Kind of Blue

rhythms and harmony, just like today’s Country music is used in a variety of ways, as it is the only genre of music to ever cross over to every other genre with its subcategories. Country music offers a noticeable element of instrumentation of various kinds, while still giving lime light to the performing artist. Just as the Romantic Era music did. This is not always the case when listening to music of other categories. Yet the Romantic era in itself holding sustainable value from the Classical…

Rock and Roll Rock and roll was born in the United States in the mid 1950's, crossing racial and geographical lines. This major music genre has spawned many kinds of rock such as: hard, soft, acid, metal, Southern, jazz, blues, punk, pop, gospel, etc. as listed on Wikipedia website of List of rock genres. (Wikipedia.org). According to our textbook, The World of Music, rock and roll was influenced by "R & B and country and western - one especially black, the other white." (123). The…

Other genres of music such as blues, jazz, folk, country, and gospel music had a small significant influence on rock. “Rock was an umbrella for young people that provided common symbols, language, and dress codes for white and black people alike.”(Willoughby 123). This played a huge…

with other styles(mentioned in the paragraph above), and what we now know as jazz was made from a mix of blues, marches, ragtime, brass and other kinds of music.…

answer. However, a silver lining rose to help pass the time, Blue Hawaii had just come out. Imagine, beaches filled with warm sand and surfers testing out waves in the distance. Not to mention, the perfect sunny days and streets filled with smiling faces. Mary and her best friend Pat longed to see the new movie starring Elvis Presley, but, neither of them could drive. At this point, it seemed like there was no way they would be able to go see Blue Hawaii. How would they ever get through those…

as Armstrong's arrangement of swing and melodic development opened out and changed Henderson's band and in addition jazz overall. He fused the jazz style of the place where he grew up with well known jazz of Broadway to coordinate a better than ever kind of jazz. Armstrong spent the last decade of his life similarly that he had spent the four past — enthralling groups of onlookers all through the world. In 1971, he kicked the bucket of a heart assault in New York City. In spite of the fact that…

Edward Hopper’s 1927 oil painting, Automat, shows a lone woman sitting in an automat and through Hopper’s use of color and geometric structure, he depicts the loneliness and despair of this woman. The main focus of the painting is a single woman sitting at a table gazing down at the table where her cup is at. The woman is dressed very nicely, she is wearing an emerald green coat with brown fur trim and a yellow cloche hat. The brim of her hat appears to have been pulled down, slightly covering…

I think it is that kind of knowledge that allows radio broadcasts to be exciting and educational. I think Matteson was an excellent broadcaster and jazz personality; he knew something about everyone that played a part in creating the records he played, whether they wrote…

On Monday evening, September 21, 2015, I had the pleasure of watching University Jazz Combos. The performance was held at the University of Louisville School Of Music in the Bird Recital Hall. These three combos consisted of the Mark Turner Combo directed by Tyrone Wheeler, Illinois Jacquet Combo directed by Ansyn Banks, and Michael Brecker Combo also directed by Ansyn Banks. I wasn’t for sure what to expect when coming to this concert. Different from the other jazz performance I attended, this…

Music is enjoyed throughout the world by many cultures. In many cultures, music is not limited to just one type of genre. There are many types of genres in the music industry. Genres range from rap, to country, to techno. The question we are asking is that why does emotions connect to genres of music? Many different type of emotions come out of music. The emotions we are feeling are interpreted by the brain. Music has the ability to change our feelings. In this research paper I will discuss the…