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Through improvisation and virtuosic playing, musicians were able to combine both traditional melodic phrases and new chord progressions that led to the emergence of jazz music. Bebop and cool jazz incorporated fast tempos from African American cultures with European harmonies in order to create new music, representing the existing ethnic diversity in the US. The sociocultural environment of Harlem allowed for African American musicians to gather and produce bebop music by drawing from their folk…

Holes Have you ever been accused of something that you didn’t do? Well, the book Holes by Louis Sachar is about a young boy named Stanley who ended up being in the wrong place at the wrong time and got accused of something that he didn’t do.The main idea of Holes is about growing up because Stanley shows that he can take responsibility, he has youth, and Zero starts his learning. “I stole it from your truck”(Sachar, page 86). That’s what Stanley said after he got caught with Mr.Sir’s bag of…

After listening and reading about the different styles of jazz, I found they did infact have distinct difference. The first example provided in the module was "Tiger Rag" by La Rocca. This Dixieland jazz song provided an example of the techniques used in this type of jazz. I really enjoyed the upbeat feeling of this song. Listening to the notes played, they appeared to play a rather large scale from high to low. When the music cuts out to focus one instrument it really creates a unique sound.…

Both men’s accomplishments are very impressive. Napoleon for learning three languages by the age of 9, as well as Thomas-Alexandre Dumas for becoming a four star general despite being an African American born into slavery – at the height of it! Of the two I was most impressed with Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, mainly for his ability to overcome all his impediments incurred since birth. This quote influenced by decision in why I found him more impressive of the two: “Overwhelmed by 1,000 Austrian…

The word Klezmer is derived from two Hebrew words, “kle” means instrument or vessel and “zemer” means song (Netsky, p.5). Klezmer music was born from the villages of Eastern Europe where Jewish troubadours (also known as klezmorim) would entertain at different a functions that were happy and joyous like weddings, birthday parties, and anniversaries. Klezmer music can be dated back to the 1800’s from Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants (Netsky, p.5). The Bible talks about music being played in…

Napoleon as almost every new "prince" in history was lucky because of the circumstances and opportunities that was lucky to have; which allowed him to become the emperor of France. When the revolution occurred in France the monarchy was abolished, France fell at war with it's neighboring countries because they wanted to restore the monarchy. When France went to war with it's neighbors; this gave Napoleon the opportunity to make a name for himself, Napoleon was then near army hero, Napoleon…

events in America. There are a number of extremely influential jazz musicians over the years, but I argue to say that the most influential of them were trumpet players. I believe that the most influential trumpet jazz players were Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Milles Davis and Roy Eldridge. These four artists were all musically gifted and were involved in the early days of jazz, where each of them innovated and influence the evolution of jazz. Dizzy Gillespie was one of American’s greatest…

an Artist A little fact about Louis Armstrong was he got arrested at age 11 because he fired his stepfather’s pistol for a New Year’s celebration where in prison he developed his passion of jazz.(Top 10 Facts) He was born on August 4, 1901 which he came from a poor family in New Orleans which he spent his childhood in poverty. Armstrong started to love music when he was in prison and he was considered one of the most influential artists in Jazz history.(Biography) Louis Armstrong’s enthusiastic…

Plot The book is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats IV, who is supposedly a very unlucky person because of a family curse. He was sent to Camp Green Lake, after being falsely accused of stealing a pair of sneakers that belonged to a famous baseball player, Clyde Livingstone, from a charity auction to benefit the homeless. At camp Green Lake, Stanley was assigned a bed and given two pairs of clothes and a shovel. Stanley and the other boys who stayed there had to dig one hole each day which was…

Alexandre Dumas was born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie on July 24, 1802, in Villers-Cotterêts, France (Bio.com). Alexandre Dumas family lineage can be traced back to the Haitian island where his father was born and his grandmother was a slave (Bio.com). The Dumas family name was adopted from Alexandre's grandmother, an enslaved Haitian woman named Marie-Césette Dumas (Bio.com). This is an interesting fact about the author because of the presence of strong racial tensions in this time period.…