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    Jazz-Rock History

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    seek opportunities abroad and the fusion of Jazz and Rock began to be diminished by smooth Jazz (Cengage.com). Soon, many artists and critics started to believe that the fusion styles of Jazz were not real and were not genuine (Cengage.com). Miles Davis was a leading figure when it came to combining the styles of Jazz and Rock music, especially when it came to his album “Bitches Brew” (AARegistry.org). It was with his album success of “In a Silent Way” in 1969 that Miles started to challenge…

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    trio Power Tools with bassist Melvin Gibbs and drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson. In 2001, Pete started a group called Children of Agharta to explore the electric Miles Davis repertoire (WHE, 2001). In 2007-08, Cosey contributed to the CD Miles from India, which celebrates the music of Miles Davis. As history shows, the music of Miles Davis was always part of Pete's life, evidenced in his recordings and professional career; he always went back to the interpretation and exploration of Miles's music.…

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    Emergency Operations plans are used by communities across the nation in use by federal, state and local governments. There are three different types of EOP formats traditional function format, emergency support function and agency/ department focused function. Each community must decide which one is right for the hazards within their scope of capabilities. The Promulgation Statement/Letter, informs agencies of the intentions of action that a community intend to take these actions include:…

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    Michael Davis Interview

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    My interview starts with my dad, Michael Davis. He attended palm coast community collage off and on for 2 years. He learned information technology and creative writing while at collage. In his life he was a private investigator, and business owner. In his collage years, he learned about creative writing, which he says helped him when he was a private investigator and when he needs to write things for work. He says it “gives me the tools that I didn’t have before to explain exactly what was going…

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    with useful information of the Southern territory, as well as acting as “spies, scouts and river pilots” (Barney 174). This could have prevented had the Confederacy agreed to emancipate their African-American slaves early on in the war. Jefferson Davis critically rejected the possibility early on in the war until confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Patrick Cleburne pushed for any remaining slaves to be armed and put into Confederate armies. While the notion seemed absurd to many southerners,…

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    Basil Davis Diary

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    9:30pm Monday 6 April 1970 Dear dairy today was a very sad day. I lost a very good friend of mine today Basil Davis. The National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) lost one of its most avid supporters and the revolution lost someone that was most vocal and passionate to its cause. The day started like any other day that I had grown accustomed to. I was therefore not prepared for what was to follow this day. I was to meet Basil at his mother’s home in Barataria and we both would make the trek down to…

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    Vietnam world. They used Jazz as a kind of expression, as a political believes. The most notable musicians in these time were Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, and Dave Brubek. All of them moved the Jazz to another level. A new kind of Jazz became, some improvisation, no guides, new styles such as “Bebop”, many “solos”, different “tempo”, among others. Miles Davis recorded “Kind of Blue”, it was the best seller. He was a Jazz trumpeter. Another icon was Dave Brubek, he liked and…

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    the mentally disordered, where he remained until 1947, when he moved back to New York (Bio.com, Creating Bebop). Despite this setback, Parker came out with several popular solos and recordings, forming groups with acclaimed musicians, such as Miles Davis and Max Roach, and set out for the most productive years of his life from 1947 to 1950 (Megill, 159), he toured all of Europe and New York (Verity, Relapse), he recorded for Dial, Savoy Records and…

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    that performed that night was J.T. Butler and Friends. The men who performed in the group that night were Steve Eisen, John Calo, J.T. Butler, Paul, Daniel Lopez, Doug Davis, and Rick Lincoln. Steve played the trumpet, John played the saxophone, J.T. Butler played the guitar along with Paul, Daniel Lopez played the drums, Doug Davis played the keyboard, and Rick Lincoln played the bass. The style of jazz music the group played sounded like blues and soul jazz. It was very soothing and relaxing…

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    Joshua Davis Reflection

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    During this semester, I have completed a lot of RRj for the Spare Part by Joshua Davis, and it is an unforgettable since I have learned a lot. In the reading, I deeply understand more about how teenager in a poor neighborhood trying to achieve their goal. In the book few of the characters make me feel that are related to my personal life. For example, Fredi, teacher of the other characters, is helping his student to accomplish the goal of winning the competition. I feel I am related since my…

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