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    Her mother was keen on playing traditional Turkish pop music, occasional classical music, and also dabbled in varies soul and jazz artists. Her father on the other hand would constantly play Spanish music that was said by Jupiter to “fill all the rooms in their house.” However it was actually because of hearing the American radio in the 1990s, that Jupiter was first introduced…

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    Looking at both James Brown and Ray Charles you can see that they were very similar in their own musical way. Brown was born in Bardwell, South Carolina, on May 3, 1993. He was born into extreme poverty, but later worked his way to the top of the funk and R&B music earning the moniker "The Godfather of Soul". Ray Charles was born in Georgia in 1930, on September 23. Charles was a legend who was the mainstream of soul music, giving him the name of "Father of Soul". His father was a mechanic,…

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    Essay On Gandy Dancer

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    Assignment No: Ques: Write report on gandy dancer. It is a post in railway department in Canada. Ans: Gandy dancer is a term used for workers, who laid and maintained railroad tracks in the years before the work was done by machines. gandy dancer are builders of railway lines, and employed to inspect and maintain the track. These men did everything from laying ties to aligning the rails.Though all gandy dancers sang railroad songs, it may be that African American gandy dancers from the…

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    Son Jarocho Analysis

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    Son Jarocho is a regional Mexican son musical style, where the artists using three main instrument which are jarana jarocho, requinto jarocho, and son jarocho harp. First is the two regional instruments which are jarana and requinto jarocho, jarana is an eight strings, guitar type that carved from a solid piece of wood and usually used for mãnicos. Then is the requinto jarocho which is also a small guitar type and has four strings and also it carved from a solid piece of wood and usually used…

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    Charlie Parker

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    The jazz musician charlie parker was born on August 29,1920 in kansas city. His father was an african american stage entertainer and his more Addie was a maid chair woman of a native heritage. As an only child charlie moved with his parents to kansas city, missouri he was seven years old. At that time the city was lively center for african american music including jazz and the blues and some gospel charlie was always around music as a kid because of of the town he lived in they always played…

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    The genius of the ingenious New York city-based jazz trio The Bad Plus can be heard again on their twelfth studio album entitled “It’s Hard”, a collection of covers that originally inhabited the pop, rock, country, jazz, and electronic music universes. Its concept contrasts with the last year’s mandatory album, “The Bad Plus Joshua Redman”, whose tracks were composed by the members of the quartet. The album opens with “Maps”, an original song by the American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs,…

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    Joseph Willcox Jenkins was born to William Jenkins and Genevieve Brosseau in the city of Philadelphia in 1928. Jenkins was exposed to music starting at a young age, likely receiving interest and exposer from his mother, who played piano and sang. Beginning at age six, Jenkins took piano lessons from his mother. As part of his piano instruction, Jenkins recited melodies on the piano and transposed the melodies into different keys as. This practice gave Jenkins a great leap into aural skills…

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    Introduction: The genre of popular music has thoroughly saturated every aspect of the music industry with catchy tunes, relatable lyrics, standard music notation, and popularity vote. The portrayal of this music is thought to be seen as the genre that is taking over from all other genres due to the popularity with the accessible availability that comes with it, and having a specific target group that they are able to pull in. My thesis states that the music for this topic identifies and…

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    Released at the turn of the 1980s, I AM remains the ninth studio album released by the funk and rock band Earth, Wind, and Fire. The album features a broad range of tracks spanning genres including Disco, Funk, Soul, and the classic R&B sound of the late 70s into the early 80s. This collection of songs remains one of the greatest albums ever made. The album covers hits such as “In the Stone” “After the Love Has Gone” “Boogie Wonderland” and “Diana”. Many critics oppose the album for lack of…

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    Jake E Lee

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    Jake e lee The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame is a presuming museum with its location on Lake Erie shores, it makes the even the strongest men burn with a desire to belong. Legends are made at this museum forever engraved as the favorite choice of guidance in the music industries for the next generation. From the great names of the artists who made it to The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, we look closely at one name that forever is in our hearts –Jake E. Lee. He is an American guitarist whose name echoes…

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