Charlie Parker

Stephanie Nolan Professor Freeman Comp. 111 Dorothy Parker Though her name is not known by all, her words are spoken by many. Dorothy Parker was a woman of strength and attitude whose prose, poetry, and short stories have lived on in literary relevance through almost a century. Her modernist views were criticized, her status as a female author scorned, and her brilliance was envied. If it were not for being Black Listed in the 50’s Parker would have been a name of legends. She is an example…

The definition of greatness is the quality of being great- to be great is of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average. When it comes to being great musician, everyone's answer is different. It can't be a proven fact who is a great musician and who is not, but when many people are in love with an act’s music, that can prove a point of who is really greater than others. Beethoven, a composer from Bonn, Germany is known to be a great composer and some…

Argumentative Paper: Artificial Intelligence in Music There is something about music that seems inherently human. It can make people cry or laugh; jerk their bodies or stop them in awe; and even motivate them or put them to sleep. For the most part, humans have been the only ones to create and use music for recreational use for millennia (Armony and Vuilleumier, 2013). With that being said, it is difficult to imagine music being made by anything else. Truly powerful, moving music, not simply a…

Nazi-occupied Europe, and in 1945 the microwave oven was introduced to America. There was another great change taking place, but in the world of jazz music -- a new sound was developing that would alter the genre forever, pioneered by such people as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk. As 1940 was coming to a close, a recently opened club called Minton’s Playhouse on 118th street in Harlem was becoming home to a group of bold new jazz musicians. What separated Minton’s from all…

After having a scrumptious lunch, Marlene, together with Elena and her mother were on their way to the agent’s office. Mrs. Parker still had to give out a lot of papers and statements. It’s not an easy job to buy a new house, much less than selling one. Marlene was sitting at the backseat of their SUV. Elena, on the other hand was sitting beside their mother at the front seat while twiddling with the radio. Marlene took out her iPod and listened to One Direction while enjoying the scenery. 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 poor and low class that…

In Re OT Justice Parker undertook a balancing exercise determining only ten factors would benefit the child whereas twenty six factors were found not in the best interests of the child. The Leeds journal discuss that McLean and Williamson ‘applauded’ the court for their…

After listening and reading about the different styles of jazz, I found they did infact have distinct difference. The first example provided in the module was "Tiger Rag" by La Rocca. This Dixieland jazz song provided an example of the techniques used in this type of jazz. I really enjoyed the upbeat feeling of this song. Listening to the notes played, they appeared to play a rather large scale from high to low. When the music cuts out to focus one instrument it really creates a unique sound.…

Max Harrison is an author and a musicologist who has published several books, such as The Essential Jazz Records, A Jazz Retrospect, Modern Jazz as well as the biographies of Charlie Parker and Rachmaninoff. He had worked for The Times and The Gramophone from 1967 to 1990, and contributed to the 1980 edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion of Jazz. The article starts with the date of the swing era, August 21, 1935, when Benny Goodman’s band performed at Palmoar…

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,…