Rhapsody in Blue

can remember some of the music being played by a few. They seem to be household names and more places than St. Louis. These three people are BB King, Muddy Waters and Bessie Smith. All from the state of Mississippi. BB King, is still playing the blues even though he’s past the age of 87. His birth given name is Riley B. King. In 1949 he began to be a well know musician, although he got signed to a company by the name of RPM records. So anxious and excited about music and entertainment, BB King…

What is “blues,” really? It is a genre, yes, but some could argue that it was more of a movement, a feeling. The “sound” of blues varies vastly, changing from person to person and from era to era, as do all genres. Though, in comparison, it could be said that blues might be one of the most multi-faceted genres we’ve had to date. This could have something to do with its incipient nature of self-expression, having deep roots in African-American work songs, and spirituals. Essentially, the blues is…

Singing out their pain and suffering, or just to make the time fly by, blues was said to have been created by early slavery. Deep south in the mid to late 1800’s, blues is known to be deeply rooted with African American culture and history originating from 19th century while in the southern plantations (Kopp). As Ed Kobb explains in the…

early jazz era consisted of many building blocks that created the foundation of many of the jazz eras to follow, including innovators, trends, and styles. To begin, early jazz can be dated around the 1920’s, a time in which jazz was diverging from its blues, brass band, and ragtime heritage into its own style. This newly developed style included the usage of collective improvisation, in which all…

Jose Martinez Miss.Windish English 2 27 February 2018 Room The scene takes place after a say their final goodbyes to the room they were kept in. Jack’s mom is going to start college and Jack is going to have to go to start school. Today is the first day of school, I wake up in bed and I stare at the walls.I look at the alarm clock I got for my birthday and it’s six forty-five in the morning. I look outside the window and the sun is rising. It’s still dark but i’m very nervous today. I…

majority of all ethnic backgrounds. “Sonny’s Blues”, written by James Baldwin, conveys a first person view of the effects of drug addiction and the recovery processes power to bring family back together after an immense amount of hardship. Throughout “Sonny’s Blues”, Sonny has been released from jail and is dealing with his heroin addiction. During Sonny’s incarceration, his relationship with his brother, the Narrator, demolishes and he uses his talents with Blues music to recover from his…

Response Essay Baraka Allison Batley Communications Essentials – COMM1016 Vali Stone Wednesday, October 21, 2015 “Eggs, thousands of them, float by on a conveyor belt. Recently hatched chicks, dressed in yellow down, tumble from a conveyor belt down a chute onto another belt. Their eyes are wide, they look about amazed, their tiny wings flutter” (Roger Ebert, 2008). This is just one of the many images Mark Magidson and Ron Fricke use in their film Baraka. Their goal at first is to capture…

The day was quite cool but still sunny with a bit of wind, the perfect day you could say. There are young couples, retirees scuttling about, teenagers skating in a no bicycle zone and families with children hoping for a relaxing break. The ice cream man looked exhausted but exuberant with the paying customers. The day had just started and he had made more money today than all of last week. However on the park bench seat, there was a middle aged man with alert eyes but a depressed appearance…

“In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first” Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1943 in Seattle, Washington. He was nine years old when his mom died. His dad got custody of Jimi and his brother, Al. His dad would not let them go to their mom's funeral. Instead he gave them a shot of whiskey and said, “You are a man now and you have to deal with loss.” Before Jimi was famous, he was caught in a stolen car three times. He had the option to go to…

within his family during his childhood years, but always stayed true to church and his passion for music. Richard caught what he thought to be his big break with RCA Records in Atlanta nearing the end of 1951. Unfortunately, after creating several blues track with Billy Wright’s Orchestra they flew under the radar and went…