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similarities in their tutelage, rise to fame and personas. Miles Davis and Kanye West, despite having so much between them, contain many parallels when observing what made them into icons. Miles Davis is one of the greatest, if not the greatest jazz musician ever. His album, “Kind of Blue”, is the best selling jazz album of all time, going platinum four times. That is nearly four times the sales of the runner up. The second best,…

needed, as Kevin Lynch and Gary Hack state in their essay, design is not restricted to genius (Lynch, Hack, 1984). I am not an expert in the field of environmental design or any type of design for that matter, but I am a student and a part of the UC Davis community, therefore I feel that my point of view is valid. We must make the MU Terminal an…

Public Arts Committee, ASUCD. This map will address the following problems, who is ASUCD?, where are they located?, and how can I get involved?. The map is of the UC Davis campus, distinguishing ASUCD properties and resources. ASUCD stands for the “Associated Students, University of California Davis.” This map is for all residents of Davis who wish to collaborate with ASUCD or use ASUCD resources. This is a map that will provide detail information about ASUCD Senate, offices, units,…

Although while he is playing in the moment, his concentration is less on what he was playing but more on the technique and strategy of how the music was delivered to his audience. The musical development and growth of Miles Davis stems from the many years of practice and performances with jazz greats of his time. His high level career performance was constructed through the combination of these motivic strategies such as repetition, embellishments, inversions, transpositions…

Kim Davis: Hero or Villain? When the Supreme Court decided to recognize the various marriages of same-sex couples nationwide on June 26, 2015, not everyone was applauding the significant event. While thousands of people across America flooded the streets with joy there were still those who believed allowing such marriages was against “God’s law,” and of those people was Kim Davis. Davis, a county clerk in Rowan, Kentucky, decided to “uphold “God’s law” by denying same-sex couples (and now all…

required to progress as a developing nation in its primordial phases. Among these memorable personages a certain individual named Jefferson Finis Davis stands out. Although President Davis’s character can be questioned as to his patriotic views, Davis’s person can be described as the precise demarcation of what the American spirit is portrayed as. President Davis stood by no means impeccably, nonetheless his physical and moral attributes were what demarcated him, and entitled him to…

believe in. Among these men was Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States. Through his bravery and strength came the stone statue on Richmond’s Monument Avenue. The history of Richmond centers around his personal struggles, the public’s feelings towards the monuments, and the controversy behind them. Although the memorial has received mixed reactions, Jefferson Davis has stood tall, immortalized in granite for all to see. Born in 1808, Jefferson Davis was exposed to politics…

comparison of “Koko” and “So What” “Koko” as well as “So What” are two of the most influential and famous pieces pertaining to Jazz. With “Koko” being composed and performed by Charlie “Bird” Parker and “So What” being composed and performed by Miles Davis. These two musicians are no doubt heavily involved in the development of jazz and are two of the most renowned musicians in the world. “Koko” was composed in the early 1940’s, where as “So What” was composed in the late 1950’s. Although these…

An all star group consisting of Miles Davis, pianist Bill Evans, saxophonist John Coltrane and Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, drummer Jimmy Cobb, and bassist Paul Chambers, “So What” presents not only a great single composition, but also individual qualities of the musicians, presenting varied…

In the first two years of the war (1861-62), Lee understood that the defensive strategy desired by Davis was impractical when pitted against the industrial capabilities of the Northern states. Lee’s realization then manifested itself in an offensive-defensive strategy. Lee saw the impracticality of entrenching troops along the Southern coast mostly because…