Edwin Howard Armstrong

Around the turn of the 1930s, music took an interesting ride with the earliest fully documented particular style of Jazz music emerging, which was centered in New Orleans, Louisiana; swing. It was not only a musical pastime, but a way of life; as those who brought it to us will live on forever. Duke Ellington was a pioneer of Renaissance jazz and one of the great elite jazz artists of his time. His most popular 1930 piece was "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing". Around 1931,…

Swing and Jazz of the 30s and 40s How do you feel about Swing and Jazz? Well even if you have never heard of them or don't like them , there were many people in the 30’s and 40’s that were interested in this type of music. Nowadays people think it's the music that old people listen to, but it's got a sweet rhythm. Jazz was popular before swing, but musicians like Benny Goodman mixed Swing and Jazz. Both genres are part of an important part of time because they were popular during the…

The Livestrong Foundation is an organization that was founded in 1997 by American cyclist Lance Armstrong and since that time has generated $580 million worth of funds, according to their website “livestrong.org”, to provide free services to help those affected by cancer. This includes people diagnosed with cancer, their families, friends, loved ones and the health care professionals who work with them. The Livestrong Foundation is an organization that is committed to helping people with any…

Apollo 13 the “Successful Failure” How did the failure of Apollo 13 actually help NASA in some ways? This essay will show how and why the failure led to later success for NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Apollo 13 was an interesting exploration for many reasons: the astronauts in space, Apollo spacecraft, and the difficulties during the exploration. First of all, this paper will tell all about the astronauts, and the responsibilities they had on the mission. Secondly, the…

The thought of sending the human species on an interplanetary space mission to colonize the moon is a concept that has captured the minds of scientists for generations. Space colonization has been viewed as a mere theme in science fiction for years; however, it may not remain a scientific fantasy for long. The idea of sending humans to the moon in an attempt to populate it may initially sound mindless and foolish, but after careful mental analysis, it’s become clear that populating the moon may…

Louis Daniel Armstrong, or as others more commonly call him, Satchmo the Great. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901. However, he told people he was born on July 4th, 1900 to sound even cooler. He was raised by his mother, Mayann, and lived in a poor small apartment in New Orleans with her and his sister, Beatrice. Growing up, his mother often went to dances. Louis and his sister would often peek through the door to watch everyone dance, so he practically grew up listening to the Blues…

Were the Moon Landings real or faked? Were the “Moon Landings” real or were they fictional? Let’s find out, this issue is creating controversy between many Americans nowadays. I’m talking about the “Moon Landings” of 1969, you know that day when all the Americans turned on their televisions to watch this amazing accomplishment. These so called “Moon Landings” were during the time of the Vietnam War.People want to know if this important moment in time was reality or just a lie.…

I have tried to think of the beginning of spaceflight as a metaphor for brothers. The siblings argued over whose idea it was first. Two of the boys, Russia and the United States, decided that they would have a race to see who could get there first. Just like any challenge, the winner would get bragging rights for the rest of their life. After Russia got into orbit around the Earth first and technically won, the US decided that they should go again to see who could get farther, because getting…

John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was born in South Carolina in 1917 and died in 1993. He was a jazz trumpet player, bandleader and composer. He received a music scholarship to the Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina. He was one of the pioneers in bebop and had performed in Minton’s Playhouse and Monroe’s Uptown House. He worked with Charlie Parker in 1945, and performed in New York and Los Angeles. After the Los Angeles performance in December 1945, Gillespie returned to New York and Parker…

Procedures: (all sections consist of clearly stated sequential steps) I. Introduction (The Launch) I will ask the students if they recognize the music that is being played. (The Entertainer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSpoVH0c-Dw I will expect the students to respond with yes that’s the ice cream truck song. I would go on to explain that this song is one of many songs written by Scott Joplin and is part of a music style known as ragtime. II. Central Part of Lesson (sequential instructional…