Jazz fusion

the turn of the twentieth century, jazz was still in its early phases. While there are many musicians that are credited with making jazz into what it is today, one of the earliest attributors was the “King of Ragtime,” Scott Joplin. Joplin earned his title due to his success—despite racial barriers—in developing the sub-genre of ragtime in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Joplin’s sound and style created a crucial link in the history of jazz and laid the foundations for future…

His style is mostly considered a funk jazz style; but, it is a mix of flemenco guitar style, which is a spanish guitar style of playing ( I know it’s weird, and not totally present: but, Les’s strum patterns show it all ), and slap bass. Claypool began his bass journey in high school where…

The event that I attended for my essay two humanities experience was the AC/DC concert at Wrigley field in Chicago Illinois. I consider this a humanities experience because AC/DC is a rock band and rock music is a form of art. Rock music was developed in the 50’s and 60’s and was a huge element to the humanities movement of the 20th century. Through its expression of “youth culture” dancing, sexual freedom, and rebellion made one of the greatest musical movements in history. My experience at…

Country music is a genre of the United States popular music that has originated in the Southern and Southeastern United States in the year of 1920. Country music takes the roots of several music genres from the southeastern part of the United States known as Blues music, folk music, and western music. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes. Country music features instruments such as banjos, mandolins, guitars, fiddles, harmonicas, accordions, dulcimers, acoustic bass, jaw harp,…

The most expensive saxophone in the world today is valued at almost 150,000 dollars, and it owes its existence to a man who invented the saxophone 170 years ago. Adolphe Sax, the sax itself, and the sax through history are all important in understanding this unique instrument. The evolution of musical instruments is quite a long process involving tons of different instrument makers, each building on the advancements of the last ones. The story of the saxophone differs from the usual pattern of…

I picked Andy Grammer to tell you about. They reason I picked Andy Grammer is because I really like his music. Also I want to learn about how he became a singer.The three parts of his life that will be being told are his singing career, childhood, and experiences. Let’s get startedoAndy Grammer | Bio! My first interest was Grammer’s singing career. He wrote the song “Honey I’m Good.” Another thing he got to experience in his singing career was going to West palm beach. WHere he played s hit…

Favorite Song Analysis: Bill Withers, “Lovely Day” My favorite song is “Lovely Day”, performed by R&B artist Bill Withers. The date of the composition was December 16, 1977 and it was released as a single. "Lovely Day" peaked at #6 on the Billboard R&B chart and at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US in early 1978.[1] Rhythm “Lovely Day” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYi7uEvEEmk) is a song that I impart into my life on a daily basis, mainly because of its positive message and…

bands for their large sound and humongous range. Although it was never largely used in orchestras, it became one of the most integral parts of a jazz ensemble of any size. Many didn’t take the instrument very serious at first, but once it hit the jazz scene, it instantly was adapted to many upbeat and bluesy styles and spread like wildfire throughout jazz and many other styles of music. Today, the saxophone is an important part of any high school band. A marching band without saxophones is a…

to experience the Holocaust and the communist regime. I even feel more connected to the film because of the trip some of us took to Poland. Going to Krakow was an amazing experience I will never forget, I went to jazz clubs while there and was satisfied to see that Ida also went to jazz clubs. My connection to the…

In the story “Sonny Blues” James Baldwin uses the main character Sonny as a symbolism of his theme throughout the story. The theme James Baldwin portrays to his audience is that no matter how tough situations get there is also a way to get back up and make things better. This theme can be seen in many different way in the story, including the way Sonny’s relationship changes with his brother as the story goes on, Sonny’s recovery from drugs and prison and Sonny’s finding of a way to express…