Jazz techniques

Iconic vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson [1941-2016] was honored in a musical celebration colored by great performances of dearest fellows from different generations. In addition to an incredible instrumentalist, Hutcherson was a master composer who left an indelible mark over the course of a rich five-decade career. Classic records like Dialogue, Components, Oblique, and Cirrus will be forever in my heart. At the time we arrived at the packed St. Peter’s Church, vibraphonist Joe Locke was reading…

Debussy, born Claude Achille Debussy at Saint Germain-en-Laye, France on August 22, 1862, was a profound composer of the twentieth century. Because of the similarities his compositions share with impressionist art, many refer to Debussy as an impressionists. Impressionist, according to the online Webster dictionary, is defined as “one who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism in art; especially, a painter who paints in the impressionistic style; as, the skyrocketing prices of…

Two things country music star Hank Williams, Sr. did right was to become a legend and to have a famous song named Hank Williams, Jr. One thing he did terribly wrong was to drink to excess and die very young. The debut of Hank Williams, Sr. at the Grand Ole Opry was a great triumph. The debut remains the most famous in the history of live country music performance program broadcast on WSN Nashville weekly since 1925. When Williams grabbed the microphone on June 11, 1949 on the Grand Ole Opry…

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 Gillespie and Waller Fats were extremely popular. Also songs like “Sentimental Journey” and “White Christmas” were on the top 1000 hits list from the 40’s (“Jazz”). In 1938 a club was founded by Henry Minton but it didn’t become popular until Jazz made its…

Music from the Pre-Civil war period (early 1800s) was divided into two main types: white music and black music. White music consisted of mostly classical and minstrel music. Black music was mostly religious music; however, there were also some secular black songs. Classical music was heavily influenced by European Composers, and would often be played for wealthy, white people. Minstrel music was played for common people and included blackface, where white people would pretend to be black people…

Her mother was keen on playing traditional Turkish pop music, occasional classical music, and also dabbled in varies soul and jazz artists. Her father on the other hand would constantly play Spanish music that was said by Jupiter to “fill all the rooms in their house.” However it was actually because of hearing the American radio in the 1990s, that Jupiter was first introduced…

Looking at both James Brown and Ray Charles you can see that they were very similar in their own musical way. Brown was born in Bardwell, South Carolina, on May 3, 1993. He was born into extreme poverty, but later worked his way to the top of the funk and R&B music earning the moniker "The Godfather of Soul". Ray Charles was born in Georgia in 1930, on September 23. Charles was a legend who was the mainstream of soul music, giving him the name of "Father of Soul". His father was a mechanic,…

Assignment No: Ques: Write report on gandy dancer. It is a post in railway department in Canada. Ans: Gandy dancer is a term used for workers, who laid and maintained railroad tracks in the years before the work was done by machines. gandy dancer are builders of railway lines, and employed to inspect and maintain the track. These men did everything from laying ties to aligning the rails.Though all gandy dancers sang railroad songs, it may be that African American gandy dancers from the…

Son Jarocho is a regional Mexican son musical style, where the artists using three main instrument which are jarana jarocho, requinto jarocho, and son jarocho harp. First is the two regional instruments which are jarana and requinto jarocho, jarana is an eight strings, guitar type that carved from a solid piece of wood and usually used for mãnicos. Then is the requinto jarocho which is also a small guitar type and has four strings and also it carved from a solid piece of wood and usually used…

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…