Smooth jazz

Jazz Concert Report The performance I had attended for this report was the Winter Jazz Concert. At the concert they played six musical selections, five of which were original compositions, making them far more difficult. In this report, I will be discussing the pieces I heard that night at the performance. As a side note, though I have gone to the concert, my memories of every detail in the pieces are a bit hazy since I was not able to recored the performance. For this reason I will be using…

Both Edison and Young attained their fame from one thing that they had in common, 'Originality'. On Edison's appearance at Riverwalk Jazz, in 1993, Edison mentioned that "All the musicians used to say they'd rather be the world’s worst 'originator' than the world’s best 'imitator'" as he knew the importance of being original. Lester Young's fame came from the similar reason. Rather than adopting the normal 'forceful' approach, he came up with a completely new concept in which to play his horn,…

Jazz has been an integral genre for African Americans to utilize as their outlet to make a debut in the music world as well as a way to deal with oppression during their times. Google defines jazz as “a type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century” Although in our contemporary society jazz singers aspire to relay their message, not just oppression, but leave their…

Murder, this time winning him three Grammys. During his band’s time producing music for movies they were also recording music and touring live shows. The band even made some pop records, showing of the band’s versatility. Ellington won “Best Original Jazz Performance” grammy as a tour. He only stopped when he got sick in 1974. He had lung cancer and pneumonia. The band did not die with him however, it lived on through two more generations through his son and…

On May 26, 2016, the Jazz Ensemble at Cal State La decided to have a concert called Jazz combos. The meaning behind the name was the fact that there wasn't only one Jazz band performing but in fact four groups getting to show the students including outside people their talent. The jazz ensemble combos consisted of : Faith +1, Los Nombres, Alt+f4, Something Really Meta. Each group collectively performed three to four song, 14 all together. You would think that since all of these groups would…

Louis Armstrong is an American icon in the jazz industry because of his unique voice. Armstrong was born in 1901 and lived in New Orleans, Louisiana. His most famous song, “What a Wonderful World,” put his career in the record books for the greatest jazz singer of all time. When I was younger, my grandmother would play “What a Wonderful World” every day I visited for lunch. Personally, this song has impacted and taught me to look at the world we live in with a positive attitude. Through…

changing the musical genre of jazz forever. With his trumpet in hand, Louis Armstrong took the jazz world, and even the entire world of music by storm with his famous gravelly voice and his focus on solo performances in jazz, a change of pace from the prominent collective improv focused jazz of the time. While making these groundbreaking changes to jazz, Armstrong also charmed the public with his stage presence and charisma. Miles Davis, however made his impact on jazz over the course of many…

Louis Armstrong is one of my favoirites jazz musicians of all times; whereas, Dizzy Gillespie 's “Salt Peanuts” is one of mine favourite bebop tunes. In my opinion, both Armstrong 's “Heebie Jeebies” and Gillespie 's “Salt Peanuts” tunes are increadible, but each of them in their own way. First of they are from different jazz sub-genres. Louis Armstrong is mainly New Orleans Jazz; in contrast, Dizzy Gillespie is a bebop musician. It is kinf of obvious that they have different forms, “Salt…

For this first review I attended the Jazz Improvisation Ensemble concert here at the University of Redlands on Monday, November the 30th at eight in the evening in the Frederick Lowe Recital Hall. The concert featured two groups: the Eleven O’clock Jazz Improvisation Ensemble with charts that included “Sugar” by Stanley Turrentine, “Moon Alley” by Tom Harrell, and “Chicken Dog” by John Scofield; and the One O’clock Jazz Improvisation with charts that included “Joy Spring” by Clifford Brown,…

other. There are three types of muscle cells; skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle tissue. The skeletal muscles are attached to bones and cause contraction which is how bones are able to move. Cardiac muscle also contracts to force blood out of the heart and around the body. Smooth muscle is found in a number of organs, including the reproductive organs, the lining of the bladder, the digestive tract and the respiratory tract. The smooth muscle in the lining of the bladder contracts to force the…