Joplin

Black people in St. Louis have contributed to art in a way that is like no other. Their constant longing to create new ideas and ways of expressing themselves is America’s “saving grace”. While black artists, specifically in the music business, created the unique American “cultural” experience as we know it today, America has seem to have forgotten that black people are her creators. Singer, songwriter and actress Stephanie Mills said it best , “They want to hear R&B, Jazz and Gospel, but they…

both society and music during 1965-1970. One woman who was breaking many norms in the musical world at the time was Janis Joplin. The performance in particular that sent her into stardom was her performance at the Monterey Pop festival. Joplin was performing a cover of Big Momma Thorton’s song “Ball and Chain” with her band at the time Big Brother and the Holding Company. Joplin sings the old blues song with such vigor and emotion that people didn’t expect to see from a woman, especially a…

music that is being played. (The Entertainer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSpoVH0c-Dw I will expect the students to respond with yes that’s the ice cream truck song. I would go on to explain that this song is one of many songs written by Scott Joplin and is part of a music style known as ragtime. II. Central Part of Lesson (sequential instructional procedures) Ragtime (Class discussion) Ragtime is primarily a solo piano style and was the immediate precursor to jazz. 1. It originated in…

instruments. Ragtime started in Sedalia Missouri where artist like Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton got their taste of fame in the music world. Scott Joplin was an African-American pianist and composer. He was born into a musical family and learned to play the piano at a young age. When Joplin moved to Sedalia MO in 1894 he made a living as a piano teacher and he taught future Ragtime artist like Scott Hayden and Brun Campbell. Joplin started to write his own music in 1895 and published his…

As one of the most quintessentially American musical genres, jazz reflects the vast diversity of the United States’s active cultural and ethnic traditions. Though jazz did not distinguish itself as a distinct form until the late 19th century, it draws from other tributary sources, namely ragtime and blues. Indeed, an essential characteristic of jazz is its ability to constantly evolve and incorporate elements of antecedent and contemporary music that lend it vitality and richness. Defined by…

In today’s world women are a huge part of the music industry. They perform all over the world and have a very large following. Women like Beyoncé, Adele and Lady Gaga are just a few ladies that have made it big in the music industry. They have set many records along the way but it wasn’t always like that for women in the music industry. The blues that we know now used to be known as “race music.” (Rockin’ out textbook – page 30) This type of music was sung by mostly whites but in 1920, African…

It says on page 6 the “vast salt flats and sound clunes sizzle in the sun on the Valley floor.The temperature and setting are unlike any other place in U.S as temperatures soar near 120 degrees.In conclusion ,these two settings are diffrent joplin kanses is a city were the charaters were hanging out with their grandpagrent by the pool.In death valley the charaters were isolated and stranted in the hottest plave in the…

Woodstock, N.Y.. However, this three day festival was the epitome of peace, love, and rock n roll exemplifying counterculture and freedom. Billing over thirty-two famous artists to perform, some but not limit to; Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Band, and Janis Joplin. Anticipating only 200,000 people, based on pre-sale orders, the festival grew quickly exceeding to approximately 400,000 people. Woodstock was a way of acting out a lifestyle for protests against the…

styles. According to Floyd, the song was sung in by Clara in the first act as a lullaby (218). George’s summertime song has been recorded many times with remarkable renditions by Billie Holiday who twisted the lullaby into a sultry torch song; Janis Joplin redid the song into a psychedelic blues rock classic in 1968; Sam Cooke’s rendition…

Rock and Roll began with jazz, blues, folk, and gospel, and from there, it has morphed into the almost all-encompassing classification that we label the genre today. Throughout the history of Rock and Roll music, it has been an example of evolution, not just in the music industry, but in American culture. The history of Rock and Roll is intertwined with our nation’s history, oftentimes being a catalyst for our country's progress. Today, Rock and Roll exists as a beautiful collection of sounds…