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The Life of Art Tatum Author Taylor Jr. who goes by the name of Art Tatum is said to be the greatest jazz pianist of all time, known for his famous two-handed runs. Art was born in October 13, 1909 in Toledo, OH to pianist Mildred Hoskins and Guitarist Arthur Tatum Sr. Completely blind by cataracts in one eye and nearly blind in the other, Art played music by ear, mimicking the sounds he heard from other musicians such as Fats Waller. He played so well that by age three he was considered a…

Courtney Amon Jazz Band Mr. McCarthy 04/07/2017 A Master Jazz Trumpeter In the world of music, especially Jazz, we have heard of many great musicians over the years, such as Nat King Cole and Louie Armstrong, but there is one that I think stands above all especially when it comes to trumpeter’s. One does not usually need to look to far down a list of greats before they find this world class trumpeter, Chet Baker. Chet has had many accomplishments in the music world, but also has had…

Duke Ellington Duke Ellington was a famous jazz musician in the 1920s. He was the leader of a band and composed songs such as “Ko-Ko”, “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing”, and “Cotton Tail”. The jazz he played was distinctive just like his band was. Ellington was more than just a musician, however. Many people thought he was an apolitical man, however this was untrue. Ellington, like most Americans, practiced his rights in politics. Duke Ellington spent his life focused on…

Duke Ellington (1899-1974) is known to many Americans as the leader of a swing-era dance band as well as a writer of pop tunes. Some musicians and jazz fans also know him as a major composer--arranger. In fact, there are musicologists and journalists who consider Ellington to be America's greatest composer, which puts him in a league with Charles Ives and Aaron Copland. Though many jazz fans think of Ellington as a pianist too, few scholars have examined how unique and original his approach to…

Dave Brubeck was one of jazz history’s finest musicians. Not only was the man a pro at playing the piano, but he was also a composer and a bandleader. He was born December 6th, 1920 in Concord, California. He composed, played, and lead all his life. It seemed to be his true passion. A little bit of history on David Warren Brubeck. He was born into a very musical family. His brothers were professional musicians as well. His mother started teaching him piano at the age of 4. At the age of 12,…

Weekly jukebox Kamasi Washington - The Epic The way in which Washington breaks the pattern of gender is impressive, and so the "spiritual" names or "fusion" are just the least unjust that it sounds when one gives play to The Epic. Spiritual Jazz. Most of the time, we have not come across this name very often. But the work of Kamasi Washington, the name fits him perfectly. Who knows, it might even be one of the major figures of this genre of Jazz, apparently young (or small). Just like the…

Whitechapel has historically been the heart of the local community – a key hamlet of the East End which has catered for the changing migrant population for generations. A symbol of the East End’s multi-layered history is the Brick Lane Mosque, which has previously served as a church and a synagogue. Within Whitechapel, many of the historic buildings still form part of the rich urban character, including the heritage churches and synagogues, and the historic shop fronts and hospital on the…

same approximate area shown in the map given in the lab and is noted with latitude and longitude. Keep in mind at mid-latitudes, one degree of latitude is approximately 60 nautical miles. 3. Note that there is a knot is a nautical mile per hour. There are 6076.115 feet in a nautical mile (versus 5280 feet in a statute mile). This means 1 knot is faster by a factor of (6076.115/5280) or 1.15. 4. Use the representation given in lab to fill in the isobars and specify the direction of air movement a…

The Actors Society is constituted by human beings. Although sociologists seldom endow agency to individuals, they still describes some of the actions of the actors in their works. The two theorists here are French theorists, who have tendency toward bestowing less agency to the actors as most French theorists do. However, their discussion cannot lose the part of actors if they want a whole picture instead of a partial one. In my view, albeit Durkheim and Foucault are similar at putting less…

In this world division of labor and capitalism is essential for capitalist, most people would also think is important for the workers as well. Which it is for a period of time, but after a while the benefit fades away. There are more negative consequences of division labor and capitalism than you think. This essay will analyze all the negative consequences of the division and labor and capitalism arguments by Smith, Marx, and Durkheim. In Adam Smith’s book “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes…