor for future plans in the New World, Europeans travelled to Africa in search of people who would soon…

The Guidance of Blues Blues is an African American art form that was created in the early 20th century. It was a secular response for the segregation that African Americans faced during the post-reconstruction era. African Americans use blues for catharsis, a spiritual relief from physical and emotional grievance in their difficult position in the society. Elements of it has been passed through the adaptations over the century and still exists in the modern blues we hear nowadays. Looking back…

The infographic Inside the Mind of a Successful Manager published and created by the Pepperdine University. This infographic was found on and displayed by smallbiztrends.com on August 12, 2015; the infographic does not display a specific artist or creation date. Pepperdine University undoubtedly wants to inform present and prospective students of how attending their University will make them into a successful manager, and instruct them on how to think like a successful manager. Present and…

cards between the men and women. I noticed that the cards for women are very girly and they only read English. A lot of the cards for women were pink, had flowers and glitter on them. The cards for the men were darker colors such as brown, black, dark blue and dark green. They were very manly and they only read English as well. I didn’t not see any Spanish cards for people of other cultures. I also noticed that the card for the men had humor and a few offensive jokes. The cards for the women…

Anglo-African music and the basis of jazz, the Blues and Ragtime can be traced back to the late nineteenth century, originating in the Mississippi Valley. Distinguished from other musical styles with its strong 4/4 rhythms and twelve-bar structure, the Blues were created by the amalgamation of American folk songs and hymns intertwined with an African beat. Often, the Blues outline the woeful tales of hopeless, unsuccessful people. Forming as an alternative to the Blues in the early 1890s,…

the film warm and bright colors compose many scenes. Orange and yellow dominate in scenes set on the first floor of Mia’s home and at night. Light blues fill in the sky, doorways, and many other components of the set. Mia and Conor’s clothing, though not exuberant, always feature components made up of light colors such as whites, greys, and light blues. This color scheme shifts dramatically on the night that Conor and Mia have sex. From this scene on skies are overcast and grey, color schemes…

painters to have a solo exhibit in New York. This showcase, which led to her fame, was a series entitled Blues and Negro Folk Songs and all included pieces were directly linked to blues music or musicians. Slow Down, Freight Train was one of the 14 pieces in the exhibit and it is my belief that this work of art captures the semi-abstract style and then uses its elements to provide the feeling of blues music in a visual way. The semi-abstract school of art is one that comes with a…

All music genres and styles have their beginnings, some better documented than others. Whether it be an effect of time period or geographical location of the birth of a music styling or it be related to the culture of a music that may practice and oral tradition as opposed to a written down, notation style of music. Regardless of the reasons, all music has it’s start. One of the more recent developments in music history is that of Jazz. Jazz is one of these styles that’s dawn is somewhat up in…

In consists with the church songs, blues, ballads, stories and hip-hop, work songs, secular songs, dances, stage shows and visual arts. Each one of these categories somehow are related to each other as an example, same topic, but others time they have different meaning behind the words. As shown in the following two categories of the…