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Jazz is one of the greatest genres of music. Jazz was the single, greatest influence of music in the 20th century. Jazz made dancing to music popular and evolutionized dances. It gave African Americans an important role in the 1920s. Jazz music led to the creation of new music genres and this made Jazz a great thing to remember in the 20s. Jazz music influenced dancing to music and new types of dance moves that go with music. Types of dance moves like the Charleston involved partners dancing…

Rock and roll was a term used by Alan Freed, a disc jockey, so he could play the songs that came from the African American community because it was the time when America was segregated. Rock and roll is a diverse form of music because it is a combination of many different types of music. Janice Jackson point out “Blues, gospel, rhythm and blues and other forms of black music styles are the roots for rock 'n' roll”. Rock and roll made its entrance in 1951 in North America. Charles F. McGovern…

In times of conflict, society has often turned to the arts in order to cope with and make sense of the world’s shifting socioeconomic and political matters. In addition to that, music and art have often been used as a type of call to action. Especially before the twentieth century, music in war has been used in the form of drum cadences for marching into combat, as well as summoning servicemen into battle (Dobney). The rise of American jazz music in the 1920s challenged traditional values by…

It became known as “The Church of Rock and Roll.” Rock and roll shows had never received the kind of attention to detail that Graham brought to the Fillmores. Notable acts to play the Fillmore East include Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, the Allman Brothers Band, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Led Zeppelin. During this time, he also moved to the Carousel Ballroom. The original Fillmore Auditorium was starting to fall apart so he bought a new…

majority of the short stories have a somber setting. For example, in the short story “Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ at Woodstock”, Alexie shows Victor’s experience in a hostile household. Victor’s father was a heavy drinker, and when he came home, his father would listen to a Jimi Hendrix tape and drink until he passed out on the kitchen table. Victor would then fall asleep under the kitchen table with his father, so he…

than what a reader expects it to be. Irony leads to chaos in the end of the stories, an angel arriving, a father who left his family, and a family getting murdered. Sherman Alexie’s “Because My Father Always Said He Was The Only Indian who saw Jimi Hendrix Play ‘The Star Spangles Banner’ At Woodstock,” Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children.” Although all three of the short stories are completely…

The 1960s Musical Style The 1960s were a time of major change in politics, law, and culture. It was a time when many people, especially young people, protested and fought for equal rights in regards to wages, racism, and the Vietnam war. In the 1960s popular music began to diversify and more sub-genres emerged as the worlds of R&B and Rock 'n' Roll became more profitable. It became easier to classify types of music in a very specific way with psychedelic, surf, folk, roots, hard rock, Motown,…

blues is something I instantly connected with growing up. Watching the true legends of blues music, like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton, play their guitars with effortless expression is inspiring. They successfully combined the creativity of Jimi Hendrix with the intensity of Albert King, but managed to execute each bend and vibrato with the sophistication of a world class jazz musician. They were masters of their craft and influenced me to become a musician. An immense amount of time and…

introduced such as country(1920's), rock(1950's), pop(1950's), and hip hop(1970's).The new introduction of music impacted music on a global scale.This would present some of the most iconic artists the world had ever seen at that time such as rock stars Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, and John Lennon; and country stars Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, and Jimmy Rodgers.But as time progresses music progresses with it and new genres and artist become popular,This leads into the 1980s. 80’s music was about…

Rachel Lee Rubin’s book Well Met chronicles the history of the Renaissance Pleasure Faire, a cultural wellspring in 1960s Los Angeles, and subsequent events modeled after it. Through her research, Rubin shows the reader how the “Faire” has affected American culture and our lives today. The Faire is set in Shakespearean times. One early attendee drew her own connection to the Faire’s setting and the time of its development: “The Faire… had an intellectual focus on the history of an era of…