St. Louis Blues

a radio show, rock ‘n’ roll was introduced to a nation. It was took elements of every contemporary genre at the time and combined it to form the exhilarating sounds of rock ‘n’ roll, it was a “fusion of country-western, pop, gospel, and rhythm and blues” (Slade and Lee 2004). This new style music brought forth and set into motion many social changes. America in the 1950’s was still heavily segregated. Racism was the norm, everything was based off the color of one’s skin. The thought of sharing…

Many people get different things throughout their life that they can claim as their own. Somethings could have special significance whether it came from someone special or not. Over the years, people tend to cherish the items or end up getting rid of them for certain reasons. Whether it was given to you as a gift or you had to earn it, everything has a special meaning. Over the years, I got many things from many people, but most of it didn’t have meaning to me. The three things that I found to…

brings out the blue note melody that we are more accustomed to. As the two performers gets to know each other playing style better, the interconnection between their improvisations has improved to a greater degree in this new jam. The form of the music tends to be tonal atonal and tonal again. The music starts in a very tonal way. Kuhn now plays Bb clarinet, and plays a typical blues melody. There were lots of blue notes and sliding into one note to each other, similar to how the blues singer…

tell you that that R&B stands for ‘rhythm and blues,’ but some will still argue that it stands for Ruth Brown. A talented R&B singer throughout the 1950s and later in life a successful theater actress, Ruth Brown reshaped the music industry with her bluesy, storytelling ballads and her signature squeaks. Nicknamed “Miss Rhythm” by “Mr. Rhythm” Frankie Laine and called the original diva, Ruth Brown was influential in bridging the gap between the blues and R&B. Ruth Brown faced segregation and…

album comes off as angry, but it is really all about love and heartbreak. With single songs, picking a favorite is virtually impossible because there are too many. However, one of my favorites is “Darling Baby” by the Elgins. It is a simple rhythm and blues song, but the soulfulness of it gets me. On the other end of the spectrum, I also enjoy rap music with great beats and a ton of curse words. My favorite rappers are Drake and The Game. To me music is all about expression and there is no wrong…

Langham, a faculty member of the Brubeck Institute said that Brubeck “was a very worldly person. Within his travels, he would go and hear other musicians and hear what they were doing, and he would incorporate that into his music.” (qtd. in Lamb.) “Blue Rondo a la Turk,” the song in 9/8 time, is one example of how he merged other styles into his…

Nothing is more iconic of the 1920s than jazz. Jazz made places such Harlem and New Orleans huge national hits. Included with jazz are huge individual names, such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Ella Fitzgerald. Not only did it make them famous, it made places such as Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom. (Berg) The smooth music from New Orleans was a big part of why African American culture was “accepted and promoted in the American culture at large by the 1920’s.” (Berg 7). Jazz was one of, if…

although water pollution is something that we see in almost every body of water, looking here it’s calm, and fresh. It is a habitat that is perfect for wildlife to grow and live in. Clean skies make for a healthier and safer life. The photo shows a blue sky with scattered white, puffy clouds resting above snowcapped…

In his book, All Shook Up, Altschuler traces the development of rock ‘n’ roll between 1945 and 1955 carefully noting that it is a “social construction not a musical conception” (23). This definition of rock ‘n’ roll frees him to focus on a time of differing styles, cultures, and social values. The book does this by focusing on these areas by looking at race, sexuality, and generational differences. In Altschuler argument about race, he complicates the traditional view that white artist’s covers…

Evaluation Essay On April 18th, 2008, Taylor Swift released her third single of her album Fearless, “You Belong with Me”. Swift merges pop, country, and 90’s rock which can be seen from the variety of instruments throughout her song. The steady beat consists of banjos, fiddles, guitars, pianos, electric guitars and more. Swift also depicts herself as a hopeless romantic and searching for the love and appreciation from her next-door neighbor, whom she has a crush on. All throughout the song,…