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    vocalist/composer/dancer, Jen Shyu, meritoriously earned the trust of groundbreaking jazz luminaries such as Steve Coleman and Anthony Braxton. Born in Illinois to Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrant parents, the New-York based singer brings her musical heritage and other multi-cultural influences into nine original compositions, which she calls doors (to other worlds). Although heavily steeped in the world music genre, her work also includes gritty jazz layers piled up by her Jade Tongue…

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    Café La Maze is a restaurant in National City where people can enjoy great food and live music every night. They offer a variety of music genres and even have karaoke nights. I attended their Jazz night, which hosted the Jazz band Burnett 's Bliss. Burnett Anderson is the leader of the band, vocalist and horn player; his fellow band members are, Lynn Willard on the keyboards, Ronnie Stewart on the drums, and Robert Sebastian on the guitar. The band members are very friendly and helpful. After my…

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    released loads of albums over the span of his career and is known to be one of the most important initiators of free jazz. When Ornette Coleman was a child he played alto, then moved onto tenor saxophone in his teenage years. His early style of jazz was influenced not only by saxophonists, but also the players of all other instruments in jazz. When he started his career, he was part of dance bands and rhythm-and-blues groups but his unique approach to harmony caused him to be rejected by many…

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    R & B: Rhythm And Blues

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    rhythm and blues was coined as a musical marketing term by Atlantic Records executive Jerry Wexler in 1948 as a substitute for the term “race records”. This distinctive music style described as rocking and jazz based with a heavy beat, was an African-American urban sound that evolved from blues and jazz. With several stylistic similarities, R&B could be considered one of the founding fathers of rock ‘n roll. Through the movement of African Americans to the urban industrial…

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    Music In New Orleans

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    In New Orleans the origin of black population was diverse, being most of the time the western part of Africa or the Caribbean. It is in this diverse cultural context in which originated the appearance of musical styles as diverse as Jazz, Cajun music, Zydeco and blues. In many areas of the South of America the drumbeat was prohibited by law, in places like Georgia and it was forbidden the use of any musical instrument for part of the slaves. However in the early 19th century music festivals…

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    Duke Ellington Duke Ellington was a famous jazz musician in the 1920s. He was the leader of a band and composed songs such as “Ko-Ko”, “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing”, and “Cotton Tail”. The jazz he played was distinctive just like his band was. Ellington was more than just a musician, however. Many people thought he was an apolitical man, however this was untrue. Ellington, like most Americans, practiced his rights in politics. Duke Ellington spent his life focused on…

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    the most soul-full types of music there is. Not only is the twentieth century Jazz the most soul-full genre of music, but it is also the biggest contributor to modern day music. From Dixieland to Swing to Bebop, Jazz has shaped the latest music styles into what they are today. Dixieland is one of the most popular Jazz genres there was in the beggining of the twentieth century. It is also one of the most fun styles of Jazz to listen to. Most of us recognize this style of music when we think of a…

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    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…

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    The genius of the ingenious New York city-based jazz trio The Bad Plus can be heard again on their twelfth studio album entitled “It’s Hard”, a collection of covers that originally inhabited the pop, rock, country, jazz, and electronic music universes. Its concept contrasts with the last year’s mandatory album, “The Bad Plus Joshua Redman”, whose tracks were composed by the members of the quartet. The album opens with “Maps”, an original song by the American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs,…

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    A Music Video Analysis

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    played a big role in my life. Having been a dancer since the age of three I have come to appreciate and interpret many styles of music. As a dancer, I am able to use the music in a way that tells a story and portrays a certain emotion. Music much like dance is both an art form while still being able to fall into everyday life. I would define music as an expression of one 's emotions summed up in a two minute composition. I can definitely say I have personally had an aesthetic experience while…

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