Jazz Age

Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Armstrong's childhood was extremely hard. His father was a factory worker and abandoned the family after his birth. His mother left him with his maternal grandmother. Armstrong was forced to leave school in the fifth grade to begin working to help provide for his family. He was then sent to the Colored Waif's Home for Boys after an accident occurred on New Year's Eve. He got music lessons on the corners of New Orleans and…

“I want to want the white house with the picket fence covered with climbing roses, but I just don’t.” Janis Joplin was an amazing Rock & Roll singer. She was out of control and many people loved her for that. Although she was wild for her fans, she hid her personal problems well. The height of her career was the downfall of herself. Her early life would be characterized more or less of being an outcast. Janis Joplin was born on January 19, 1943, in Port Arthur Texas. Her high school years are…

Review: For the jazz lover, Apple Music is in the lead Jazz expert Richard Scheinin took the first two music services streaming for a spin This combination of product images provided by Apple Inc. shows, from the "For You" section, "Radio" section and the "Connect" sections of the Apple Music app displayed on a 6. iPhone Apple Inc. Via AP) If you are a jazz fan or a novice, Apple Music and Spotify play for your loyalty. Each offers a vast collection of music - based on recordings of a century,…

tempo-keepers which is all still heard in Hip-Hop today. Bebop music has been highlighted as "improvisational music", meaning it is able to adapt to change. This, is also true of Hip Hop's rapping method of "free-styling". Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States, which features songs characterized by a fast tempo, complex cord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key,…

Coined as ‘hot’ music, jazz grew out of the colorful city of New Orleans and reached widespread popularity in the 1920’s (Gioioa 30). The African American community was largely responsible for the creation of jazz music, however influences can be seen from many different ethnic groups and communities. A combination of the blues, ragtime, and Tin Pan Alley songs can be heard when listening to jazz and its improvisational style set it apart from preexisting genres. Creole of Color Brass Bands…

What do you listen to when you turn on the radio? Is it country, is it rap, or is it rock? If you are one of those people that choose rock, then let's talk. There are so many legendary rock bands. There is Metallica, AC/DC, Aerosmith, and Black Sabbath that's just to me a few. There are also a few that have followed in their footsteps, like Avenged Sevenfold’s Synester Gates amazing guitar solos. Bring me the Horizon’s Jordan Fish playing piano, and Asking Alexandria’s Denis Stoff screaming in a…

In this concerto report I will analyze the experience I had when I attended the big band jazz combos at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in the Lee County campus of Florida Southwestern State college at 7:30pm. It is directed by Dr. Tom Smith and is accompanied by a large band which includes trumpets, trombones, saxophones, and a rhythm section. This concerto had a variety of musical pieces that displayed the talent and beauty of not only the music, but also the performers. The piece…

The bass is one of the pioneer string instrument jazz musicians started to use around the 1890’s to provide a low-pitched bass line that would outline the chord sequences of any song. Before jazz, the bass was mostly known for its use in grand orchestras. The double bass arose in Germany during the late 1650’s. It was mostly used in Orchestras for classical music, creating a low pitched base for the violins and violas while harmonizing with the cellos. As time evolved, around 1890, the African…

Heaven Walters MUS 110 Drew Hays 10 April 15 Album Analysis: Saxophone Colossus According to the Webster Dictionary, Colossus is defined as something that is gigantic or immense, which is also accurate when describing Sonny Rollins’ contributions to the jazz world. Sonny Rollins, himself, was knowns as the “Saxophone Colossus” back in 1956, and has been compared to Coleman Hawkins with his strong, intense notes combined with lyrical freedom and genius. Saxophone Colossus, recorded in June of…

Empress of The Blues The 1920s were an exciting time to be alive, the economy was flourishing, everyone was throwing extravagant parties and the music industry was booming. There weren't many black singers of the time period but those who were, made their presence known. One of the best blues singers of the 1920s or maybe even of all time, Bessie Smith. She has set the stage for not only African-American singers but female black singers who came after her. Although Bessie Smith may have…