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    The characters include his mother Catherine Pelzer, is represented as Mom , Mother, and the Bitch . Mom, when Dave talks about “The Good Times” at those times all family members were happy. Mother, is a woman who is angry, always barking orders , giving Dave endless chores to do and she is treating him as a slave. The Bitch, when she exceeded humiliating, beating, and starving to anther stage t became a monster when she was drunk,…

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    Andrea Palpant Diley in the start of her book focuses a lot on the concept of what I call a dependent child 's faith. She shares many stories from her childhood that shaped her life and the one about the hitchhiker really drew my attention. She about talked how embarrassed she was as her father preached to the young hitchhiker in the car. This reminded of a lot of times in my childhood when I would travel around with my grandmother. She always would find a person to preach to, wither we were in…

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    Leo stood at the helm of the Argo II. He was thinking about Calypso, obviously. He thought about the things he and Aphrodite had talked about a few days ago. Aphrodite slowly led him into the dining hall and then she sat down regally on one of the chairs. "Sit down," She said to him with a smile on her face. As Leo slowly sat down on the edge of one of the chairs, she ran her hand through her long auburn curls. "You know Leo, you and Calypso make a good couple." She looked at him an amused…

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    success, the band kept touring and its fan base continued to grow. By allowing fans to tape shows for their personal use, the Dave Matthews Band created a highly interactive community. Following the success of the Remember Two Things album was the recording of their second album, Under the Table and Dreaming. Just before the album's release on September 27, 1994, Dave Matthews Band hit the road for their first official national tour. The tour lasted well over a year and included sold out…

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    Sorry, I have to ask... - is she seeing someone? - What do you mean? I mean, if your ex-wife is seeing someone, that's who she'd tell everything to. As far as I know, there's no one in her life. No. - That will narrow it down. - Not for long, though. Tshidi will always have a man lurking in the background. So she could've hired someone to do the robbery on her behalf? Easily. But there will be a trail - e-mails, calls... - She might have another phone. - It would be the smart move.…

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    The album Time Out was recorded in 1959 by The Dave Brubeck Quartet. The quartet featured Dave Brubeck on piano, Paul Desmond on alto saxophone, Eugene Wright on bass, and Joe Morello on drums. Dave Brubeck was not known for his outstanding musicianship like that of Paul Desmond, Brubeck was well known as a composer and bandleader. Paul Desmond was the best musician in The Dave Brubeck Quartet and he brought his soft, melodic, and imaginative style to the band. Desmond was one of the best known…

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    Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie played piano on most pieces while 19-year-old Miles Davis played trumpet. This song was in the Bebop genre which is part of jazz. The song I will be comparing it with, is “Take 5” composed by Paul Desmond and performed by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. It was recorded on July 1 1959, at Columbia Records' 30th Street Studio in New York City. “Take 5” is the biggest selling jazz single of all time, it is played up to today and has been featured in many movies and TV…

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    The Civil Rights Movement: How it Changed Jazz “Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze, Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees. “Strange Fruit” initially performed by Billie Holiday depicts one of the initial repercussions of the Civil Rights movement‒ a lynching. Holiday’s expression of the event delivers an overall timbre and mood for jazz in the coming era. The development of the Civil Rights movement…

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    Director of Jazz Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). He has performed as trombonist, bass trombonist, or pianist with 70 major artists including Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, Mel Tormé, Billy Eckstine, Doc Severinsen, Louie Bellson, Dave Brubeck and Phil Collins and is a Bach/Selmer clinician/soloist. Based in Los Angeles (CA), Matt Harris is in demand as a keyboardist, composer/arranger, and clinician. After completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Miami…

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    That of which include Gavin DeGraw, Ben Folds, Mika, and many more. Although Joel inspires many musicians, some of his influences include Beethoven, the Beatles, Dave Brubeck, George Gershwin, Phil Spector, Ray Charles and Fats Domino.¨ Joel told the Kostka that his goal is to make music that “meant something during the time in which I lived...and transcended that time.” Joel was clearly successful of his goal. He managed…

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