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New Orleans, LA is not just known for the famous tourist attraction, it is also known for the music lover people of this area. The traditions of various types of music are practiced for generations here. New Orleans is famous for its traditional love for jazz music. In fact, this is the birthplace of jazz music. The original music evolves and creates some different kind of jazz, which just the tribute for the original creators. Today, we discuss that. A Little history: New Orleans music has…

Music Heals The Soul “A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” -Leopold Stokowski. Stokowski is not from the 40’s, however, his quote goes with any era. Music in the 40’s was a big hit because it gave people a way to express their feelings. From the war and bombs to clubs and jazz, the 40’s were musical in many ways. Jazz all began in the mid 1930’s after big bands struggled to stay together during WWII. In the 40’s people like Dizzy…

The jazz musician charlie parker was born on August 29,1920 in kansas city. His father was an african american stage entertainer and his more Addie was a maid chair woman of a native heritage. As an only child charlie moved with his parents to kansas city, missouri he was seven years old. At that time the city was lively center for african american music including jazz and the blues and some gospel charlie was always around music as a kid because of of the town he lived in they always played…

Parker Chinn Class 708 Now and Always It’s mine. It suits me. Parker. It reminds me of some of the things I like to do, writing music, and acting. This is because I was named after famous jazz musician: Charlie Parker! I was also named after actress: Parker Posey! This makes me feel special because I can look up to these people. But writing music and acting aren’t the only things I like to do! I also like to bake, teach, read, write, and paint! To me, my name means smooth jazz on…

Bronx-born natural singer Jessica NYC has a sultry wide range versatile voice with just a touch of heat~ a perfect match for genres of House, Jazz-Fusion, Neo-Soul music. In the mid 90's she was backup singing in Soho studios and co-writing songs with emerging talents. 
 Jessica NYC is a true New York City Girl that has partied at many of our beloved House and R&B nightclubs~ Underground, Danceteria, Palladium, Fun House, Webster Hall, Roxy, Tunnel, Zanzibar, Limelight, Bentleys, Bonds…

Synthesis Essay: David Ake analysing Ornette Coleman Ornette Coleman was a jazz saxophone player who started his career in the 1950s by defying cultural, and musical standards. David Ake, composer, performer, and musicologist, analysed how Ornette Coleman created dramatic change in the jazz realm by defying the bebop era standards. Ake brings up many points of the standards that Coleman defied, such as: jazz virtuosity and masculinity, jazz performance and sex, and cultural perceptions of…

Billie Holiday was an African American jazz singer, and she was born in 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since she dropped out from school, she started looking for a job to make money. Unfortunately, there weren’t any jobs of the type of work that she was looking for that were available. However, she auditioned as a singer in one bar, and she impressed the owners of jazz and blues, not with her ability to sing jazz and blues. Holiday's real uttered effect was Louis Pops Armstrong. She…

Nataniel Adams Cole was born on March 17, 1919, in Montgomery, Alabama, born to his parents Pearlina Coles and Edward Coles. Coles had three brothers, Eddie, Ike, and Freddy, and a half sister Joyce Coles. When Cole was four years old his family moved to Chicago, Illinois. Cole’s first performance was “Yes! We Have No Bananas”, at age four he began formal lessons and at age 12 he learned not only jazz and gospel music, but also Western classical music. The family lived in the Bronzville…

Throughout the film, music is also used as a populist trope that unites Southerners, with the popular genre of folk music appearing in nearly every scene. In the South during the 1900s, folk music was the main source of musical entertainment, both for individuals and at large gatherings. At his rally in the town square, Homer Stokes had a folk band play “Keep on the Sunny Side,” uniting the crowd under their mutual love for folk music. At the end of the movie, when both gubernatorial candidates…

• 1890’s - Ragtime o West African (folk music/rhythms) European influence • African slaves went to America however at first their style of dance wasn’t received well. Some of the slaves later on went to Europe where their dancing was recognized. African jazz with European influences then made its way back to America. African Slaves→America→Europe Jazz→ Europe→America • Ragtime • Syncopated rhythms (marches, waltzes, other classic rhythms…) o Tommy Turpin (piano) Harlem Rag → the first…